As invasive carp get dangerously close to the Great Lakes, we must go beyond rebranding and fishing. While these efforts are appreciated, prevention is needed to keep this invasive fish out of the Great Lakes. It’s essential that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Illinois move forward with building the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project near Chicago to prevent carp from wreaking ecological and economic havoc on the country’s largest source of fresh water.
Brandon Road is located at the choke point for invasive carp traveling from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have proposed using innovative technologies there to keep carp out of the lakes, including an acoustic fish deterrent, an air bubble curtain and an electric barrier.
