[dailynews] June 9, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: June 9, 2011
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Raising Lakes Huron, Michigan costly
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Artificially raising water levels in Lakes Huron and Michigan to compensate 
for drop-offs caused by human tinkering is technologically feasible but 
would take decades to achieve and could cost more than $200 million, 
according to a report prepared for a U.S.-Canadian advisory panel. Source: 
The Wall Street Journal (6/9)


Lake Michigan offshore wind turbines' visibility, noise addressed in GVSU 
study
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An offshore wind farm located six miles off the shoreline in Lake Michigan 
would be visible from shore about 64 percent of the time, a report issued by 
a Grand Valley State University group has determined. Source: Muskegon 
Chronicle (6/9)


EDITORIAL: Honor the compact
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The Great Lakes Compact represents a signal accomplishment, eight states and 
two Canadian provinces coming together to manage more effectively one of the 
world's most precious natural resources. The compact took effect in 2008. 
Now states are moving to turn the aim into reality. Source: Akron Beacon 
Journal (6/9)


Freeing the Paw Paw
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Looking to improve the the Paw Paw River, the Michigan Department of 
Environmental Quality has scheduled a public hearing June 16 to discuss a 
permit application for a long-planned $1.1 million project to remove a pair 
of unsafe dams. Source: The Herald-Palladium (6/9)


Project Milwaukee - how will the environment fare
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The I-94 corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago straddles the 
sub-continental divide, separating the Lake Michigan and the Mississippi 
River basins. That means the region supports two different eco-systems. 
Source: WUWM - Milwaukee, WI (6/9)


Badger car ferry exploring natural gas for fuel
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A representative for the S.S. Badger car ferry stated Thursday the Lake 
Michigan Carferry Service is exploring the possibility of using natural gas, 
instead of coal, as the fuel source for the 410-foot ship. Source: Herald 
Times (6/9)


New fisheries vessel christened at Kingston
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A tradition that was once synonymous with Kingston, Ontario's waterfront was 
played out June 8, when a new fisheries vessel was christened at Portsmouth 
Olympic Harbour. Source: Kingston This Week (6/9)


Why does it take 40 years to clean up a polluted river?
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The Tittabawassee River has flooded three times already this year. Each time 
floodwaters carry dirt from the bottom of the river all over yards, 
basements, fields and parks. This sediment is contaminated with Dioxin from 
Dow chemical's plant in Midland, Mich. Source: Michigan Radio (6/7)


What it takes to get a river cleaned up (part 2)
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Dow Chemical polluted the Tittabawassee River with dioxin. Dioxin has been 
linked to several health issues, including cancer. A comprehensive clean up 
of the river has barely begun. Dow chemical, the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the state of Michigan have wrestled over the cleanup for 30 
years. Source: Michigan Radio (6/7)

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