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[dailynews] Great Lakes Videos: January 20, 2012

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Great Lakes Aquarium no longer in debt; looking to the future
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Duluth City Council members agreed to pay off the Great Lakes Aquarium's 
more than $129,000 utility bill. Aquarium officials say paying off that last 
piece of debt will allow them to spend more than $3 million dollars in new 
exhibits. Source: KQDS-TV - Duluth, MN (1/18)


Shipping season shows promise
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The shipping industry in Green Bay may be making a comeback. Numbers 
released Wednesday show more than two million metric tons of freight moved 
through the port last year, an increase of 25 per cent. The port manager 
says it's a sign, the economy is picking up. Source: WGBA-TV - Green Bay, WI 
(1/18)


Aerial America: On the shores of the Great Lakes
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Surrounded by four of America's Great Lakes, Michigan has more shoreline 
than any other state, and each of its shores has its own unique landscape. 
Source: Smithsonian Channel (1/18)


Seth Green research boat
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ln the 1960's New York State undertook an extensive program to try and 
manage Lake Ontario to restock the trout and salmon. For a region where the 
fishing industry is crucial to New York State, the Seth Green is the 
ultimate research vessel for restoring the trout and salmon in the Great 
Lake. Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (1/11)







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