The State of Indiana is siding with Illinois against the closure of Chicago area locks and gates.
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels says in a letter to the Obama Administration that closing the lock system would worsen flooding in parts of his state. Officials in Michigan, Wisconsin and three other Midwestern states favor closing the navigational structures entirely to combat the threat of invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
Meanwhile, officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and other departments will brief the public this afternoon on strategies to keep the unwanted fish out of the Great Lakes. This week, the Obama Administration released a $78.5 million plan to prevent the carp from entering the Great Lakes via Chicago waterways.
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