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1 Na#onal Park Service

2 Great lakes Fisheries Commission

3 USGS

4 Na#onal Great Rivers Research & Educa#on Center

5 Species Maximum Size Food Source Fun Fact Bighead Silver Black Grass 110 lbs, 55 inches 100 lbs, 40 inches 110 lbs, 59 inches 100 lbs, 59 inches Zooplankton, phytoplankton Zooplankton, phytoplankton Mussels, snails, other mollusks Aquatic vegetation Females can produce up to 750,000 eggs Can jump 10 feet in the air and injure boaters Only species of the four that has not yet reached Iowa (Lock #19) Eats 40% of its weight daily and excretes half undigested Grass carp: Wikipedia user Dezior under CC- BY- 3 license; Black Carp: USGS non- indigenous species database; Silver Carp: Wikipedia user Dezior under CC- BY- 3 license; Bighead: Asian Carp Regional Coordina#ng CommiJee under CC- BY- 2.0 license

6 Nick Schlesser for the Minnesota DNR

7 Data sources: Asian carp data compiled by the National Park Service; geographic data from USGS, NOAA and Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com)

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12 39 foot head Fixed-crest spillway Lock treatment required Lock closure not an option A barrier here could save much of IA, WI & MN from black carp and other invasive species on the way. Data sources: Asian carp data compiled by the National Park Service; geographic data from USGS, NOAA and Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com) Lock & Dam 19 USGS via Wikipedia, public domain

13 Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam Downtown Minneapolis Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam S A I N T P A U L Downtown Saint Paul M I N N E A P O L I S Mississippi Ford Lock & Dam Fort Snelling Airport

14 Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam Downtown Minneapolis M I N N E A P O L I S Airport Fort Snelling Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam 49 foot head Fixed-crest spillway 594 commercial lockages in 2012 Historic fish barrier (waterfall) Subject of federal lock closure bill Flickr User Richie DiesterheQ viacc BY 2.0

15 Wikipedia user Mulad (Micahel Hicks) released to public domain Lock & Dam No. 1 (Ford Dam) 36-foot head, fixed crest spillway 815,000 tons of commercial products transported in : 731 commercial lockages; 1056 recreational Protects gorge Coalition s preferred option If a bubble/acoustic barrier is installed (est. $19 million) the lock could not be closed Ford Lock & Dam Fort Snelling Airport

16 Upper Harbor Terminal Northern Metal Aggregate Industries Downtown Minneapolis S A I N T P A U L Downtown Saint Paul M I N N E A P O L I S Mississippi Fort Snelling Airport

17 Aggregate Industries Downtown Minneapolis M I N N E A P O L I S Airport Mississippi Fort Snelling Aggregate Industries Ships sand, gravel and lime upstream that is mined from Grey Cloud Island Provides source material for Cemstone & Marshall Concrete (also on/near river) Metropolitan Council

18 Northern Metal Downtown Minneapolis Metropolitan Council M I N N E A P O L I S Mississippi Fort Snelling Northern Metal (formerly American Iron) Crushes appliances, cars and other metal products, and ships scrap downstream Airport

19 Upper Harbor Terminal Downtown Minneapolis Metropolitan Council M I N N E A P O L I S Mississippi Fort Snelling Upper Harbor Terminal (Port of Minneapolis) City owned terminal that provides storage and shipping of other commodities such as coal, fertilizer, dredge material Airport

20 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels All primary manufactured goods All food and farm products All manufactured equipment & machinery All coal, lignite, and coal coke All petroleum and petroleum products All chemicals and related products Source: National Park Service

21 Source: National Park Service, Asian Carps: A New Urgency: A presentation to the Mississippi River Forum, John Anfinson, 8/26/2011

22 Source: National Park Service, Asian Carps: A New Urgency: A presentation to the Mississippi River Forum, John Anfinson, 8/26/2011

23 Source: National Park Service, Asian Carps: A New Urgency: A presentation to the Mississippi River Forum, John Anfinson, 8/26/2011

