Operation Pelican Congressional visit

LANSING, Ill., -- Steve Shults, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Incident Commander, Operation Pelican, Capt. Luann Barndt, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and Army Col. Vincent Quarles, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, brief Congresswoman Judy Biggert, 13th District of Illinois, on the status of Operation Pelican, May 23, 2010. The goal of the operation is to collect data and determine the possible population of the invasive species, Asian Carp. U.S. Coast Guard is enforcing a safety zone for the duration of sampling operations. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class George Degener.