I’ve ridden through that lock in a chartered boat. It was kinda cool.
How do they taste?
Yet Obama has stood directly in the way of shutting down the Chicago “shipping” canal.
I wonder how sure they are that they closed the locks (for good) before the carp could get through. It looks like there was only another 12 miles of navigable river - so while a loss to shipping to the northern suburbs, it probably won’t have a huge impact on shipping.
Sounds like it is worth it if they can keep those nasty carp out of the hundreds of mile of river (and thousands of miles?) of tributaries to the north.
What is absolutely totally stupid about this whole article is the fact that Asian Carp are already in the headwaters of the Mississippi and more are to follow as eggs carried on the feet of waterfowl as mud is transferred from one pond to another.
It is an unstoppable thing and these are the same fools that believe in changing climate of the earth and think they can change it.
However, it makes them feel good and think they accomplished something important so they can have their 15 minutes of fame and destroy the financial lives of hard working people who use that portion of the river for their lively-hoods while these “save the earth” bums receive government financial support and support from many other slimy forms of “save the earth” zealots.
We have nothing like the Falkirk Wheel here in American.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Falkirk_Wheel