Minnesota Piles On Carp-Related Lawsuit

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Dec 28, 2009 7:00PM

First Michigan, then Ohio, now Minnesota. It's getting rough for the State of Illinois as that's three states in on a lawsuit to force the State of Illinois, the Army Corps of Engineers and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to shut the shipping locks and canals that feed into Lake Michigan to stop the potential spread of Asian Carp. According to the Trib, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed the brief today, pointing out that Minnesota has 140 miles of shoreline along Lake Superior. The SCOTUS is scheduled to consider the lawsuit on January 8. The state of Michigan has also passed a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take immediate and drastic action to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.