Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants Michigan's attorney general to take legal action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes
Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants Michigan's attorney general to take legal action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.
Granholm and Lt. Gov. John Cherry sent Attorney General Mike Cox a letter Wednesday urging him to "pursue every legal tool" available.
They say among possible actions are closing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, part of a waterway linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River.
Officials say DNA of Asian carp has been detected in the canal, north of an electronic barrier designed to block their advance northward toward the lake.
Illinois environmental officials plan to dump a toxic chemical into a nearly 6-mile section of the canal Wednesday to stop the carp from entering Lake Michigan while the barrier is taken down for maintenance.
