Follow-up on the Asian Carp in Lake Michigan

Things aren't looking good for Lake Michigan. According to this story the US Supreme Court rejected an injunction from all the Great Lake states (except Illinois) and the province of Ontario to close the locks in Chicago, the likely avenue by which the Asian Carp will gain access to the lake system. The US President, having close ties to Chicago, has sided with Illinois, citing economic disruption and flooding. The US Army corps of engineers is betting on their electric fence to keep the voracious feeders out. Biologists have recently found Asian carp DNA in Lake Michigan. It constitutes a terrible example of myopic planning. In order to protect one important economic aspect of one city, the US is willing to put the entire fishery of Lake Michigan at risk. This post is a follow up to my Jan 9 post entitled "Another Great Story."