Tag: Asian Carp

In its inability to offer rule exclusions necessary for the building of berms needed to prevent the oil from reaching sensitive areas, the Obama administration doomed those sensitive areas to an ugly death state for many years to come.  And with its political connections and the Chicago interests willing to ignore the destruction of our natural resources here in the great lakes, the president has now earned yet another star for ignorance and incompetent leadership.  The Free press reports the carp are here:

"Several members of Congress were notified today of the find. The creature, found by commercial fishermen looking for carp as part of wider carp hunting missions, was 34.6 inches long and weighed just under 20 pounds.

This is the first time anyone has found an Asian carp, live or dead, beyond an electric barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport. The nearest carp to the barrier was a dead one found last December after a massive poisoning of the shipping canal. "

It is a big deal.. We have a limited time to do something ultimately, or the nature of our great lakes region will be altered negatively forever.  Its estimated the one part of Michigan's economy that remains could be damaged quite literally making the state non-viable. Damage to the economy estimated in the tens of $Billions for Michigan alone.

The effect of doing nothing has its consequence.  Its there in front of us. We have watched it like a plague growing northward from the Mississippi.

So why are we facing opposition>?

"We wouldn't do this under normal circumstances, but the ecological damage potential is too great" Says Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper..

OK.. Maybe he didn't say that.. and maybe it isn't going to happen..