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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Plus: Chairman Bailey On Legal Role Tribes Can Play To Stop Asian Carp

February 25, 2010 – 12:36 pm

This past Sunday (Feb 21), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) presented the details of its five year plan known as the "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative" in a meeting with political leaders of the Great Lakes.
Circle of Blue Water News has this report:
"Congress has authorized $475 million for improving the Great Lakes ecosystem [...]

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"One Of The Biggest Threats The Great Lakes Has Ever Faced"

February 18, 2010 – 1:40 pm

That was Congressman Dave Camp's (MI-4th) and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's message at a town hall meeting yesterday (Feb 17) held in Traverse City.
Cox has filed a lawsuit to shut down the waterway linking the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes. But the Supreme Court sided with Illinois and the Obama administration last month, [...]

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Asian Carp: Camp, Cox Townhall in TC, Feds Offer $78.5 million, MI Report calls IL economic case "seriously exaggerated"

February 15, 2010 – 2:53 pm

There is much to update on this story:
U.S. Representative Camp (MI-4th) and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox will hold a town hall meeting on efforts to stop Asian Carp this Wednesday (Feb 17) at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, 1701 Front St., from 11 a.m. to noon.
Circle of Blue Water News has dedicated an entire [...]

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Asian Carp: Latest news, plus short documentary

February 5, 2010 – 4:42 pm

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox asked the Supreme Court yesterday (Feb 4) to review its decision last month not to close temporarily the waterways in Chicago to prevent Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes.
From the Associated Press:
"State Attorney General Mike Cox told the justices they had denied Michigan's request last month without knowing that [...]

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Asian Carp Keep Swimming As Feds, State Argue Over Canals

January 12, 2010 – 2:33 pm

This big story continues to grab headlines and to change daily with new updates. Here is a rundown of updates.
The Ludington Daily News has this story that the Asian Carp are not a new story, but a decade old issue:
“Asian carp not a new issue,” said Michigan DNR Fisheries Management Biologist Mark Tonello of the [...]

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Supreme Court Takes On Case of Asian Carp

December 29, 2009 – 1:11 pm

Michigan has taken the fight to stop Asian Carp from invading the Great Lakes to the Supreme Court.
The New York Times has the story:
Michigan's lawsuit asks the high court to immediately close the O'Brien Lock and Dam in the Calumet-Sag Channel and the Chicago Controlling Works in the Illinois River, a stopgap measure aimed at [...]

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Invasive Species Threatens Great Lakes

December 8, 2009 – 3:05 pm

Asian Carp were imported into the U.S. by fish farms, but have been traveling north towards the Great Lakes after escaping the fish farms during flooding in the 1990s. The fish can grow to nearly 4 feet and threaten the $7 billion a year fishing industry in the Great Lakes.
The Associated Press has this report [...]

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