[dailynews] April 25, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: April 25, 2011
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Sign of spring: Twin Ports birders hit the beach
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A small group of Northland residents gathered early Easter morning for an 
unconventional gathering on Wisconsin Point. Instead of church finery, most 
members of this congregation sported stout walking boots, binoculars and a 
keen sense of natural curiosity. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/25)


Guiding vessels for more than a century
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In 2011 the remote Caribou Island lighthouse celebrates a century of safely 
guiding ships Captains through the unpredictable Superior waters. Source: 
Sault Star (4/25)


Officials meet to combat phragmites in Lake Erie region
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Area wildlife officials met last month with public and private parties 
interested in learning more about controlling phragmites, an invasive plant 
species that is bad news for local waters. Source: Mansfield News Journal 
(4/25)


Boaters on Maumee River question intensity of patrols
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Many complain they can't go down the Maumee River without getting stopped by 
one marine law-enforcement agency or another Source: Toledo Blade (4/25)


Old Man Winter finally floating away
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With the release of the ice boom in Fort Erie the approximately 500 square 
kilometres of ice remaining on the Lake Erie is flowing down the Niagara 
River. Source: Niagara Falls Review (4/25)


Chilling downtown Syracuse with cold lake water: Cool idea or pipe dream?
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A new study concludes that Syracuse could become the first city in the 
United States to stop using electricity to cool its downtown buildings, 
hospitals and universities. Source: Syracuse Post-Standard (4/24)


COMMENTARY: Ludington, Manistee awash in old-fashioned charm
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Whenever I get the chance, I take the highway that hugs the curve of Lake 
Michigan, leading north to Ludington and its nearby beach towns, Manistee 
and Pentwater. It's an area that has retained its old-fashioned charm 
without being becoming staid. Source: Grand Rapids Press (4/24)


Water walk from Gulf to Lake Superior gets media attention
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Members of the Ojibwe tribe -- mostly from Minnesota -- are walking from the 
Mississippi Gulf Coast to Lake Superior to focus attention on how pollution 
is affecting the world's water supplies. Source: Sun Herald (4/23)


Lawmakers tour shuttered Zion nuclear plant
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Illinois lawmakers have toured the decommissioned nuclear power plant in 
Zion and say the recent disaster in Japan should serve as a wakeup call for 
the state. Source: Chicago Tribune (4/23)


Indiana fears future of nearby nukes
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There are no nuclear power plants in Northwest Indiana or Chicago's south 
suburbs, but legislation in Indiana could impact a Michigan reactor on the 
Lake Michigan shoreline. Source: nwi.com (4/22)


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