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All Aboard - Two New Invasive Species Per Year Entering US/Canadian Great Lakes

Posted on March 21, 2007

Somehow this posting was rejected by one of Lloyd's favorite sources, CuteOverload. Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinal: - Frustrated by the mounting number of invasive species arriving in the bellies of overseas freighters, some conservationists are proposing a simple but radical solution: Ban the ships from the Great Lakes until they can figure out how to stop discharging contaminated ballast water. This is being done out of frustration, said Jennifer Nalbone of the conservation group Great Lakes United. This is a decision we've made because the federal government has failed to protect the Gr...

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