Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

Today we can ponder what our region might have been like had we not reversed the Chicago River. It's a puzzle we're grappling with now as we contemplate carp, climate change, and a livable city for the 21st century.

I am surprised that a business-savvy guy like Dennis Byrne would pretend that he doesn't understand why we need to meet an imminent threat to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry.

LOCKPORT, Ill. — Environmental officials say they have found a single Asian carp in a canal leading to Lake Michigan – the closest any of ...