After Whitmer call, Trump administration lifts halt on invasive carp project

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 477

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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More than a month after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halted work on a critical project aimed at keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes, the stop-work order barring the effort from progressing has been lifted.

In a text message to Michigan Advance Thursday Morning, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Communications Director Robert Leddy confirmed that the stop-work order on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project in Illinois had been lifted.

Whitmer spoke with President …

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