[dailynews] Great Lakes Videos: August 12, 2011

Great Lakes Videos: August 12, 2011
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EPA grants millions to protect Great Lakes, Grand Traverse Regional Land 
Conservancy celebrates 20 years
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The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is celebrating 20 years, but 
that's not the only thing they're celebrating. The Environmental Protection 
Agency is granting nearly $5 million to help restore Michigan's waterways. 
Source: 9&10 News - Cadillac, MI (8/11)


Smell of death repels sea lampreys
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Scientists at Michigan State University may finally have found a way to 
repel invasive sea lampreys: they've created a repellant using the scent of 
deceased lampreys that makes the live ones swim away. Source: USA Today 
(8/9)


Woman successfully swims across Lake Ontario
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A single mom set foot on Toronto's lakeshore on Tuesday morning, 22 hours 
after swimming across Lake Ontario from the shores of Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Source: CTV News (8/9)


Sportsman says he's found Asian Carp in Lake Erie
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A man kayaking out on Lake Erie spotted what he thinks was an Asian Carp 
jumping near his boat. Source: WKYC (8/6)


Snakeheads can move on land, eat other fish -- and could be another threat 
to Great Lakes
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If you think Asian carp might wreak havoc on the Great Lakes, meet the 
northern snakehead fish. Along with Asian carp, the torpedo-shaped fish is 
considered one of 10 invasive species at high risk of invading the Great 
Lakes from the Mississippi River Basin. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/6)