[dailynews] September 26, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: September 26, 2011
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/


Seventeen state AGs favor watershed divide
-------------------------------------------------
Michigan Attorney General and counterparts in 16 other states want to demand quicker federal action on preventing invasive species such as Asian carp from migrating between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Source: Wall Street Journal (9/25)


You haven't lived here until ... you go cliff-diving into Lake Superior
-------------------------------------------------
The cliffs at Presque Isle Park in Marquette, Mich., are an extra special spot for cliff-diving enthusiasts. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/25)


The Great Waters campaign boosts U.P. business
-------------------------------------------------
Tourism business in the heart of Michigan's Upper Peninsula has nearly doubled revenue over 2010 in part due to The Great Waters, a regional economic development plan promoting tourism by creating a brand for the Eastern Upper Peninsula. Source: Soo Evening News (9/25)


Survival rate for Great Lakes muskie program tops 2010
-------------------------------------------------
State officials in Michigan are reporting good survival for Great Lakes muskie being reared at the Wolf Lake hatchery after a dismal start to the new stocking program this spring. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (9/25)


Bayfield fish hatchery uses new technology
-------------------------------------------------
A Fish Hatchery in Bayfield, Wisc.,  this year used a new technology that may help assure chinook anglers will have a healthy supply of kings at the end of their lines in coming years. Source: Ashland Current (9/25)


East Chicago disposal site ready
-------------------------------------------------
A massive disposal site for contaminated sediment from the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is now ready, and dredging is expected to begin early next year. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (9/24)


Tradition lives on in fishing village
-------------------------------------------------
Fishtown, one of the only unmodernized fishing villages left in Michigan, is a surviving example of communities that once thrived on the Great Lakes. Source: Star Tribune (9/24)


On the trail
-------------------------------------------------
DNR Water Guards and wardens will be checking boats at popular landings  across Wisconsin, educating hunters about the rules for preventing invasive species, and enforcing them. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/24)


U.S. neighbours upgrade St. Clair shoreline
-------------------------------------------------
Several federally-funded shoreline restoration projects are moving forward in the Blue Water Area along the St. Clair River. Source: The Sarnia Observer (9/22)


Searching for gold in Michigan's rivers
-------------------------------------------------
Wetland specialists in Michigan are getting schooled in an obscure and unlikely area - gold prospecting. Source: Great Lakes Echo (9/20)


Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/dailynews/attachments/20110926/cbc82485/attachment.html