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• Suing to stop the Asian carp

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  State Attorney General JB Van Hollen has requested data from Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox on the threat Asian carp pose to Great Lakes. Cox is suing to ask the US Supreme Court to close locks and waterways near Chicago to prevent the fish from invading Lake Michigan.[...] Posted in Wisconsin [...]

  Posted: December 22, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Can Asian Carp Shape-Shift, Or Fed Ex Each Other To Evade Chicago Canal Locks?

  —The Political Environment

  Chicago's sewerage spokeswoman, pooh-poohing the idea that closing locks on its wastewater discharge canal to the Mississippi River to help block Asian carp migrating towards Lake Michigan, says those huge predatory fish have other ways of sneaking into the Great Lakes.
  
  Don't underestimate the carps' wily ways or [...]

  Posted: December 22, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  

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• Michigan Sues To Protect Lake Michigan: Lessons For Waukesha And Our DNR?

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  Michigan goes to court to force Illinois to close a canal through which predatory, oversized Asian carp are most likely to enter Lake Michigan and take over the Great Lakes.
  
  Wisconsin?
  
  Still quietly thinking it over,
  
  ZZZZZZZZ. Not very inspiring, our policy-makers.
  
  Further observation:
  
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  Posted: December 22, 2009, 12:41am EST
  

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• State Pols Respond (Or Not) To Carp Threat

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  The Asian carp is on its way to the Great Lakes. If it makes it to Lake Michigan, the cost to business will be in the tens, if not hundreds of billions of dollars to Wisconsin, Michigan, Canada and any other area bordering the Great Lakes.
  
  The Army Corps [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 10:35pm EST
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• Urgency On Highways, Not The Environment - - Even Lake Michigan

  —The Political Environment

  I can't help noticing the contradiction in the way the Doyle administration has responded to two situations in Southeastern Wisconsin with profound statewide implication - - the need for repairs to Zoo Interchange bridges and the need to prevent an invasion of Asian carp into Lake Michigan.
  
  With three' [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 11:01am EST
  

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• Water for Waukesha?

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  Waukesha has been working towards obtaining a diversion of Lake Michigan water from the City of Milwaukee, purportedly because Waukesha has an issue with radium in their water supply due to depletion of their well water levels to an unsustainable level.  The question of selling Great Lakes water [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 2:49pm EST
  by Dave Reid

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• Van Hollen Joins Carp Fight

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Wednesday he is willing to use his official authority to try to stop Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan.

  Van Hollen joins fight against carp - JSOnline

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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 10:03am EST
  

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• AG Van Hollen May Act Against Asian Carp Threat

  —The Political Environment

  Nice to read that Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen may join Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox in actions against the Asian carp peril to Lake Michigan.
  
  Interestingly, both officials are Republicans, finding a reason for guvmint to be in existence. [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  

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• Milwaukee Reiterates Its Water Sale Conditions

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  When it comes to Lake Michigan water and whether it can be shipped to Waukesha, and by whom, it's a matter of dollars and sense, not just dollars and cents.
  
  Waukesha's concern about buying Lake Michigan water from Milwaukee is all about costs.
  
  Milwaukee, in the form of [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:29pm EST
  

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• Simon Says Go Snow

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  Last year right before the December deluge my son pulled the starter cord out of the snow blower. So we cleared all of that month's snow (pretty much all of last year's total) by hand. Since we're far enough from Lake Michigan it' [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  

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• Waukesha Delaying Water Diversion Scheme; Milwaukee Has Nothing To Review

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  A City of Milwaukee Council Committee is set Wednesday to react to the City of Waukesha's request for a letter of support for its Lake Michigan diversion application.
  
  The application was supposed to be released last week, but Waukesha has announced a delay because it has, at the 11th [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:56am EST
  

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• Decision nears regarding closing Illinois lock to stop Asian carp

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  LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) An Obama administration adviser says a decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a shipping lock in a bid to stop the Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan. Cameron Davis is the Great Lakes adviser to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He tells the Associated [...]

  Posted: December 05, 2009, 5:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Break Out the Violins

  —Great Lakes Blogger

  A trade group says closing a canal lock near Chicago in a bid to stop the Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan could deliver a blow to tug and barge companies.

  Then perhaps this trade group should pay for carp control in the river from which it benefits.
  

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  by David Dempsey

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• It Only Takes Two Carp to Tango

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  And one has been found very close to Lake Michigan.

