Officials to discuss plan focused on preventing Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan

July 16-17 session in Chicago will focus on $778 million strategy

This silver carp was caught about nine miles from Lake Michigan on June 22, 2017. (Illinois Department of Natural Resources via AP)

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Representatives of the eight states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes region will meet next month to discuss helping fund a federal plan to prevent Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan.

Officials say the July 16-17 session in Chicago will focus on a $778 million strategy developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to strengthen defenses at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois.

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The states will be asked to help pay for the project.
 


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