Staffing for sea lamprey control program is back on track

The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission’s sea lamprey control program is back on track after federal job cuts had eliminated a dozen contracted workers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“On the staffing, it does look like we’re getting things back on track,” Greg McClinchey, GLFC’s director of political and legislative affairs, told Michigan Outdoor News. “The hiring freeze on seasonal staff has now been lifted.”
The GLFC has for decades contracted with the USFWS to carry out chemical treatments in hundreds of Michigan rivers to kill invasive lamprey that consume up to 40 pounds of fish per year.

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