Lawmakers Urge 'Aggressive' EPA Action To Fight Invasive Asian Carp

A group of lawmakers from Great Lakes states are pushing EPA to apply Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funds to prevent the spread of Asian carp into the lakes after a Canadian study confirmed the presence of environmental DNA from the fish in Lake Erie and argued that it would take fewer than 20 carp to populate the lakes. In a July 24 letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Thomas Bostick, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, a...