IN MY LIFE TIME I HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES IN OUR LAKES.  ONCE WE COULD WATCH OUR TOES AS WE WADED IN THE WATER OF LAKE MICHIGAN, UNTIL WE WERE CHIN DEEP IN WATER.  THEN WE GOT THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY AND THE PARADE OF INVASIVE SPECIES BEGAN, FIRST WITH THE SEA LAMPREY WHICH ATTACKED OUR TROUT CROP,  THEN IT WAS THE ALEWIVES WITH THE PROHIBITIVE ODOR ON OUR BEACHES.  WHEN LOCAL COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ADJUSTED FROM THEIR NORMAL CROP OF GREAT LAKES FISH TO TRAWLING FOR THE ALEWIVES FOR CAT FOOD, THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE DNR, BECAUSE THE ALEWIVES PROVIDED FOOD FOR SALMON.  THEN ALONG CAME THE ZEBRA MUSSELS THAT FASTENED THEMSELVES TO WATER INLETS COSTING US MILLIONS ANNUALLY TO FIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE THE THREAT OF ASIAN CARP WHICH COULD PUT ALL OTHER GREAT LAKES FISHING OUT OF BUSINESS.  OUR JUDGES DO NOT SEEM TO REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS THREAT AND HAVE NEGATED EFFORTS TO STOP THIS MENACE. AS A LAST RESORT, OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, MIKE COX HAS APPEALED TO THE PRESIDENT FOR RELIEF FROM THE JUDICIAL ACTION.  SINCE CHANGES IN THE GREAT LAKES IN GRADUAL, PERHAPS SOMETHING CAN BE DONE.  OTHERWISE ITS ASIAN CARP CHOWDER FOR LUNCH.