[dailynews] September 23, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: September 23, 2011
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Labors of love on the Great Lakes: From ships to shore, living the dream
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The Detroit Free Press traveled the Great Lakes this summer to meet people 
for whom the waters are a source of income, but also a source of pride and 
good fortune. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/23)


MSU sea lamprey research will aid in battle against Great Lakes invader
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Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered new ways to keep 
blood-sucking lampreys from decimating the populations of trout, salmon, and 
other large fish in the Great Lakes and destroying the $7 billion industry 
they support. Source: Lansing State Journal (9/23)


Funds will help restore shoreline
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The Community Foundation of St. Clair County, Mich.,  has received a 
$250,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program to 
restore and naturalize up to 750 feet of St. Clair River shoreline. Source: 
The Times Herald (9/23)


Detroit officials pledge help on Rouge rumble
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River Rouge, Mich., will move quickly to identify the source of mysterious 
rumblings that have plagued Windsor residents for months. Source: The 
Windsor Star (9/23)


The oil spill's effect on wetlands
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The EPA says there are still close to one hundred areas of submerged oil on 
the bottom of the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge is now working to remove that 
oil, which spilled last year in the middle of some of the most sensitive 
wetland areas in Michigan. Source: The Environment Report (9/22)


Vice President Al Gore will discuss climate crisis in Detroit
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Best-selling author and Nobel Prize co-recipient Al Gore will be the plenary 
keynote speaker at the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Water 
Quality Biennial Meeting in Detroit, Michigan on October 13, 2011. Source: 
WXYZ - Detroit (9/22)


Stabenow to speak at Asian carp meeting Friday at Saginaw Valley
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U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, will meet at Saginaw Valley State 
University to discuss federal efforts to protect the Great Lakes from the 
invasive Asian carp. Source: Midland Daily News (9/21)


EDITORIAL: The temporary carp barriers get tougher
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be ramping up the juice in the 
electric barrier designed to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan within the 
next few weeks. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/19)

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