WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2011. In a meeting with the President’s Special Assistant for the Great Lakes, Cam Davis, and Chairman of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, John Goss, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today vowed to work to protect funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Continuing Resolution (H.R.1) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, passed by the House of Representatives cuts funding for the Initiative by $250 million – from $475 million to $225 million – which, according to Goss, would delay Asian Carp research efforts and Carp management activities including electrofishing and netting.
