[dailynews] December 12, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: December 12, 2011
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COMMENTARY: Researchers may find a way to keep Lake Michigan's old S.S. Badger afloat
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Researchers from Minnesota and Wisconsin will try to find a way to repower the elderly, coal-burning Badger with natural gas, and thereby keep it from going aground on modern pollution rules. Source: MinnPost (12/12)


COMMENTARY: Tundra swans fill skies over Lake Erie shoreline
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Hundreds of tundra swans are being reported across the Lake Erie south shore in what always are impressive sightings of these great white arctic wildfowl. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/12)


Ontario minister attacks Ford's Port Lands strategy
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As Waterfront Toronto embarks on public consultations as part of Mayor Rob Ford's bid to accelerate Port Lands redevelopment, a senior Ontario cabinet minister has attacked the change in direction, warning that the city risks repeating previous lakeside debacles in its bid to generate cash from land sales. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/12)


West Michigan's proposed underwater Lake Michigan preserve sailing along
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The West Michigan Underwater Preserve proposal is in the midst of the final steps before officially becoming the 13th preserve in Michigan's Underwater Preserve System. Source: MLive.com (12/11)


Commission approves more than $6M in state money for Great Lakes maritime museum in Ohio
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Creation of a Great Lakes maritime museum has taken a big step forward with the approval of more than $6 million in state money for the project in northwest Ohio. Source: The Republic (12/10)


All Great Lakes higher than last year
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All five of the Great Lakes are now higher than one year ago. Source: WOOD TV8 (12/10)


Interview: Michigan's director of the Office of the Great Lakes puts offshore wind issue in governor's hands
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Michigan's director of the Office of the Great Lakes says the future of Michigan offshore wind legislation is in the hands of Gov. Rick Snyder. Source: MLive.com (12/10)


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