An online conversation at Zoom took place a few weeks after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced $ 226 million to complete the Brandon Road inter-basin project design, an effort of $ 858 million to keep carp downstream from Joliet, Illinois, the Des Plaines River and from the Great Lakes.
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Bridge Michigan reporter Kelly House was joined by Peter Elsip, an environmental modeling analyst at the University of Michigan Great Lakes Cooperative Research Institute; Rachel Stertavant, Head of the NOAA Program Information system on aquatic non-native species of the Great Lakes; and Doug Craven, director of natural resources A small traverse bay group of the Odawa Indians.
If you missed the hourly chat on Wednesday, you can watch it below.
This event is part of a six-month, bi-monthly discussion series on the Great Lakes, prepared in partnership with The circle is blue and funded by Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and Bosch Joint Foundation.
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The series will resume on May 11. Follow the topic announcement and registration information.