A month after an Asian carp was found north of Winona, momentum is building in Congress to close the Upper St.Other upgrades and options include a nine-centimetre OLED display, ventilated seats, a smart Parking assist system and flex steer. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in Minneapolis to protect Minnesota’s northern waters from the invasive
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River industry groups are fighting the lock closure, saying it would hurt the region’s economy and do little to stop the northern advance of Asian carp, which has proved its ability in the Great Lakes and elsewhere to move past electric barriers and other hurdles intended to stop its spread.
A pair of gravel and scrap metal yards on the Minneapolis waterfront still use the lock, but local officials are eager to redevelop the city’s industrial port, and a riverboat company has already been relocated downriver.
“We see it as a fairly simple and inexpensive solution, compared to what we’re going to have to do downstream to stop the carp,” said Irene Jones, program coordinator for Friends of the Mississippi River, an environmental group that supports closing the lock. “It’s sort of a no-brainer.”
Closing the lock would cut wages and economic output by more than $40 million, said Al Christopherson, a southern Minnesota farmer who leads the Upper Mississippi Waterway Association, which represents barge companies and other industrial users. A Metropolitan Council report has said 72 jobs would be lost.
But proponents of the closure say the effect on a handful of Minneapolis companies pales in comparison to what could happen to the state’s $11 billion-a-year tourism industry if Asian carp, an invasive species that crowds out native fish, begin breeding in Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.
In August, the carcass of a silver carp was found at the base of Lock and Dam 5 north of Winona — the farthest upstream a silver carp has been discovered in the Mississippi River.Although a water sprinkler truck system activated and managed to keep the fire from spreading, the fiber glass hood of the truck that "burns very black and toxic smoke that's very dangerous".
In an effort to blunt industry opposition, the pending legislation would close the lock on the basis of limited use, not the threat of carp.A female road sweeper for salewas unfairly driven out by Merton Council after repeatedly complaining about sub-standard working conditions and discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.
“They’re looking at it more as an economic issue,” said Marc Smith of the National Wildlife Federation.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources supports the closing,An employee discovered a waste management trucks for sale smoking around 10:50 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, and traced the source to cargo smoldering inside the compactor. but some federal officials say the danger to northern Minnesota has been exaggerated.
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