US Army invests billions to battle highly invasive species wreaking havoc on state waterways: 'A significant victory'
Invasive carp are taking over the United States, and they have their sights set on the Great Lakes. Officials are set to spend whatever it takes to stop them.
What's happening?
Not to be confused with other carp, invasive carp outcompete fellow fish for resources, growing and reproducing at astonishing rates and lowering water quality. Since being introduced from Asia in the 1970s to control algal blooms in confined areas, they escaped to the Mississippi River Basin and beyond.
Now, the federal government will spend $1 billion to protect the Great Lakes from bighead, silver, and black carp as well as other invasive species, Newsweek reported. Michigan will pitch in $64 million and Illinois $50 million.
The Army Corps of Engineers will erect a barrier at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois, about 25 miles southwest of Chicago, which would keep the creatures from the Des Plaines River while maintaining commercial shipping avenues.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-army-invests-billions-battle-011500251.html
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Who would undertake something like this other than the evil gubmint?
