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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

Progress Illinois | 6 hours ago

Supreme Court To Revisit Plans To Close Chicago Canal Locks

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court will reconsider closing the Chicago canal locks temporarily to prevent the spread of Asian carp, according to Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox. Attorney...

Christian Science Monitor | 1 day ago

Why solving the Asian carp problem is so hard

...and federal wildlife agents use gill nets and electrofishing devices to search for Asian carp in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which connects to Lake Michigan. By Mark Guarino...

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Midland Daily News | 2 days ago

Cox, Camp discuss Asian carp threat at SVSU town hall meeting

...have the potential to deplete the Great Lakes of its resources. One option being thrown around is to close the Chicago Canal locks. The fish, which have migrated north from the...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 2 days ago

Asian carp search turns up nothing

Fishery crews have spent the past month chasing Asian carp with nets and fish-shocking tools on the Chicago canal system near Lake Michigan. They've landed zero Asian carp. Asian...

Midland Daily News | 1 week ago

Stabenow spearheading Asian Carp control bill

...Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, a bill in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to temporarily close the Chicago Canal Locks in an effort to avoid the presence of Asian Carp in the...

Midland Daily News | 1 week ago

Stabenow: Bill would temporarily close Chicago locks to Asian carp

...with Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, a bill in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to temporarily close the Chicago Canal Locks in an effort to avoid the presence of Asian Carp in the...

Fox News | 1 week ago

Some Hope Dead Zone Will Keep Carp Out

...creating a stretch of river so bad even carp can't live in it: a dead zone between the lake and the locks on the Sanitary and Ship Canal. "We believe they can reduce oxygen so that...

New York Times | 1 week ago

Chicago News Cooperative: Carp Solution Could Provide Financial Benefits

...and others have cried out against one proposal: the intermittent closing of two locks that connect the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to Lake Michigan. The Illinois attorney general has...

Closing the Chicago Canal locks is "the most effective option," he said.

Cox, Camp discuss Asian carp threat at SVSU town hall meeting Midland Daily News | 2 days ago

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 2 weeks ago

Asian carp fishing unlikely to net much

...Sentinel Posted: Feb. 24, 2010 4:48 p.m. An aggressive - and expensive - Asian carp fishing expedition on the Chicago canal system likely will prove fruitless, say top carp experts.

Detroit Free Press | 2 weeks ago

Eric Sharp: Keep Asian carp out of Michigan

...Asian carp that have established a breeding population have slipped through in the meantime. Closing the Chicago Canal while ignoring the St. Lawrence Seaway would be like patching a...

Chicago Tribune | 3 weeks ago

Illinois seeks to block new Michigan move in Asian carp battle

...against Illinois in which Cox asked the high court to reopen the 1922 case that sprung out of the creation of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The suit has since been joined by six...

Chicago Tribune | 3 weeks ago

High court asked to keep locks open in carp fight

...Illinois in which Cox asked the high court to -reopen the 1922 case that sprung out of the creation of Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The suit has since been joined by six other Great...