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Pandora's Locks

WTTW News | March 24, 2010, 7:00 pm

Pandora's Locks
The Asian carp is not the first foreign species to invade the Great Lakes. Environmental journalist Jeff Alexander tells us about the history and repercussions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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