BEFORE answering the questions, watch the news videos under "Resources" below and visit the links to the Army Corps of Engineers website under "Background."

1.  a) How much will the Obama administration spend this year on preventing the Asian carp from getting into the Great Lakes?
b) How much has it requested for 2013?  How much has it spent in previous years?
c) How successful has the spending been so far?

2.  a) Who is John Goss?
b) What strategies has the federal government used (or is developing) to cut the carp off from Lake Michigan?

3.  The Asian carp is not native to the U.S.  How did they get here?

4.  Why is the government concerned with the spread of the carp into Lake Michigan?

5.  Why do Chicago businesses oppose the proposal to close off a manmade link between the two drainage basins of the Chicago waterways?

6.  The Army Corps of Engineers has been conducting a study on how to stop the carp from migrating into the Great Lakes. 
a) When is the study expected to be completed?
b) Does this seem to be a reasonable time frame?  Explain your answer.

7.  The carp were first introduced into waterways in the south as an alternative to using chemicals to kill waterway clogging plants.  There is no mention on whether the chemicals were harmful or not.  Considering the cost and potential damage/destruction the carp are causing, do you think chemicals should have been used instead?  Explain your answer.