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Pull the Plug on the Electric Asian Carp Fence

November 12, 2009

Posted by Thom Cmar in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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armycorps, asiancarp, chicago, chicagodiversion, chicagoriver, greatlakes, invasivespecies, lakemichigan

Poison has been used to repel invading armies throughout history.  And it's just about to happen again outside Chicago. In this case, the invading army doesn't come in the form of armed troops...  actually, they are fish.  But their threat...continued

Off to Cleveland Today to Testify for Great Lakes and Oceans

October 29, 2009

Posted by Thom Cmar in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ballastwater, cleveland, greatlakes, invasivespecies, obama, oceans

I'm off to Cleveland this morning to testify at the Great Lakes regional meeting of the National Ocean Policy Task Force.  As a native Ohioan, I am excited to return to my home state and take this important opportunity to...continued

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Thom Cmar
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I grew up in a small city in southwestern Ohio.  My father’s father worked in...
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