As you know, Attorney General Mike Cox is fighting Illinois and the
federal government in the U.S. Supreme Court to force the closure of
locks in Chicago waterways infested with Asian carp, where we’ve been
joined by New York, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario. These
invasive species could decimate our Great Lakes-based economy, valued in
the billions, by ruining the ecology of our lakes and rivers.

Despite the clear evidence of an impending crisis, federal and state
authorities in charge of the locks refuse to close them and are fighting
us in court.

While we don’t know what the outcome of the suit will be, we can
mobilize folks in order to send a message to the federal and local
authorities in charge that they must act now to protect Michigan and
other Great Lakes states. Illinois accounts for only 63 of the 10,000
miles of the Great Lakes shoreline, yet today they control the fate of
the entire Great Lakes basin.

Attorney General Mike Cox has created a website, www.stopasiancarp.com,
for citizens to sign an online petition, the results of which will be
used to show Illinois and federal authorities that they must look at the
needs of the entire Great Lakes basin.

Would be you able to e-mail this information to your membership and
include it on your website?