[dailynews] Great Lakes Videos: October 7, 2011

Great Lakes Videos: October 7, 2011
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      Lake Michigan Receives Federal Money
      9&10's News (10/6)
      The Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore was one of two Northern Michigan groups awarded money from the EPA yesterday at a press conference in Glen Haven. 
      
      Keeping land and sea clean
      TV6 (10/4)
      Superior Watershed partnership and land grant is an organization started in 1999 that has for mission to protect Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, watershed by watershed.  
      
      Lake Erie restoration projects expected to create 80 jobs
      WTOL News 11 (10/3)
      Three Northern Ohio projects to restore Lake Erie received a green light and nearly $2.4 million dollars in federal funds Monday. The projects are expected to create a total of 80 new jobs, made up of a mix of seasonal, part time positions and full time positions. 
      
      LITTLE THINGS big problems-- Aquatic Invaders 
      National Park Service (10/3)
      Invasive species are causing the Lake Michigan food web to become out of balance, and may be causing birds to die, a problem National Park biologists and USGS scientists are trying to solve. 
      
      Voracious invasive quagga mussels gobbling Great Lakes' food chain
      Detroit Free Press (10/2)
      Invasive quagga mussels are shaping up to be a true scourge of the Great Lakes. Their rapid spread on the bottom of Lake Michigan has dramatically altered the ecosystem. Join a USGS research team as they conduct fish surveys and battle the invaders. 
      
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