US House defeats proposal to close Chicago shipping locks to protect Lake Michigan from carp

Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 12:05 p.m.
The U.S. House rejected a proposal Thursday to force the closure of Chicago-area shipping locks that could provide an opening to the Great Lakes for voracious Asian carp, a potential threat to native fish species and the region's economy.


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