[dailynews] April 7, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: April 7, 2011
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Cleanup of toxic Muskegon Lake sediments to begin in May
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After years of talk and planning, a $12 million cleanup of toxic mud from 
the bottom of Muskegon Lake in the Division Street Outfall area is finally 
scheduled to start next month. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have given the green light 
to the project. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (4/7)


Grannies oppose nuclear waste shipment, take Pointe Claire council to task
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Although council had a resolution ready to put their two cents in regarding 
a shipment of nuclear waste through the St. Lawrence Seaway, two members of 
the Raging Grannies lobby group were hoping Pointe Claire would have come 
out stronger against the shipment of nuclear waste, scheduled to go through 
the St. Lawrence Sea-way in the coming months. Source: The Montreal Gazette 
(4/7)


On the waterfront
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Two schooners will be among a host of attractions at a unique 
family-orientated festival celebrating Escanaba's maritime history this 
summer, announced organizers. July 6 is the date set for the Escanaba 
Maritime Festival, an event which will also be celebrated in 2012 and 2013. 
Source: Escanaba Daily Press (4/7)


A walleye cold spell in Detroit River
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Most of the walleyes in the Detroit River run come from Lake Erie, but some 
come downstream from Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair. Fisheries biologists 
believe spawning success is linked to an unusually cold spring, and if that 
is correct, 2011 could see another huge hatch of walleyes. Source: Detroit 
Free Press (4/7)


Cobourg councillors question rail safety
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At a regular council meeting on Monday, April 4, Deputy Mayor Stan Frost 
assured fellow councillors and residents tests showed Lake Ontario is clean 
and safe after a train derailment along the CN line in Hamilton Township on 
Sunday, March 27 that resulted in a chemical spill that included jet fuel 
and butane. Source: Northumberland News (4/7)


NY changes rules for carrying bait
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it's changing 
regulations banning the overland transport of uncertified baitfish by 
anglers, including baitfish that are personally collected. The changes are 
in response to complaints that regulations adopted in 2007 to limit the 
spread of fish disease were too restrictive. Source: The Associated Press 
(4/7)


Biodiversity improves water quality in streams
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Biologically diverse streams are better at cleaning up pollutants than less 
rich waterways, and a University of Michigan ecologist says he has uncovered 
the long-sought mechanism that explains why this is so. Source: redOrbit 
(4/7)


West Michigan lawmakers propose total ban of wind turbines on Michigan's 
Great Lakes
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Two West Michigan legislators have proposed a law to ban wind turbines in 
Michigan's Great Lakes. State Reps. Ray Frantz, R-Onekama, and Jon Bumstead, 
R-Newaygo, have introduced legislation that would also eliminate any wind 
testing in the state's Great Lakes. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (4/6)


EDITORIAL: Ongoing vigilance
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Last month's report from the International Joint Commission of the U.S. and 
Canada points up issues that need to be confronted if the Great Lakes are to 
remain healthy and a vital segment of the region's economy. Source: The 
Battle Creek Enquirer (4/6)


Wolf crosses the Lake Superior ice to become leader of the pack
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In Ontario, in the winter of 1997, a particularly virile male wolf stepped 
onto the ice of Lake Superior and headed toward Isle Royale, an island about 
15 miles offshore. There he radically changed the genetic makeup of an 
isolated group of wolves that had lived there since the late 1940s. Source: 
The New York Times (4/4)


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