WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and SportsFederal money will fight invasive Asian Carp in Great Lakes
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WKOW) -- The federal government agreed to spend $13 million to stop the invasive and devastating Asian carp in its tracks.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, announced the expenditure on Monday. It will come from current Great Lakes restoration funds.
The money will be earmarked now for engineering projects that will help close off waterways in the Chicago area from Lake Michigan. That includes the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which last week was part over a debate because of possible damage to the industrial and business climate there.
The ravenous carp have been migrating northward on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers for decades. Scientists say if they get into the Great Lakes, they could gobble up plankton, interrupt the food chain and devastate the $7 billion fishery.
Online reporting by Carl Agnelly.
Follow Carl Agnelly on Twitter @agnelly_WKOW
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