[dailynews] August 9, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 9, 2011
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Waterway operators meet with new commander, Biggert on Asian carp
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More than a dozen waterway operators met with the new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander in Chicago to express concern the migration of Asian carp could force a closure of area locks. Source: The Republic (8/9)


NYPA directs boaters with questions about low St. Lawrence Seaway water levels to IJC
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The New York State Power Authority is asking recreational boaters and others with questions regarding the lower water levels on Lake St. Lawrence to direct them to the International Joint Commission (IJC). Source: North Country Now (8/9)


Coal shipments down
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Loadings at Lake Superior ports fell almost 31 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments from Lake Michigan terminals increased marginally. Loadings at Lake Erie docks slumped almost 20 percent. Source: WDIO Duluth (8/9)


Millions in federal grants coming to Ohio
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For this fiscal year about 4.5 million in federal grant money is being given to projects in Ohio. The University of Toledo scored the biggest grant...researchers there will get more than a million dollars for a wetland project. Source: WTVG Toledo (8/8)


Discovery Cruises dive into Lake St. Clair lore
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On these cruises that depart from the Metro Beach Metropark North Marina, you can meet a lake sturgeon, find out more about local lighthouse lore or discover how the Great Lakes influence the weather. Source: Chicago Tribune (8/8)


I smell sex and death: Manipulating invasive sea lampreys with odor
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Sea lampreys, it seems, are repelled by the smell of other decaying sea lampreys. Lacing the water with whiffs of deceased sea lampreys could therefore allow scientists to divert still-living lampreys away from areas of high conservation concern, or even steer them into traps. Source: Audubon Magazine (8/8)


Weeds in White Lake: The problem of eutrophication and undesirable algae
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In 1985, White Lake was designated one of 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern, due to problems, termed "Beneficial Use Impairments," identified in and around the lake. One of the eight Beneficial Use Impairments identified for White Lake is "Eutrophication and Undesirable Algae." Source: White Lake Beacon (8/8)


Michigan to present harvested chinook salmon stocking options to anglers along Lake Huron
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State Department of Natural Resources officials will hold a public meeting Wednesday in Cheboygan to discuss chinook salmon stocking efforts in Lake Huron. Source: The Republic (8/7)


An idyllic Lake Erie for sale, dirt cheap
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Middle Sister Island, the most remote among the nine islands that constitute the Canadian portion of the Lake Erie Archipelago, is one of the last privately owned islands of its size in this corner of the Great Lakes that remains in a natural and undisturbed state. Source: Windsor Star (8/6)


Asian carp: perhaps not so threatening to the Great Lakes after all?
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Surprisingly, as Tina Lam talked with more and more stakeholders in areas infested with Asian carp, she discovered the fish wasn't having quite the dramatic impact on ecosystems that many fear if Asian carp ever reached the Great Lakes. Source: MLive.com (8/5)


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