[dailynews] October 19, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: October 19, 2011
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Conservation study: Sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus in Great Lakes region reducing
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A new USDA study shows that farmers using combinations of erosion-control and nutrient-management practices on cultivated cropland are reducing losses of sediment, nitrogen and phosphorous from farm fields and decreasing the movement of these materials to the Great Lakes and their associated waterways. Source: Michigan Farmer (10/19)


Great Lakes offshore wind development stalled in Michigan Legislature
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A year after Michigan state energy experts recommended developing offshore wind energy in the Great Lakes, lawmakers have not passed legislation needed to implement it. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/19)


Report shows Great Lakes shipping economic impact
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Cargo shipping in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River navigation system supports 227,000 jobs and pumps billions into the U.S. and Canadian economies, says an industry-funded report released Tuesday. Source: Wall Street Journal (10/18)


Reversal of Great Lakes invasive species rules feared
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Just a month before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to release new rules to protect the Great Lakes from overseas ships carrying in invasive species, legislation is moving through Congress that conservation groups say might roll back those protections. Source: The Kansas City Star (10/18)


Lake Superior beaches mostly bacteria-free
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Most waterfront areas along Lake Superior's North Shore and in Duluth showed no signs of potentially unhealthy bacteria over the summer, according the Minnesota Department of Health. Source: The Superior Daily Telegram (10/18)


Feats of engineering - Lakeside interceptor sanitary sewer overflow basin
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A tank that holds 3 million gallons lies beneath the environmentally friendly parking lot, protecting Lake Superior from sanitary sewer overflows while blending in with Duluth's picturesque Lake Walk. Source:  (10/18)


COMMENTARY: Watershed group vetoes hydrofracking
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On Sept. 19, the Board of Directors of the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association unanimously passed a resolution opposing the method of obtaining natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing in the Canandaigua Lake watershed in Ontario and Yates counties. Source: Messenger Post (10/18)


Port Weller firm could get shipping contract news Wednesday
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A Niagara shipbuilder will find out Wednesday if it stands to share in $35 billion to revitalize the navy and coast guard over the next 30 years. Source: The St. Catharines Standard (10/18)


Stricter ballast rules on Great Lakes endanger jobs: industry group
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According to the industry, regulations to keep ballast water on overseas ships entering the St. Lawrence Seaway clear of foreign organisms that can harm the lakes are impossible to meet and will cripple shipping. Source: The St. Catharines Standard (10/18)


Plan to renovate Milwaukee lakefront unveiled
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A plan to renovate the downtown lakefront took off Tuesday in the form of a bird's-eye-view video unveiled at a public hearing, meant to dramatically illustrate how the prime outdoor asset could be re-imagined to provide better pedestrian access - and open several blocks of prime lakefront to development. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/18)


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