24 Upper Saint Anthony Falls Other Commercial* 1,610 1,356 1,471 1, Recreational 786 1,005 1, Total 2,436 2,403 2,618 2,392 1,356 Lower Saint Anthony Falls Other Commercial* 1, Recreational 920 1,104 1, Total 1,956 1,960 2,003 1,768 1,371 Lock & Dam Other Commercial* Recreational 1,783 2,254 1,728 1,366 1,056 Total 2,684 2,926 2,363 2,113 1,836

25 Level Name Description Guideline for range of lock operation data 1 Full 24/7/ /7/365 3 Single Shift 4 Set times per day 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (basically two shifts of either 8 or 10 hours) 8-12 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year Lockages (including recreational craft) at set times per day (for example, 8am and 4pm) More than 5 million tons of cargo and/or more than 1,000 commercial lockages per year Between 1 and 5 million tons of cargo and /or 500 to 1,000 commercial lockages per year Less than 1 million tons of cargo and/or less than 500 commercial lockages per year Limited commercial and/or recreational traffic, with a more consistent pattern of lockage 5 Weekends & holidays Lockages on weekends and holidays only Little to no commercial lockages with significant recreational lockages (500 or more per year) with no consistent pattern 6 Appointment Commercial lockages by appointment Limited commercial traffic with no consistent pattern of lockage Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Twin Cities LDs Minneapolis Riverfront Meeting Lock Hours of Operation Kevin Baumgard, 6/14/2012

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27 Met Council report DNR report

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31 $500,000 - $600,000 for relocation of some of Northern Metals distribution $20.7 million for the increased cost of alternative transportation arrangements, (shifting from barge to truck). Unknown possible costs for the relocation of Marshall Concrete. Unknown possible costs related to the expected end of Aggregate Industries ability to extract and market lime (representing roughly 20% of their tonnage traveling through St. Anthony Falls).

32 Economic impact of lock closure Overall Minnesota economy % of Minnesota Economy impacted 84 jobs 3,000,000 jobs % $5.3 million in wage income $9.3 million in value-added $14.4 million in economic output each year $166 billion in wage income $268 billion in value-added $494 billion in economic output each year % % % In the context of the Minnesota economy, the impact would not appear to be significant. However, the impact to the specific businesses affected and the individuals who lose their jobs would be significant. Met Council Report, p. 3

33 The Minnesota DNR recently released a study entitled Water Recreation Economy at Risk from the Potential Spread of Asian Carp in Minnesota: Selected water resources connected to the Mississippi River north of the Twin Cities, May In light of the threat Asian carp pose to Minnesota s $4 billion boating and fishing economy, this paper provides limited estimates of the size of these economies for selected water resources north of the Twin Cities without defining how much of this at-risk economy would be impacted by Asian Carp. The $4 billion fishing economy is approximately 1% of Minnesota s overall economy Minnesota DNR, Water Recrea#on Economy at Risk from the Poten#al Spread of Asian Carp

34 Overall cost to businesses, plus economic impact of lock closure $49.7 million State bonding for light/bubble barrier at Lock #1 $19 million Federal cost of keeping locks open ($3.5 million annually) $98 million Value of Minnesota s fishing economy $122 billion

35 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the locks for the purpose of commercial navigation on public waterways; they are not authorized to manage Asian Carp An act of Congress is necessary to authorize lock closure Lock closure is controversial because of fears that it could set a precedent to close additional locks

36 Directs the Chief of Engineers to study the feasibility of temporarily and/or permanently closing the Upper St. Anthony Lock and Lock #1, modifying lock operations, or using an alternative technology barrier, to manage the threat of Asian Carp Requires the Chief to close such lock upon determining that a live adult Asian carp has been captured above Lock and Dam 2 (Hastings) or that a juvenile Asian carp has been captured above Lock and Dam 4 (Wabasha) Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to incorporate the Upper Mississippi River and tributaries, the Minnesota River, and the St. Croix River into the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework of the Council (current focus is Great Lakes)

37 Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries by providing high-level technical assistance, coordination, best practices, and support to state and local government strategies, to slow, and eventually eliminate, the threat posed by such carp.

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