Before 1988 only a handful of Michigan residents likely knew — or cared — what a zebra mussel was. What would happen if a few were dumped into the Earth's freshwater seas, the Great Lakes, was anybody's guess.
Now, much to our regret, we know all too well what the zebra mussel is and what it can do when it reproduces unchecked. And unless we are incredibly lucky, everyone will soon know just what a New Zealand mudsnail is, too, and what it can do to our lakes.
All because the Great Lakes shipping industry, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Interior Department, the U.S. Senate and a host of other agencies haven't done the job that American citizens expect of them.
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Posted by Dave at May 5, 2006 11:10 AM