Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Pressure rises to turn on Great Lakes carp barrier

By Dan Egan of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Dec. 11, 2008

The heat is cranking up on the Army Corps of Engineers to turn on its new electrical fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - the best hope the region has to keep the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

A group of 29 U.S. senators and representatives wrote to the corps and the U.S. Coast Guard this week, demanding answers as to why the $9 million device, completed in spring 2006, has yet to be turned on. (Full Story)

Source: JSOnline

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