Saturday, March 24, 2012

Supreme Court Closes Carp Case

By opening the gates:

"The justices refused to order closure of shipping locks on Chicago-area waterways to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. The court said it would not hear an appeal from Michigan and other Great Lakes states, who have been seeking immediate shutdown of the locks and a quicker timetable for other steps to halt the carp’s northward march from the Mississippi River toward Lake Michigan....

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