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Great Lakes governors request federal funding for project to deter invasive carp

CHICAGO — Great Lakes officials are calling for federal funding of the massive engineering effort in Illinois to keep invasive Asian carp out of one of the largest freshwater ecosystems in the world. Gov. J.B. Pritzker was among those who signed on to a December letter from the bipartisan Council of Great Lakes Governors asking Congress to provide funding in the 2022 Water Resources Reform and ...

CHICAGO — Great Lakes officials are calling for federal funding of the massive engineering effort in Illinois to keep invasive Asian carp out of one of the largest freshwater ecosystems in the world.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker was among those who signed on to a December letter from the bipartisan Council of Great Lakes Governors

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