[dailynews] October 4, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: October 4, 2011
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EPA awards $1.3M for 2 area projects
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.3 million for two Toledo-area projects designed to put 58 unemployed people to work on Lake Erie restoration projects; $1 million more in Great Lakes funding will go toward controlling invasive plants in Lorain County. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/4)


Boucherville park supporters hail victory
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Supporters say a provincial park interpretation centre could be erected on a site where a developer had planned a condominium project. He has agreed to sell the site to the province. Source: The Montreal Gazette (10/4)


Fish and wildlife officials battle sea lampreys in Great Lakes
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There's good news and bad news concerning the federal government's war on sea lampreys, said Jeff Slade, station supervisor in Ludington, Mich., for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Source: Sandusky Register (10/3)


Dry September sends Lake Superior down
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An unusually dry early autumn caused the level of Lake Superior to drop two inches in September, a month when the big lake usually remains unchanged, the International Lake Superior Board of Control announced. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/3)


Palisades nuke plant restarts after week shutdown
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Operators of the Palisades nuclear plant on Sunday restarted the power generator on the Lake Michigan shoreline after a one-week shutdown following a mechanical problem, utility officials said. Source: Bloomberg Businessweek (10/2)


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