Alliance President Joel Brammeier will be among those testifying before a congressional subcommittee today about the need to immediately address the Asian carp's encroachment on the Great Lakes.

The hearing – hosted by the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment -- is scheduled to be web cast live at 2 p.m. EST.

Meanwhile, federal officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Coast Guard on Monday unveiled a strategy outlining more than 25 short- and long-term actions and $78.5 million in investments to combat the spread of Asian carp.

The control strategy was introduced as a multi-tiered defense of the Great Lakes to prevent Asian carp from developing self-sustaining populations while longer term biological controls are being developed.

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