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The bottom line here is what's happening in the Great Lakes today. We have 184 new species that never existed before.
We have some that are of urgent and pressing concern. We've already had our economies, especially the rural economies, devastated by the sea lamprey, and everybody is familiar with that. Asian carp is poised to enter the Great Lakes. I think we're moving a little too slow on that front, not just us but also on the U.S. side, obviously.
Right now we have some phragmites. Are you familiar with that plant? It's taking over entire coastal areas. It's becoming a wall of vegetation. It's also becoming a fire hazard as we're seeing in southern Lake Michigan right now. They have to remove it, otherwise it burns more intensively than forests do. There's a decline of use. You can't even see the water right now. Property values drop, as does tourism. Can you imagine Sauble Beach? Who's familiar with Sauble Beach? It's a massive beach on Lake Huron. All of a sudden there's a massive wall 12 feet or more high that's so dense you can't get through it.
These things are emerging instantly, today. Our council is undertaking this. I didn't even talk about this earlier, but that's one of the aspects we're dealing with. We're working with municipalities to try to tackle it while we still can, but we need support.