Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Some Good News
Coast Guard OKs barrier to keep Asian carp from Great Lakes
This comes after a study advocating for the separation of the Mississippi and Great Lakes basins.
See DetNews: Great Lakes, Mississippi River watersheds should be separated
This comes after a study advocating for the separation of the Mississippi and Great Lakes basins.
See DetNews: Great Lakes, Mississippi River watersheds should be separated
There are no natural connections between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. More a century ago, engineers linked them with a complex network of manmade canals and existing rivers to reverse the flow of the Chicago River and keep waste from flowing down it to Lake Michigan, which Chicago uses for drinking water.
Labels: invasive species, law
