Senator Baldwin Urges Trump Administration to Release Army Corps Brandon Road Study to Stop Spread of Asian Carp

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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has joined 11 other Great Lakes Senators in calling on the Trump Administration to release a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that recommends specific measures to prevent Asian Carp from getting beyond the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, a crucial chokepoint in the Chicago waterway system. The study, which is critical to stopping Asian Carp and other invasive species from reaching the Great Lakes, was supposed to be released at the end of February but was delayed by the Trump Administration.

"We request the Administration release the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' draft proposal to prevent Asian carp from reaching and severely harming the Great Lakes," wrote the lawmakers. "We are concerned by what we understand to be a White House decision to delay and potentially modify this report that has been under development for years. When taken together with the proposal to eliminate all funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in the fiscal year 2018 budget, delaying the release of this plan to address Asian carp only raises further questions about the Administration's commitment to protecting our Great Lakes."

The letter was led by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and signed by Senate Great Lakes Task Force Members, including Baldwin, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Al Franken (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

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