[dailynews] January 9, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: January 9, 2012
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Iceless lake concerns scientists
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Statistics compiled by the Great Lakes lab show that on Jan. 3, there was no ice on Lake Erie. Scientists say the lack of ice could be related to global warming. Source: Sandusky Register (1/9)


GVSU pulls wind research buoy from Lake Michigan, researchers thrilled with results
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Grand Valley State University Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center officials in Muskegon report that the research platform that had been four miles out in Lake Michigan just south of the Muskegon pierheads was a success. Source: MLive.com (1/9)


Possible lost world found in Lake Huron
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The recovery of a mysterious wooden pole at the bottom of Lake Huron is fuelling excitement among U.S. and Canadian researchers that they have found more evidence of a "lost world" of North American caribou hunters from nearly 10,000 years ago. Source: The Montreal Gazette (1/9)


Where is winter lurking?
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The lake is at 39 degrees, and temperatures are above normal, but history shows that's no reason to write off ice and snow. Source: The Buffalo News (1/9)


New GLIER director has lots of fish stories
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Dan Heath begins was recently chosen for a five-year appointment as director of the prestigious Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor starting in May 2012. Source: The Windsor Star (1/9)


New tour operators feature Great Lakes USA
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Two major tour operators are including itineraries for the Great Lakes USA for the first time in 2012. Both North American Travel Service (NATS) and the Vacations Group have joined Virgin Holidays and Complete North America in covering this exciting and diverse area of the mid-west of America. Source: Easier Travel (1/9)


Does Great Lakes Bay area need a Port Authority? Local officials say it could help stimulate the economy
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Could a port authority that manages the region's air, rail and commercial shipping networks drive economic growth in the Great Lakes Bay Region? It's a question area business and political leaders hope to answer this year. Source: MLive.com (1/8)


Dock owners: future of St. Joe Harbor in jeopardy
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Emergency dredging finally started on Lake Michigan Sunday morning. The St. Joseph Harbor has been closed for about three weeks, in mid-December a ship got stuck on a sandbar and put the commercial shipping industry on hold. Source: ABC57 (1/8)


Feds stop Dimock water shipment
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Saturday brought a surprise reversal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which halted without explanation a shipment of water en route to the Northeast Pennsylvania town of Dimock, Ground Zero of the national debate over the impact of natural gas extraction on drinking water supplies. Source: News Works (1/8)


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