[dailynews] May 6, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: May 6, 2011
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Great Lakes lamprey control program will see cuts next year
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The Great Lakes Fishery Commission's sea lamprey control program will see a 
significant reduction in support next year. Funding to the commission for 
its anti-lamprey efforts will be $18.7 million in 2012, a 14% reduction 
compared to 2010. Source: Lake Scientist (5/6)


Muskegon harbor dredging rebuilds Lake Michigan beach south of the 
breakwater
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Dredging crews have finished up the maintenance dredging of the Muskegon, 
Mich., harbor done every three years to allow for free passage of lake 
freighters. More than 72,000 cubic yards of lake bottom sands were removed 
hydraulically from the harbor opening into Lake Michigan. Source: Muskegon 
Chronicle (5/6)


EDITORIAL: Sustaining success
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Protecting the Great Lakes from invasive species has been a big issue in 
recent years, focusing on problems such as the advent of zebra mussels and 
the approach of Asian carp. Efforts must be ongoing if the sea lamprey 
population is to be contained. Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (5/6)


Open up the shoreline: Craitor
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The public should be able to enjoy Ontario's many expansive shorelines 
without being told by people they are trespassing on their property, says 
Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor. Source: The Niagara Falls Review (5/6)


Saugatuck channel gets new look for summer boaters
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Along the Kalamazoo River heading to Lake Michigan, two miles of steel sheet 
pile walls, concrete and other erosion protection arrangements were 
completed in less than two years.  The project cost about $5 million - much 
less than the original $10 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
money budgeted for the project. Source: The Holland Sentinel (5/6)


Bird migration hits its peak
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Late April through middle May is the height of bird migration in Southwest 
Michigan. The strong, southerly winds and mild temperatures were enough to 
push tens of thousands of birds into our area. Some will stay and nest while 
others will move northward. Source: The Herald-Palladium (5/6)


Aging Indiana power plant to shut down, cutting Chicago-area air pollution
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Facing a federal complaint, more stringent pollution limits and smaller 
profit margins, Virginia-based Dominion Resources is writing off the State 
Line Power Station, an aging coal-fired generator sandwiched between Lake 
Michigan and the Chicago Skyway at the Illinois-Indiana border. Source: 
Chicago Tribune (5/5)


Are the Great Lakes losing water?
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This weekend, Traverse City, Mich., will host a conference on saving the 
Great Lakes. It will feature an international speaker who says, without 
stronger protections, demand for fresh water in coming decades may leave the 
lakes "bone dry." Scientists who study the lakes say that claim is 
misleading. Source: Interlochen Public Radio (5/5)


Sturgeon cams show spawning activity on Wolf River
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Sturgeon spawning activity on Wisconsin's Wolf River has reached the Shawano 
Dam, typically a site with a high concentration of the large, prehistoric 
fish and a traditional spot where Department of Natural Resources biologists 
tag fish and collect eggs and milt. Source: Milwaukee Journal sentinel (5/3)

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