[dailynews] February 2, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: February 2, 2012
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Shipwreck fragment found at Sleeping Bear Dunes
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A piece of a shipwreck that experts believe is from a schooner that sank 140 years ago has washed up along Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/2)


Coast Guard icebreaker to visit downtown Windsor
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The Samuel Risley - a 229-foot icebreaker with the Canadian Coast Guard - will be stopping by Windsor on Friday. The vessel is expected to arrive at Dieppe Park via the Detroit River around 2 p.m. Source: Windsor Star (2/2)


Save the River annual conference to focus on water levels
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International Joint Commission spokesman Frank A. Bevacqua will give an overview Saturday of the newly proposed water management plan for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River at Save the River's 23rd annual Winter Conference. Source: Watertown Daily Times (2/2)


Allegheny National Fish Hatchery reopens
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The Allegheny National Fish Hatchery in Warren County is once again raising lake trout after a hiatus of more than six years. Source: Erie Times-News (2/1)


Duluth Seaway Port Authority to improve Garfield Dock D for future development
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Work will begin this year on a planned $14 million project to improve a dock the Duluth Seaway Port Authority bought more than 20 years ago. Source: Duluth News Tribune (2/1)


No easy or cheap answers to Asian carp threat
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Building permanent barriers in Chicago's canals and waterways could block the voracious Asian carp from invading Lake Erie, according to a report released yesterday, but they would take years to put up and cost taxpayers more than $3 billion. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (2/1)


Great Lakes: Anglers best to stick to protected areas
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Warm daytime temperatures have eroded ice this week on an already unstable Green Bay system, and anglers are urged to stick to protected bays and harbors or stop at bayside bait and tackle shops for the latest updates on offshore areas to avoid. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (2/1)


Water level plan is widely endorsed
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A draft plan to control water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River earned the wide support of Canadian and U.S. groups after Monday's release of the report by the International Joint Commission (IJC). Source: The Recorder And Times (1/31)


Biggert: 'Reversing Illinois waterways not called for'
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U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-13th) issued the following reaction in response to the release of a study by the Great Lakes Commission examining the feasibility of severing water channels that have connected the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes for over a century: Source: The Doing Clarendon Hills (1/31)


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