Showing posts with label 2009-Present- Great Lakes Boating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009-Present- Great Lakes Boating. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

ASIAN CARP FOUND A LEAP AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN

Excerpt from a Great Lakes Boating Federation press release,
June 24, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jessica Tobacman

"One Bighead Asian carp has been found in Lake Calumet, the first that has been discovered above the Electric Barrier System designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent any Asian carp from swimming into the Great Lakes." (read more)

SHUTTING THE LOCKS ON THE ASIAN CARP

Excerpt from a Great Lakes Boating Federation press release,
Dec. 2, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jessica Tobacman

"As the struggle to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp continues, environmental agencies will add a pesticide to the mix." (read more)

ASIAN CARP ADVISORY

Excerpt from a Great Lakes Boating Federation press release,
Nov. 4, 2009


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jessica Tobacman

"The Asian carp have worked their way up the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, moving closer and closer to entering the Great Lakes and to decimating their ecosystems." (read more)

ASIAN CARP: ONE RAINSTORM AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES

Excerpt from a Great Lakes Boating Federation press release,
Oct. 15, 2009


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jessica Tobacman

"The Great Lakes Boating Federation urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to quickly enact new measures to prevent Asian carp from advancing into the Great Lakes." (read more)