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States and Cities Launch Initiative to Modernize the Chicago Area Waterway System and Protect the Great Lakes From Asian Carp
CHICAGO, July 22 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Today, Great Lakes states and cities joined together to announce an initiative that seeks to transform water management and transportation in the Chicago region for the 21st Century, while safeguarding the Great Lakes from economic and ecological damage caused by Asian carp and other biological invasions from the Mississippi River basin. A team led by the Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St.
WI: A river’s reckoning: The Chicago River was engineered a century ago to carry away the city’s waste, but today it is full of trouble for all the Great Lakes
First of two parts. Chicago likes to think of the filth flowing in its namesake river as nobody’s business but its own, and for most of the last century that…
Carp solution could provide financial benefits
Construction, jobs in the freight sector and money-saving improvements in transportation networks could be among the results of efforts to create what environmentalists call “ecological separation” between Lake Michigan and…
Illinois’ carp may be Michigan’s problem
St. Joseph, Mich. — Winter seldom stops the heartiest of Michigan’s fisherman from casting a line, but Don Steinmetz sees a snag on the horizon. It’s called the Asian carp….
Wildlife officials search for carp
CICERO — Wildlife officials already have DNA evidence that suggests the destructive Asian carp has made its way past Chicago-area electric fish barriers. What they don’t have is any actual…
Feds prepare to brief public on Asian carp plan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal officials are preparing to brief the public on their strategy for preventing Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes. Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency…
Fight over Asian carp could sink jobs
The place where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan is the front line of the battle against the Asian Carp. It’s also the place where environmental concerns butt up against…
Closing locks for carp would shut out tour boats, water taxis
CHICAGO — For many tourists, a trip to Chicago isn’t complete without seeing the city’s architectural landmarks from a cruise on the Chicago River. Now the U.S. Army Corps of…