One Asian carp was found earlier this year past the electric barriers in the Chicago area. Scientists examined the fish and found that it mostly lived in Lake Calumet, not Lake Michigan.

Elected officials in many of the Great Lakes states would like to close the Chicago locks to prevent the Asian carp from spreading any further. How about examining the bait used in the area? If Asian carp minnows are being moved around in the Great Lakes region, they could be causing the carp to pass the barriers. This could easily be a way to help prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes, without shutting down a key part of Chicago’s economy.

I hope that you will discuss this issue in the magazine.

Jim Schwaiger
Dolton, Ill.