NANFA-- Goby Barrier

Scott Davis (unclescott_at_prodigy.net)
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:57:53 -0500

Today's Chicago Tribune carries an article on efforts to contain the goby,
brought over in ballast tanks from Russian waters, which has widely infested
stretches of the Great Lakes. A 1.3 million dollar electric barrier is
planned across the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal which connects Lake
Michigan with the Des Plaines River in the Illinois River flowage.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/article/0,1051,SAV-0106130377,00.ht
ml

Will it work? Is it too little, too late? Will it be the disaster they are
warning of if these little buggers get loose in the Mississippi drainage?

Thanks,

Scott

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