Great Lakes United: January 2011 Archives

City January 10, 2011 7:46 PM
What a load of carp!
Over the past year it's been hard to miss the ongoing news reports of an imminent Asian carp invasion. Now there is an opportunity to help stop the carp happening here in Buffalo.

The Army Corps of Engineers are collecting public comments tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 11th) at the Buffalo CONFERENCE Center (2 Fountain Plaza) from 2-8pm on their Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin Interbasin Feasibility Study (GLMRIS). The study focus will determine if we implement a permanent solution (separating the artificially connections between the Mississippi and Great Lakes) to stop the Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.



What GLMRIS is:  A study authorized by Congress in 2007 mandating that the Corps determine how to prevent invasive species from moving into Lake Michigan from the Mississippi basin through the Chicago area waterway (and visa versa, as species can move in both directions).  It

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