Governor wants EPA to help protect Lake Erie from Asian Carp…
This in via e-mail from the office of Governor Ted Strickland:
Governor, Lt. Governor Call for Vigilance, Collaborative Action to Protect Lake Erie from Invasive Species Asian Carp
Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher today sent the following letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to press the need for a coordinated response to the Asian carp threat on Lake Erie and all the Great Lakes.
Also today, Lt. Governor Fisher is participating by phone in a meeting with Administrator Jackson and Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, as well as several Great Lakes governors to discuss a joint federal/state partnership to address Asian carp. Fisher was scheduled to attend the meeting as the governor’s designee but was unable to secure a flight due to weather.
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