Asian Carp Meetings

An Asian carp briefing will be heald Monday, March 15, 2010 on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

There you can learn the latest information about our fight to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and ask state experts about the risk Asian carp pose to the Lake Huron region.

Stop Asian Carp Public Briefing
Monday, March 15, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Saginaw Valley State University
Curtiss Hall, 2nd Floor
Seminar Rooms D&E
7400 Bay Road
University Center, MI

As you know, the Saginaw Valley and surrounding region is a Michigan sport fishery paradise. Even ESPN.com has featured the area as a prime fishing region. From Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay to the Au Gres, Rifle and Saginaw Rivers, and many more, this area plays a key part in Michigan’s Great Lakes-based economy. Our fight to stop Asian carp will have a direct impact the region’s environment and economy.

Courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service Please take time out of your busy schedule to attend this event, where we will tell you what you can do to help us close the locks in Chicago and protect our most valuable natural resource.

Your Letters-to-the-Editor Will Make a Difference!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to write a letter to your local newspaper. Many of you copied us on your letters at info@stopasiancarp.com. I wanted to take a moment to show you a letter that was published in the Detroit Free Press just yesterday as a result of your efforts.

Stop the carp, now!
Published in the Detroit Free Press, 3/8/10

When are the State of Illinois and the Obama Administration going to get it? We have but one chance to stop the advancement of Asian carp into Lake Michigan by closing the O’Brien and Chicago Locks until a permanent solution is found. This doesn’t have to be a forever thing. Closing the locks would bring the merchants using them over to the side of the people trying to protect the Great Lakes. Maybe their voices would be enough to prompt the Obama administration to find a more permanent solution.

All of these meetings and talk are doing nothing. The clock is ticking; the carp are swimming closer by the day. The time to act is now. Once the carp establish a breeding population in the Great Lakes, the game is over. No amount of finger-pointing and name-calling will reverse the damage that will have been done.