Great Lakes States’ Asian Carp Case Toss by U.S. Court
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States surrounding the Great Lakes lost a lawsuit that sought to force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop Asian carp from possibly migrating into the lakes from the Mississippi River basin.
U.S. District Judge John Tharp in Chicago today dismissed the suit filed two years ago by Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania, ruling their demand to sever the lakes from the basin was trumped by federal laws that require the Army Corps. to keep connections navigable between the water bodies.