[dailynews] August 24, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 24, 2011
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Stabenow addresses Lake St. Clair concerns
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During her nearly half-hour speech, Stabenow discussed legislation she has authored, including a ban on drilling in the Great Lakes and her efforts to stop Asian carp from entering any of the lakes. Source: St. Clair Shores Patch (8/24)


Study probes climate change in Great Lakes cities
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A new University of Michigan project will help city leaders in the Great Lakes region plan for dealing with climate change. The Kresge Foundation is helping fund the $1.2 million project, which will last three years Source: Wall Street Journal (8/24)


Waukesha panel rejects mayor's referendum plan
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The Ordinance and License Committee Monday unanimously rejected his plan to put capital projects like the potential water supply project between Waukesha and Lake Michigan to voters in a referendum. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/24)


State parks from Massena to Cape Vincent enjoying busy summer
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Stretching from Lake Ontario north along the St. Lawrence River to Lake Champlain, the Thousand Islands Region includes 30 state parks, one historic site and six boat launches, as well as thousands of campsites. Source: Watertown Daily Times (8/24)


Message in bottle makes its way from Maine to Ohio
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Father and daughter placed the message in an empty plastic soda bottle and launched it in the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. It floated downriver and out of their lives...until the week before last, when a letter addressed to Libbi arrived in the mail, post-marked in Cleveland, Ohio Source: The Times Record (8/24)


EPA hiring jobless workers for Great Lakes cleanup
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it will spend $6 million to hire unemployed people who can work on Great Lakes cleanup projects. Source: Wall Street Journal (8/23)


USFWS and conservation partners celebrate permanent protection of Clough Island in St. Louis River Estuary
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The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with the Wisconsin DNR, acquired the landmark island in November 2010 with the assistance of a $1 million grant from the USFWS National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Source: WisBusiness.com (8/23)


Two IL towns drop out of lakewater consortium
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The project, aimed at using Lake Michigan water as a new long-term municipal water source, is expected to cost $252 million to build, but now that the group has lost two members, Lake Zurich and Long Grove, the costs to the remaining municipalities will likely change. Source: Lake County News-Sun (8/23)


Army Corps of Engineers hosts listening session for future plans on Lake Huron
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The United States Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District held a listening session Tuesday at the Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library as part of a study to determine future action the corps can take to help improve the Western Lake Huron Basin. Source: Bay City Times (8/23)


Harbor protection system demonstrated in Erie
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The test was conducted under a contract with Penn State's Electro Optic Center, sponsored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Ind. Source: UPI.com (8/23)


Irondequoit legislators call for bay outlet bridge to open to cars a month early
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At the time it was installed, the bridge, built at a cost of $3.6 million, was seen as a compromise between boaters who wanted the outlet open year-round, and drivers. Source: Messenger Post (8/23)


Top EPA official embraces NY's controversial ballast water rules
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For the first time, a top official with the US Environmental Protection Agency has publicly embraced New York's tough new ballast water rules. Source: North Country Public Radio (8/23)


Security complicates boating along the border
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It's been a year of uncertainty for boaters along the St. Lawrence River.  When Canadian border agents seized an American fishing boat earlier this season, they upset a long held understanding of U.S. boaters. Roy Anderson hadn't docked or anchored. He had simply drifted across the international border. Source: North Country Public Radio (8/19)


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