[dailynews] July 8, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: July 8, 2011
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Keeping out Asian carp
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Measures the government is taking to keep the invasive Asian carp -- a 
species that threatens to topple the Great Lakes ecosystems -- out of Lake 
Michigan are working, officials said Thursday. Source: Fremont News 
Messenger (7/8)


Lake nurdles remain mystery
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There's more than sand sifting between your toes on many beaches along the 
Lake Huron shore. Nurdles - tiny plastic pellets, the raw material that is 
melted and moulded to make plastic products - have been found on stretches 
of shoreline from Sarnia to north of Kincardine, Ont. Source: The London 
Free Press (7/8)


Lake Erie workers ask feds to bar Asian carp
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The message from federal officials was clear: No Asian carp are known to 
have passed through the electric barriers designed to keep the invasive 
species out of the Great Lakes. The message from those who make their living 
from Lake Erie was clear too: Shut the door now between the Mississippi 
River and Lake Michigan watersheds near Chicago. Source: The Toledo Blade 
(7/8)


Lake Ontario an epic challenge
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Only one in four make it. But despite those odds - and the giant freighters, 
the chilling water, the rolling waves and the blood-sucking lamprey eels - 
Greg Willoughby hopes to become the first Londoner to swim across Lake 
Ontario. Source: The London Free Press (7/8)


Coastal towns hope great lakes history is a beacon for tourists
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For more than a half-century tourism has been big business around the Great 
Lakes. For many small towns in the north, the entire economy can depend on 
visitors coming for two months out of the year. Source: WBEZ - Chicago, IL 
(7/8)


Federal funding could help Finger Lakes
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Cayuga County, NY expects to share in $245,000 in federal money to help 
prevent the spread of invasive species among the Finger Lakes. Source: 
Auburn Citizen (7/8)


Ind. governor candidate: Blocking carp risks jobs
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A leading candidate for Indiana governor has joined an effort in Congress to 
require a review of the potential harm to industries if Chicago-area 
waterways are closed to prevent Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan. 
Source: Wall Street Journal (7/7)


COMMENTARY: National Endowment for the Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes Act
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An encouraging sign of a new awareness and public awakening about the 
critical needs of the marine environment has been the recent introduction by 
Senators Olympia Snowe and Sheldon Whitehouse of The National Endowment for 
the Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes Act. Source: Huffington Post (7/7)


EDITORIAL: Fishing for a solution: Congress needs to act on Asian carp 
legislation
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Last week, an article published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research urged 
Congress to approve pending legislation ordering the Army Corps of Engineers 
to speed up a study of closing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship canal which 
connects the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes. Source: The Muskegon 
Chronicle (7/7)

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