Friday, June 6, 2014

Great Lakes News

<> A decade of work - and millions of dollars - later, Asian carp still threaten the Great Lakes - Have plankton-devouring Asian carp finally reached the Great Lakes? After years of trying to block the invasion, the answer is: Nobody knows. Now, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it needs another $18 billion to cut the. . .

<> The Bridge.com Articles On Asian Carp Issue - The fish that got away; Asian carp, from mouth to tail; & Hunting for Asian carp by what they left behind

<> Senate asks IJC to study proposed nuclear waste dump near Lake Huron - The Michigan Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes on Thursday called on the International Joint Commission to intervene in plans to put a Canadian nuclear waste storage facility near the shores of the Great Lakes