[dailynews] May 19, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: May 19, 2011
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Study says Muskegon Lake shoreline restoration worth tens of millions of 
dollars for the community
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Over a 10-year period, the $10 million Muskegon Lake, Mich., habitat 
restoration project will generate, conservatively, $66 million in economic 
benefits. The NOAA grant being used to restore the lakeshore was granted to 
the Great Lakes Commission and is being managed locally by the West Michigan 
Shoreline Regional Development Commission. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (5/19)


Carp-stopping dam plan killed in Minnesota House committee
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A move by the Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee to eliminated funding 
for a carp-stopping dam at Coon Rapids on the Mississippi River has drawn 
sharp criticism from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Source: 
Duluth News Tribune (5/19)


U.S. Great Lakes shipping up 8% in April
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The Great Lakes shipping season is getting off to a strong start. continuing 
gains made last year after a dismal 2009. Last year's rebound is continuing 
as April cargo is up 8% over last year. Source: BusinessNorth.com (5/19)


Most speakers in Ashland tell feds to take grey wolf off endangered species 
list
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A public hearing in Ashland, Wis., to take grey wolves off the endangered 
species list in the western Great Lakes region drew people from Wisconsin, 
Minnesota, and Michigan. Source: BusinessNorth.com (5/19)


Reporting beach contamination? There's an app for that.
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Need to find a beach near Lake Ontario where it's safe to swim? There's an 
app for that. The Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a Toronto-based group dedicated 
to the health of the Lake Ontario watershed, has developed an application 
for the iPhone called the Swim Guide. Source: Great Lakes Echo (5/19)


Lighthouses keep the flame of tradition alive
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Thinking about lighthouses may conjure images of a lonely keeper standing on 
a balcony, gazing out over a dark sea and cloudy night, keeping watch for 
the safety of passing ships. Those images are also a part of Michigan's 
history, as well as its present. Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (5/19)


COMMENTARY: Protect fisheries from coal-fired power plants
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Michigan is the 10th worst state in the nation for toxic mercury pollution. 
A potent neurotoxin, mercury gets into our air from coal-fired power plants 
and then falls into waterways from rain or snow. Source: Coshocton Tribune 
(5/19)


Phragmites spraying along Lake Michigan in Wisconsin proposed
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The DNR will begin spraying 3,600 acres along 118 miles of Lake Michigan 
shoreline properties in Brown, Door, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto and 
Sheboygan, Wis., counties in August. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (5/18)

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