Asian Carp RECOMMENDATIONS - con’t •
Support and urge for the passage of the Stop Asian Carp Act, which would requires the USACE to conduct and expedite a study detailing engineering options in order to determine the best way to permanently separate the Mississippi River Basin from Lake Michigan.
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Direct the USACE to utilize the Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Cities Initiative recently released report that highlighted three different options on how the two iconic waterways could be separated, addressing flooding threats, Chicago wastewater, water safety operations, and barge and recreational vessel traffic alternatives, examining other modes of transportation for the shipping industry and influencing new engineering designs to move canal traffic from one body of water to the other without transferring invasive species. There is no need to reinvent the wheel and this would save the USACE time.
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Direct the USACE to expedite construction of any and all barriers to accomplish this hydrologic separation based on risk assessment but not contingent upon the presence of invasive species.
For More Information Kristy Meyer. Director of Agricultural & Clean Water Programs Ohio Environmental Council 1207 Grandview Avenue, Ste. 201 Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 487-7506, Kristy@theOEC.org Donald Arcuri, U.S. Advisor at Large Ohio Great Lakes Fishery Commission Ohio AIS Management Advisory Team 45343 Parsons Rd. Oberlin, OH 44074 (216) 214-6724, donarcuri@juno.com Cheryl Kallio, Associate Director Freshwater Future 16317 West Willow St Spring Lake, MI 49456 231-571-5001, cheryl@freshwaterfuture.org Briefing Book 2012
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Chad Lord Director, National Great Lakes Campaign National Parks Conservation Association 777 6th St., NW., Ste. 700 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 454-3385, clord@npca.org http://online.nwf.org/site/PageServer? pagename-glnrc_homepage Dave Spangler Lake Erie Charter Boat Captain 6473 N. Harris Harbor Dr. Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Phone: (419)276-0929 dave.spangler1021@gmail.com