Proposal to separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi River

Post by **dlandersson** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:28 pm

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Saturday voiced support for a multi-billion dollar proposal to separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins as a method for keeping Asian carp and other invasive species out of the Great Lakes.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2013 ... 1022/rss10

Chinook · Post by **Chinook** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:35 pm

This proposal has been around for several years now, but seems to be gaining traction. It's of great concern to Great Loop cruisers, for obvious reasons. Presumably, a project to cut off Lake Michigan from the Illinois River would include some provision for getting Loop boats past the barrier. An article I recently read suggests that the change, if it happens at all, won't happen for a number of years, considering the permitting and funding hurdles. If some sort of boat lift is constructed, it will presumably be costly to use. I'm grateful that our planned Great Loop cruise will bring us to Chicago this September, while the existing system is still operable.

Post by **NiceAft** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:35 pm

Does anyone have any good Asian Carp recipes? Chinook may need them

Oh by the way, keep your head down when going through invaded areas

Ray

Post by **Russ** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:19 pm

NiceAft wrote:Does anyone have any good Asian Carp recipes? Chinook may need them

Oh by the way, keep your head down when going through invaded areas

Ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfG4vsJ5_xI

http://www.mdwfp.com/media/74059/asian- ... ity_1_.pdf

Post by **NiceAft** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:57 pm

Thanks Russ

There was a dairy restaurant for many years in what is the "Northern Liberty's" section of Philly, and it name was "The Ambassador Restaurant". They had the most amazing carp recipe, pastrami carp. It was prepared the same way as Romanian Pastrami, but with carp. Hmm hmm good

Ray

Catigale · Post by **Catigale** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:51 am

I thought Asian Carp was a dyslexic Chinese fast food chain....

Post by **NiceAft** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:38 am

That would make it Carp Asian, and those are the mountains where Dracula came from.

Bill at BOATS 4 SAIL · Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:43 am

Carp tastes like eagle.

Catigale · Post by **Catigale** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:45 am

That would make it Carp Asian, and those are the mountains where Dracula came from.

NIce,,,but werent the Carpasians the guys always hassling Deep Space Nine?

Tomfoolery · Post by **Tomfoolery** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:51 am

By the time they actually do something, it'll be too late, but they'll still have built an obstruction to navigation, which won't be going away. It's how we roll.

Sea Wind · Post by **Sea Wind** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:06 am

there was a nice article about this in BoatUS magazine in the last two months.

Post by **NiceAft** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:49 am

Catigale wrote:
That would make it Carp Asian, and those are the mountains where Dracula came from.
NIce,,,but werent the Carpasians the guys always hassling Deep Space Nine?

They were out for their blood

ualpow · Post by **ualpow** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:10 am

How about feeding the homeless or welfare people in need and save some of that budget?

K9Kampers · Post by **K9Kampers** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:08 am

ualpow wrote:How about feeding the homeless or welfare people in need and save some of that budget?

Give the homeless & welfare an Asian Carp and they'll eat for a day. Teach the homeless & welfare to fish for Asian Carp...

Post by **dlandersson** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:11 am

...and they' STILL want you to catch and cook it for them...

K9Kampers wrote:
ualpow wrote:How about feeding the homeless or welfare people in need and save some of that budget?
Give the homeless & welfare an Asian Carp and they'll eat for a day. Teach the homeless & welfare to fish for Asian Carp...

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