[dailynews] April 6, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: April 6, 2011
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Lawmakers want to take the wind out of off-shore turbine sails
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Proposed legislation could keep wind turbines out of the Great Lakes, and 
that's good - or bad - depending on perspective. Source: Great Lakes Echo 
(4/6)


ENVIRONMENT: Environmentalists' Earth Day pledge
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While the Rochester region has some outstanding natural resources, it's also 
coping with some weighty environmental issues, some which have been going on 
for decades. Source: Rochester City Newspaper (4/6)


A pipe dream come true
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Watching crops dying in parched fields overlooking a huge freshwater lake 
has long been a source of frustration for Leamington, Ontario, farmers. For 
a century, growers have tossed around the idea of somehow getting Lake Erie 
water to their fields. Source: The Windsor Star (4/6)


Walleye makes comeback in Lake Erie
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Pickerel has made a comeback in Lake Erie, much to the surprise of 
biologists.
Yearly surveys done on the lake initially led experts to believe the fish, 
formally known as walleye, was in decline. Source: Tillsonburg News (4/6)


Beach walk reveals areas of erosion at Presque Isle State Park
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Park Operations Manager Harry Leslie led about 15 local, state and federal 
officials on the annual trek along the shore of Lake Erie to see how the 
peninsula's beaches weathered winter. Source: Erie Times-News (4/6)


COMMENTARY: Congress on wrong side of history in denying climate change
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The majority party in the House of Representatives is choosing to overturn 
established science by voting on a bill (H.R. 910) that will gut the Clean 
Air Act and prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from ever 
protecting the American people from the disastrous impacts of climate 
change. Source: The Hill (4/6)


It's official: The Harbor is Great
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The Great Lakes. The Mississippi River. The Chesapeake Bay. The Everglades. 
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the New York / New Jersey Harbor. The area's 
aquatic network has been designated one of the nation's Great Waters by a 
consortium of conservation groups called the America's Great Waters 
Coalition. Source: The New York Times (4/5)


Lake Superior drops more than usual in March
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Below-normal rain and snow in March across the watershed provided less water 
for Lake Superior, which now sits 9 inches lower than on April 1, 2010, and 
15 inches below its long-term April 1 average. Source: Duluth News Tribune 
(4/2)


COMMENTARY: Out-of-state rules threaten Indiana ports
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Recently adopted regulations in New York governing the discharge of ballast 
water that cargo ships take on to maintain stability when not fully loaded 
have threatened to cut off one of Indiana's key gateways -- the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway. Source: The Indianapolis Star (3/29)


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