To the editor:

Congressman Fred Upton calls for federal help: “We must act now to stop Asian Carp… Asian Carp have been discovered beyond the electric barrier and only nine miles from Lake Michigan, I have implored President Trump to release the Brandon Road Study and take immediate action to stop this potential disaster.”

Typical of Republicans, Upton, who voted to cut government (the EPA) to make it ineffective, then wonders why it doesn’t solve his own problem. Thinking that a New York builder, with 10 out of 12 failing environment standards, would care about Michigan fish, is a real pipe dream.

Forget federal help. Can the Great Lakes states cooperate to fight the carp?

Lee Greenawalt, Merced, Calif.