Eric Sharp, outdoors writer, has ripped the USACE in the Detroit Free Press today over the whole carp barrier debacle:
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers probably has done more environmental damage to this country than any other single entity, with the exception of farming. Its dams, canals and other projects have destroyed wetlands, wiped out fish-spawning areas, flooded valleys, caused serious erosion problems and imported more exotic animals than anyone since Noah. I've spent half my working life in Florida and half in Michigan. Based on the ecological debacles I've seen the corps create in both states, it's clear that its modus operandi is spend money now, worry about potential long-term problems later. That might explain why the agency failed to show much concern about the effectiveness of an electrical barrier that's supposed to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes."
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