"It's time to close the Welland Canal," said Gary Fahnenstiel, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon.
"This a simple problem with a simple solution," Fahnenstiel said. "We have a natural choke point and we can shut off the flow of exotics into the Great Lakes."
Aye, it is a simple problem with a simple -- but politically difficult -- solution. Here is where the rhetoric of politicians meets the reality. Thanks to Mr. Fahnenstiel for speaking truth. Can we have a show of hands from the politicians on how many will act on it?
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Posted by Dave at December 27, 2004 12:34 AM