Federal firings could wreak havoc on Great Lakes fishery
Sweeping layoffs of federal employees have struck the program responsible for controlling the invasive sea lamprey that threatens fish across the Great Lakes, the earth’s largest freshwater ecosystem.
Among hundreds of US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) employees terminated this month were 12 members of the Great Lakes sea lamprey control program, based at field stations in Marquette and Ludington, Michigan.
These staffing cuts could have grave consequences for the lakes’ native fish population and the $5 billion fishery they comprise.
