[dailynews] July 5, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: July 5, 2011
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EDITORIAL: An important call for faster action on carp
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Groups of scientists around the Great Lakes have gotten louder in their pleas to close the connection between the lakes and the Mississippi River basin. Citizens and politicians need to take note. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/5)


Lake Erie water-use bill draws foes, even within GOP
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Legislation about to be signed by Gov. John Kasich regarding the amount of water that can be legally drained from Lake Erie was supposed to bring the state into compliance with the Great Lakes Compact. But there is disagreement about whether it will achieve that goal. Source: Columbus Dispatch (7/5)


Top Seaway administrator says ship traffic up, improvements coming
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"From the opening of the seaway through May 31, we are up ten percent from last year and we are up four percent overall cargo from last year," Johnson said. "We tend to be a barometer of the economy in the midwest and as it improves our traffic improves. So we are projecting about a seven percent increase in cargo this year." Source: North Country Public Radio (7/5)


Racine mayor looking for solutions-focused water conference
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Rather than have just another meeting, Racine Mayor John Dickert said he is working with the Johnson Foundation to assemble a water conference which will be focused on solutions. Source: Racine Journal Times (7/5)


Remodeling to provide better fishing access
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The project is the result of a $550,000 Great Lakes Fishery and Trust grant. Source: Holland Sentinel (7/4)


Iron County (Wis.) mine proposal pits jobs against environment
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The project is emerging as a classic jobs-vs.-environment battle as opponents question how a large mine could influence another natural asset of the region - its water resources. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/3)


Army Corps blocks St. Lawrence Seaway's economic potential
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ruled out an expansion of the Seaway -- a system of locks that are too small for many of today's oceangoing container ships. Without a substantial shift to a European-style system called Short Sea Shipping, the seaway will be forever limited. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/3)


Federal officials deem waters environmental success story
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Staff from NOAA and the Great Lakes Commission praised the city's efforts to remove slag piled along the river's shore and restore a natural flood plain behind Lorain's steel mill. Source: The Morning Journal (7/2)


Schoonmaker rechristened to mark new chapter in laker's life
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James M. Schoonmaker II, a grandson of the ship's namesake who donated $100,000 toward its cosmetic restoration, said he was "absolutely amazed" by the freighter's transformation from its somber gray Cleveland-Cliffs colors to the dark green and vivid orange of its original owner, the Shenango Furnace Co. Source: Toledo Blade (7/1)


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