[dailynews] August 18, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 18, 2011
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Flood projects won't begin anytime soon
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You shouldn't expect to see any major flood control measures built in Hancock or Putnam Counties anytime soon. The Courier reports the Army Corps of Engineers has once again extended its timeline for requesting funding for any flood control measures. Source: WFIN News (8/18)


EDITORIAL:  State should monitor big water users
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A new state law will mean that large water users in New York will need to get a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation if they want to take more than 100,000 gallons of water per day from lakes, streams or underground supplies. Source: Auburn Pub (8/18)


Makeover complete for Buffalo's 1833 lighthouse
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Restoration work is finished on a historic lighthouse erected on Buffalo's Lake Erie waterfront during the early years of the Erie Canal. Source: The Associated Press (8/18)


EPA awards Great Lakes restoration funds in Wisconsin
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Federal environment officials Wednesday unveiled a list of Wisconsin projects for the ongoing Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Environmental Protection Agency has set aside nearly $4 million in awards this year to eight Wisconsin organizations and agencies. Source: Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel (8/17)


MNR shows off new research boat
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A vital tool for understanding how invasive species are changing Great Lakes fish communities was formally put into service in Owen Sound Tuesday. Huron Explorer 1 is a fully equipped $2.5-million, provincial Natural Resources ministry research vessel for Georgian Bay, Lake Huron and the North Channel. Source: The Sun Times (8/17)


Recycling mining tailings on Lake Superior
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For over a century, Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula has been the site of copper mining. This has resulted in approximately 500 million tons of tailings, fine sandlike material left over by the copper extraction process. Source: Environmental Leader (8/17)


Supersized water diversion raises questions for Great Lakes states
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Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources has just begun to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on the City of Waukesha's application to divert water out of the Great Lakes Basin. Source: National Resources Defense Council Staff Blog (8/17)


Toronto Ripley's aquarium to feature fish from around world, Great Lakes
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Torontonians and visitors to Canada's largest city will soon be able to see sharks and stingrays despite being thousands of kilometres away from the ocean. Source: Daily Brew (8/17)


Sturgeon from Oneida Lake found in Lake Ontario
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation says a four-foot-long sturgeon stocked in Oneida Lake has been found dead more than 50 miles and seven canal locks away in Lake Ontario. Source: The Associated Press (8/15)


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