Amid threats to push Illinois out of the project, federal funding has been released to build part of a barrier system to keep invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan from the Illinois River.
Management of the project was moved from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District in Illinois to the Detroit office in Michigan, but how that will impact the embattled project is still unclear.
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