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Friday, September 09, 2011

Environment - More on "Experts chart potential Great Lakes invasion routes for Asian carp"

Commenting on the ILB item posted earlier today, David Pippen, general counsel to Gov. Daniels, sent this note:

Re Eagle Marsh: The [AP] story says that “authorities” placed a chain-link barrier up [at Eagle Marsh near Fort Wayne]. It was Indiana DNR and it was done without the ACOE [Army Corps] bureaucracy. The feds have been loose with attribution for the swift action, but it was Indiana who acted affirmatively to close off the marsh pathway.

Also, it rarely is covered that Asian Carp have reportedly been in Lake Erie for years, including this recent report. If you google Asian Carp and Lake Erie, you see reports going back a decade or better.

We take the threat seriously, but what we do about it has to be effective and fact-based.

ILB: See also earlier ILB entries: "10-foot chain-link fence OK'd for Asian carp at Eagle Marsh" from July 29, 2010, and this one from Nov. 1, 2010 with much detail on the carp fence.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 9, 2011 04:35 PM
Posted to Environment