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Asian carp are at the doorstep of the Great Lakes and it is our responsibility to act.
In the United States:
Contact your federal members of Congress and urge them to:
- Take all actions needed to stop an Asian Carp invasion.
- Implement the recommendations of the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework
- Take action to prevent carp from bypassing the barrier if the Des Plaines River floods.
- Aggressively monitor for carp, and eradicate any fish found.
- Continue rapid response measures whenever needed.
- Create a permanent hydrological separation between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
- We need to move beyond emergency actions as quickly as possible. Let your state, provincial and federal elected leaders know that you support ecological separation of the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins at the Chicago Area Waterway System.
- The Asian carp crisis was preventable. We need new legislation to prevent the introduction of non-native species.
In Canada:
Call on Prime Minister Harper to request a summit with the Obama administration to ensure that the U.S.-led efforts do not fail.
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
pm@pm.gc.ca
Urge these ministers to offer Canada’s help in any effort to stop the invasive fish.
The Honourable Jim Prentice
Minister of the Environment
Tel: 819-997-1441
Fax: 819-953-0279
Jim.Prentice@ec.gc.ca
The Honourable Gail Shea
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Tele: 613-992-9223
Fax: 613-992-1974
Min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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