[dailynews] March 31, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: March 31, 2011
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Stuck cargo ship plugs up Saint Lawrence Seaway
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An out-of-control cargo ship became wedged in the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
early Thursday morning, blocking shipping from North America's Great Lakes 
to the Atlantic Ocean, an official said. Source: Agence France-Presse (3/31)


Coast Guard changing oversight of 2 Mich. stations
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The U.S. Coast Guard is changing the command oversight for two of its 
Michigan stations as part of an effort to improve the way it serves boaters 
and the maritime industry on the Great Lakes. Source: The Associated Press 
(3/31)


Focus on rip currents danger
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Knowing the dangers associated with rip currents when heading to Lake 
Michigan as warm weather approaches could be the difference between life and 
death, officials stressed Wednesday. Source: South Bend Tribune (3/31)


New debate over Detroit's incinerator
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Detroit is home to one of the world's largest incinerators. That facility 
burns around 800,000 tons of trash every year. The issue has sparked 
passionate conflict in Detroit for more than 20 years. Source: The 
Environment Report (3/31)


In search of a Great Lakes ghost ship
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Nearly twenty miles off Milwaukee, a team of divers descends 300 feet into 
the darkness. The faint outline of a giant ship resting on its side rises 
out of the dark like a ghost -the L.R. Doty is  frozen in time underneath 
the gentle waves. Source: Great Lakes Echo (3/31)


Seaway burnishes "green" profile
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Last week, the first freighter of the year rumbled up the St. Lawrence 
River. That marked the 53rd season of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a man-made 
channel linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. Source: North 
Country Public Radio (3/31)


Plans to export water, though unpopular, keep springing up
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Today, as federal politicians fan out across the country to wage an election 
campaign, there is little appetite to reignite a debate on water exports, as 
was suggested by former prime minister Jean Chrétien last week. Source: The 
Globe and Mail (3/30)


Presque Isle State Park tries to balance needs of piping plovers, people
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Fluffy piping plover chicks, resembling cotton balls with legs, once hatched 
on Presque Isle's beaches under the watchful eyes of their 6-inch-tall 
parents. But then more human adults, and their children, flocked to the 
peninsula for recreation. Source: Erie Times-News (3/30)


Muskegon harbor dredging project to begin this week
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The spring dredging of the Muskegon, Mich. harbor will begin this week, with 
work extending well into April. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (3/29)


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