[dailynews] August 29, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 29, 2011
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State strengthens its algae warning for Lake Erie beach
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A health warning for toxic algae at a Lake Erie beach in northwest Ohio has 
been strengthened after tests revealed high levels of a liver toxin in the 
water. Source: The News-Messenger (8/29)


Soo locks project still waiting for funds to flow
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A second super freighter gateway from Lake Superior into the lower Great 
Lakes, the largest Great Lakes maritime construction project in more than 40 
years, continues to await a significant cash infusion. Source: The Sault 
Star (8/29)


Wisconsin fish could become climate change casualty
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According to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison 
and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 30 to 70 percent of 
Wisconsin's cisco fish, sometimes called lake herring, could disappear from 
Wisconsin lakes by 2100 due to changing climate. Source: Lake Scientist 
(8/29)


Volunteers clean local beach as part of national effort
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The Alliance for the Great Lakes, through its Adopt-a-Beach program, 
organized a volunteer-based cleaning day. The program launched in New York 
with four beach cleanup events on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Source: 
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/28)


USFWS reopens comments regarding gray wolf
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the comment period on the 
proposed rule to remove from the endangered species list the gray wolf 
population in the Western Great Lakes. Source: Ashland Current (8/28)


Salmon disappear from Lake Huron
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Today, southern Lake Huron is virtually devoid of king salmon, thanks to 
food web changes wrought by invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels. 
The salmon, simply put, have been starved out. Source: The Detroit News 
(8/27)


Clough Island receives permanent protection
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Numerous state, federal and private groups from Minnesota and Wisconsin 
celebrated the restoration and permanent protection of Clough Island in the 
St. Louis River Estuary. Source: Ashland Current (8/27)


Dog poop fouls Great Lakes air
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Researchers from the University of Colorado-Boulder analyzed 108 summer and 
winter air samples from four Great Lakes cities and found that winter air in 
Cleveland and Detroit had large amounts of bacteria most likely from dog 
feces. Source: Great Lakes Echo (8/29)

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