[dailynews] May 20, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: May 20, 2011
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Funding cuts threaten an award-winning water management tool
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Two years after implementing an online tool to reduce the impacts of 
excessive water withdrawal from the Great Lakes, funding that supports the 
Michigan project has dropped by more than 90 percent. Its future remains 
uncertain. Source: Great Lakes Echo (5/20)


EDITORIAL: Don't disarm governor in battle to keep the Great Lakes clean
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How much regulatory initiative should a governor be able to take? That 
question is at the heart of Senate bills in Michigan designed to prevent 
administration officials from ever getting ahead of the Legislature. Source: 
Detroit Free Press (5/20)


Asian carp monitoring to be displayed
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Actions under way to monitor and remove the invasive Asian carp from Chicago 
area waterways will be demonstrated Monday on the Chicago River. Source: The 
Associated Press (5/20)


New water taxi debuts on Buffalo's waterfront
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A new 35-passenger water taxi service is being launched on the Lake Erie 
waterfront in Buffalo, NY. Source: The Wall Street Journal (5/20)


Lake Erie walleye kill was probably weather-related
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The dead walleye that began appearing on Lake Erie several weeks ago are the 
result of natural forces, and likely not the result of commercial fishermen 
from Canada or a deadly virus, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources 
reports. Source: Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (5/20)


Oregon inspection finds zebra mussels on boat from Michigan
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Oregon's invasive species inspection and eradication team has bagged its 
first zebra mussels, brought into the state on a boat from Michigan. Source: 
The Associated Press (5/19)


Pressure to improve water quality in Chicago River
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In recent days, the federal government and environmental groups have 
increased the pressure on Chicago's wastewater treatment agency to stop 
discharging untreated sewage into the Chicago River during storms and to 
disinfect the treated sewage that makes up 70 percent of the river's flow. 
Source: The New York Times (5/19)


COMMENTARY: What's the rush on mine permitting?
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Should Wisconsin's regulatory authority over the metallic mine permitting 
process be dramatically reduced to accommodate the wishes of a mining 
company to receive a permit in record time? This is not a hypothetical 
question. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/19)


Asian carp invasion could hurt tourism: fishermen
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Fishermen from southwestern Ontario are warning that if measures are not 
taken to stop the spread of Asian carp, there will be a negative effect on 
tourism for the province. Source: CBC News (5/18)

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