Bay City Times editorial:
Some Republican senators in Lansing want the state to throw the book at anyone who intentionally spreads non-native plants, insects and animals in Michigan.
Better late than never, we suppose.
But they're closing the barn door after the varmints have vamoosed.
http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1110390336149290.xml
Right! Even more importantly, why don't they reintroduce the bill that their now-Majority Leader, Ken Sikkema, introduced in 2001 to require all ships passing through Michigan waters to treat their ballast water to prevent invasive species? That would do far more than a law that will never be enforced that would penalize individual recreational craft owners, or anglers.