As executive director of the Ohio River Sanitation Commission, Alan Vicory knows well the relentless march of the Asian carp up the Mississippi River and their invasion into his own domain.

At a meeting of journalists in Louisville Friday he noted a similar but personal battle with moles, an aggressive invader of his own yard. The advice he was given about that problem?  “Name them and make them part of the family.”

Vicory mused aloud about what he views as the inevitable result of the carp now knocking on the door of the Great Lakes:  “Maybe we should name these carp and make them part of the family,” he said. “They’re coming.”

(And no, Great Lakes Echo is not sponsoring a “name the carp” contest.)