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[Hyndis]

The advance of the invasive Asian carp up the Illinois River and into a canal leading toward Lake Michigan is leading many in the Great Lakes region to consider whether the man-made waterways connecting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds should be cut off.

Public officials in the Great Lakes states, including Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, say the time has come to consider re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River and closing off the canals linking it to the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.

Legislation proposed by members of Congress from Great Lakes states calls on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a study into hydrological separation of the two important basins. Plans would likely include re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River back into Lake Michigan, after the river was reversed over a century ago in an engineering feat many say was remarkable at the time.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130400272

[ZhangC1459]

First off, I'm Asian and I deny responsibility for this.

Second, I always wondered how the hell they reverse a river, lol

[RedWarrior0]

Oh carp.

Being a Michigan person, I don't want the carp to invade. Because you know they'll make it around the other side of the state, and it's just... bad.

[NFossil]

First off, I'm Asian and I deny responsibility for this.

Second, I always wondered how the hell they reverse a river, lol

Fellow Asian too.
I always wondered why people here don't just eat them. That's the best way to control anything.

[NKDietrich]

First off, I'm Asian and I deny responsibility for this.

Second, I always wondered how the hell they reverse a river, lol

Fellow Asian too.
I always wondered why people here don't just eat them. That's the best way to control anything.

I'm not really a cannibal. Do Asians taste good?

[Xerillum]

As someone from wisconsin, this scares me. As a dwarf fortress player, I want the Chicago River blocked off with magma.

[Xenos]

why not release a fish that would devour the asian carp into the river? 

But seriously, put a no limit, kill on catch rule for the fish (assuming they have not already) and start culling.  If they placed electro-shock stations to stun the fish, and then boat out and scoop them up that could also help a little...