Posted: 02.15.2011

The White House's point man in the fight to
prevent Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes will
be in Milwaukee Tuesday.

John Goss of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are holding a public meeting.
They are holding about a dozen sessions altogether across the
Great Lakes region to explain their carp battle plan and receive
feedback.

Asian species known as bighead and silver carp have migrated up
the Mississippi and Illinois rivers for decades and are nearing
Lake Michigan, held back by the electric barrier about 25 miles
south of Chicago.

Scientists say if they reach the lakes, the prolific plankton
eaters could endanger the $7 billion fishing industry by unraveling
the aquatic food web.

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