[dailynews] August 12, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 12, 2011
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Help the Great Lakes? How about joining the world's largest shoreline 
cleanup
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Soon Huron County, MI residents will have the chance to join the thousands 
of people caring for our lakes during the Alliance for the Great Lakes 
September Adopt-a-Beach Event, part of the International Coastal Cleanup 
effort. Source: Huron Daily Tribune (8/12)


Negative image aside, asian carp are a boon
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For many people, Asian carp are proving more boon than bane. Bolstered by 
government support, the Asian carp harvest has leapt thirtyfold in the past 
decade. Source: The New York Times (8/12)


$29.1 million tab from Michigan oil spill
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it spent more than $20 million 
in cleanup operations from an Enbridge oil spill last year in southwest 
Michigan. Source: United Press International (8/12)


Sierra Club report blames fish kills on power plants
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The Sierra Club released a study Thursday that detailed what it says is 
considerable damage to fish and other aquatic life caused by certain types 
of water-intake systems in electric power plants. Source: Milwaukee Journal 
Sentinel (8/11)


Shipwrecks in Thunder Bay offer sanctuary for divers
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Superb underwater visibility and unique freshwater preservation mean that 
dozens of shipwrecks in Lake Huron's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 
draw snorkelers and scuba divers from around the world. Source: Detroit Free 
Press (8/11)


Great Lakes eels are a conservation challenge
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Native to Lake Ontario and present throughout many Great Lakes inland 
waterways, the American eel population has declined drastically in recent 
years. However, due to the eels' random migration routes and unique life 
cycle, conservation is a challenge. Source: Great Lakes Echo (8/11)


New evidence of Asian carp in Wisconsin waters
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An angler's catch of a bighead carp in the Lower Wisconsin River and traces 
of silver carp DNA in the St. Croix River last month have state officials 
calling on the federal government to direct funding and attention to aquatic 
invasive species in the Mississippi River system. Source: WSAW - Wausau, WI 
(8/11)


The great race
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The race is on to restore the water levels of the middle Great Lakes. As 
shoreline wetlands dry up, there's more incentive to win. Source: Midland 
Free Press (8/11)


Asian carp could invade by truck
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While wary eyes focus on a waterway in Chicago for the Asian carp's invasion 
of the Great Lakes, Ontario thinks the unwanted intruder will arrive by 
bridge. In trucks. Source: Toronto Sun (8/11)


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