  We are seeing the consequences of a complete lack of prior urgency by federal and some state agencies on the Asian carp mess. One prime reason? The Army Corps of Engineers and many Illinois officials see their job as serving [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:18am EST
  by David Dempsey

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• Pile of Silence in Indiana

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  PR 101:  Don't dodge reporters while implying they're unfair. If you think they're unfair, tell them your side of the story to increase the fairness.

  The toxic pile near Lake Michigan must go -- and be explained.

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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:17pm EST
  by David Dempsey

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• Waukesha Delays Lake Michigan Water Diversion Application

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  Bill McClenahan, the public relations contractor for the Waukesha Water Utility, sent me the following email this morning:
  
  "Waukesha has decided to postpone our release of a draft application for Great Lakes water, which was tentatively scheduled for December 8. It is still compiling information and drafting the document.[...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:39am EST
  

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• Asian Carp Update 12/2/2009

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  Just two quick updates on this topic:
  
  So all is not lost in the battle to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan:
  
  Carp battle not over yet
  Biologist says Asian fish need right conditions to breed in lake
  
  And kudos to Milwaukee Mayor (and [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 5:05am EST
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• Mass Poisoning Aimed At Invasive Asian Carp

  —The Political Environment

  Let's hope the massive poisoning to begin tomorrow stops the march of the Asian carp towards Lake Michigan.
  
  If not, kiss commercial fishing and much boating goodbye. [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:36pm EST
  

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• Milwaukee's Lake Michigan Water Sales Criteria Posted Below

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  Much has been written and far more will be said and referenced in the months and years to come about the conditions the City of Milwaukee has placed on selling Lake Michigan water to suburbs or more distant communities like the City of Waukesha.
  
  Waukesha has said Milwaukee is [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:21pm EST
  

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• Barrett Water-Based Jobs Plan Gets Wall Street Journal Attention

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  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's plan to use discounted Lake Michigan water as a business lure gets a nice ride in The Wall Street Journal, here.
  
  I wonder hos long it will take Scott Walker to take credit for the concept - - though the plan presents Walker with [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:48am EST
  

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• For OnMilwaukee.Com Readers: No DNR Rules Means Probable Diversion Delays For Waukesha

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  I write about once a week for OnMilwaukee.com about the environment: Here is my most recent submission about Waukesha's Lake Michigan diversion plans and the delays that can be laid at the doorstep of the DNR. [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:55am EST
  

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• Lake Michigan Improvements Worth The Small Cost In Utility Rates

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  The Journal Sentinel editorially hits the nail on the head: The state Public Service Commission should not, as some commissioners have signalled, reject that piece of a pending We Energies' rate increase that implements environmental improvements approved in a settlement between the company and statewide environmental organizations.
  
  An' [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

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• Barrett Wants Quick Federal Action Against Asian Carp Threat

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  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, aware that the destructive Asian carp has made its way past an electric barrier and is closing in on Lake Michigan, has asked two federal agencies to block the carp by closing a set of dams and locks near Chicago.
  
  Barrett's letter is here.
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:32pm EST
  

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• Quite Piling on the Excuses in Indiana

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  As the Post-Tribune says, somebody needs to explain why an uncovered toxic pile is sitting near Lake Michigan, and what's going to be done to prevent it from causing a problem for the lake and environs. We keep hearing the Great Lakes states professing their commitment to Great Lakes [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:37am EST
  by David Dempsey

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• Great Lakes Restoration -- the Dull Kind -- Now Urgent

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  Friday's much publicized revelation of DNA traces of Asian carp on the wrong side of the electric barrier designed to keep them out of Lake Michigan is not just appalling on its face, but raises a question that needs soon to be faced:  how can we restore the Great Lakes [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  by David Dempsey

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• A Fine Kettle of Carp

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  More on the downstream suggestions of Asian carp one bus stop before the big lake.

  The idea that the carp will get into Lake Michigan “is not a foregone conclusion,” said Cameron Davis, Great Lakes adviser to the Environmental Protection Agency. “This DNA evidence is the best we have, and we believe it’s [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:11am EST
  by David Dempsey

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• Here Come the Carp

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  Not good news to wake up to.

  Now the only thing left standing between the fish and Lake Michigan is a heavily used navigational lock at Navy Pier.

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:59am EST
  by David Dempsey

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