Biggert pleased with Asian Carp decision

U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert says she's pleased at increased efforts to protect Lake Michigan from the Asian Carp fish.

Biggert said in a news release Wednesday that expanded parameters for the lake's electric fish barrier are "a long time coming." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Coast Guard announced the plan increase in use of the barrier.

Biggert says testing has found "this voracious invasive species is far closer to reaching the fragile Great Lakes ecosystem than thought before."

The congresswoman's office says the barrier was built to stop the spread of species like the Asian Carp.

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