MINNESOTA SUPER TUESDAY AND EXOTIC SPECIES

A group of Great Lakes state lawmakers want Super Tuesday voters to consider federal legislation that could reduce exotic species in the future as well as prevent water diversion away from the area. Minnesota lawmaker Ann Rest said she wants Presidential candidates to know about the legislation and get behind it. The federal legislation could require ocean-going ships to clean out ballast tanks before they enter the Great Lakes. And any water diversion projects would have to benefit the immediate area around the Great Lakes.