[dailynews] August 1, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 1, 2011
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High school students find Great Lakes shipwrecks
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Project Shiphunt, helmed by Sony Corp. and Intel Corp., selected five students from Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Mich. to participate in a search and a documentary about hunting Lake Huron shipwrecks. Source: Great Lakes Echo (8/1)


Apostle Islands named one of state's 'Seven Wonders'
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The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is included in a recently released list of the "Natural Wonders of Wisconsin." Source: Ashland Current (7/31)


COMMENTARY: Ron Dzwonkowski: Message is clear: Don't mess with the Great Lakes
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Although it's hard to know how the recently proposed Ohio withdrawals would have affected the water supply, given the importance of the lakes, it's only sensible to err on the side of too much protection rather than taking risks. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/31)


EDITORIAL: A year later, oil and key questions linger
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A year after the Enbridge spill, oil lingers in three known spots along the Kalamazoo River bottom, animals need continuing treatment for oil exposure, the final federal report is not yet finished on what was behind the break, and no commitment has been made to track the long-term effects to nearby residents' health. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/31)


DNR to scrutinize Waukesha's request for lake water
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The Wisconsin DNR will consider four basic issues, in addition to the Great Lakes Compact, in its review of the City of Waukesha's request to buy Lake Michigan water. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/31)


Great Lakes water levels meeting in Superior August 9
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The International Upper Great Lakes Study will hold a public meeting in Superior, Wisconsin this month about its most recent project: examining Great Lakes water levels. Source: Ashland Current (7/31)


Cleaning up the Great Lakes
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New standards governing the cleaning of ballast water in ocean-going freighters, about to be adopted by the U.S. Coast Guard, should help prevent release of non-native species into the Great Lakes and other threatened U.S. waters. Source: The Voice (7/30)


H2Ontario: ebb and flow of the Great Lakes fishery
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There was a time when the Great Lakes fishery was a flourishing affair.  However, issues like invasive species, habitat loss, and pollution, among others, have resulted in an ever-shifting environmental -- and economic --  dynamic. Source: The Toronto Star (7/29)


Agricultural pollution blamed for Lake Erie blooms, fish woes
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The blooms are back on Lake Erie, and are just as destructive as in the 1960s. An overload of nutrients was the culprit a half-century ago, and it is again, but from a different source. Source: The Plain Dealer (7/29)


Feds to step up hunt for Asian carp near Chicago
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Federal officials announced Friday that they will begin intensive monitoring of waterways near Lake Michigan next week after genetic material from the invasive Asian carp showed up in a third consecutive round of testing. Source: The Associated Press (7/29)


Take me to the rivers
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Two Michigan State University journalism graduates are turning their love for the outdoors into a newsworthy, informative past time devoted to Michigan's rivers and streams. Source: City Pulse (7/27)


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