(MI) The Detroit News – The Fantastic Mr. Cox is waging political war against the Asian carp. He’ll need the wind at his back.
My worry is that his strategy is more likely to create high farce than permanent fish kill.
On Monday, the attorney general announced he was taking his case against the carp all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping that the scales of justice will tilt against big fish and the state of Illinois.
So far, though, the fearsome fish of many adjectives (“invasive” “omnivorous” “aggressive” are regulars) have eluded all of the manmade impediments placed in their paths, including an expensive electrical barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. More