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Recent Stories
Latest news from around Northern Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
The Obama administration says a billion-dollar campaign to improve the Great Lakes environment is paying off.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Several Illinois nonprofit groups have formed a new coalition aimed at stopping the spread of invasive species like the Asian carp from the Mississippi River basin into the Great Lakes.
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
More DNA from Asian carp has been found in Chicago-area waters, and officials say an intensive search for the unwelcome fish will take place next week.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has added three options to list of possible measures for preventing Asian carp and other invasive species from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Legislation introduced in Congress would force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed up a study of how to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from reaching the Great Lakes.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Two organizations are proposing a massive engineering project costing up to $9.5 billion to sever a man-made link between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins in the Chicago area.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The concern surrounding Asian carp will be the focus of a conference in Lansing Tuesday.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Two more water samples from near Lake Michigan have been found to contain genetic material from invasive Asian carp.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
President Obama’s 2012 budget proposal includes cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
He's asking for $125 million less than what was approved in 2010, and Republicans may try and slash it farther.
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
White House Council on Environmental Quality Asian Carp Director John Goss was in Traverse City Thursday discussing the Administration’s Asian Carp Control Strategy.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Scientists have published a paper defending their contention that DNA evidence shows Asian carp have gotten past an electric barrier designed to keep them out of the Great Lakes.
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