[dailynews] August 31, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: August 31, 2011
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Tree planting boosts Duluth jobs, water quality
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The Duluth Stream Corps is staring a reforestation project into stately sentinels towering over the wetland where Chester Creek starts its march down Duluth's hillside and into Lake Superior. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/31)


Lake County communities consider Lake Michigan water sources
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Lake County communities's early plans to form a new consortium to oversee an estimated $252 million project to bring Lake Michigan water to far flung areas in northern and western Lake County are in flux, as various opportunities have become available. Source: Daily Herald (8/31)


Grant applications for Lake Erie coastal zone projects sought
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The Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management Program is now accepting applications for projects that manage the impact of development and other activities on coastal areas, including Lake Erie. State agencies, local governments and authorities, schools and universities and nonprofits are eligible. Source: goerie.com (8/31)


COMMENTARY: Environmentalists winning war to clear up St. Clair River
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The St. Clair River Binational Public Advisory Council (BPAC) announced that the St. Clair River was delisted as one of 43 areas of concerns in the Great Lakes Basin. The group has been working since 1987 to clean up the river. Source: The London Free Press (8/31)


Great Lakes, Mississippi split sought
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Six attorneys general in the Great Lakes region called for a multi-state coalition Wednesday that would push the federal government to protect the lakes from invasive species such as Asian carp by cutting off their artificial link to the Mississippi River basin. Source: Chicago Tribune (31/8)


COMMENTARY: Build Cleveland's wind farm: Frank Jackson
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In a public letter, Mayor of Cleveland Frank Jackson, announces that Greater Cleveland has the potential to become the national leader in the growing renewable energy economy because of local efforts to develop the first freshwater wind farm in the country and that The city of Cleveland fully supports the creation of this offshore wind farm. Source: cleveland.com (8/31)


N.Y. State officials determined to get tough on invasive species
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New York State intends to require a ship's ballast water to be 100 times cleaner than international standards by 2013, and eventually up to 1,000 times cleaner. Source: The Recorder & Times (8/31)


City looking for help with harbor master plan
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Rochester's city officials are seeking proposals from companies interested in developing a Harbor Master Plan for the Genesee River stretch approaching Lake Ontario. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/31)


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