[dailynews] February 10, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: February 10, 2012
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Michigan boating business rides wave to recovery
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After a six-year downturn, the boating industry is on the rise in the Great Lakes State. Source: The Detroit News (2/10)


Senator presses nominee for Army Corps Commander on funding for Great Lakes Dredging (USA)
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The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday held a nomination hearing for Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick to be the new Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., used the opportunity to press the nominee on the need for additional funding for Great Lakes dredging and maintenance. Source: Dredging Today (2/10)


Creek Orthodox: Christian partnership restores West Michigan stream
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Faith, fellowship and federal funds are helping a west Michigan group restore a creek so polluted it's considered unsafe for human contact. Source: Great Lakes Echo (2/10)


Scary invaders threaten Great Lakes, environmentalists warn
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Beware the Northern snakehead. Beware the inland silverside. And beware a host of other invasive species prompting a recent report recommending spending billions to separate the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Echo (2/9)


Wolf loses ESA protection in the Great Lakes Feb. 10, 2012
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Minnesota talks about hunting season. Hunting season bill introduced into Wisconsin legislature. Source: The Wildlife News (2/9)


Islanders rhythm upset without Lake Superior ice road
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A warm winter is keeping the ferry running between Madeline Island and Bayfield ... much to the chagrin of islanders. Source: The Superior Daily Telegram (2/9)


Superior researchers studying invasives, ballast water
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Determining how clean a ship's ballast water must be to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species is the goal of the latest research partnership between the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Source: Ashland Current (2/9)


Want to learn more about city's Great Lakes ppplication?
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Some aldermen and Waukesha Water Utility general manager set neighborhood meetings to get more information about the city's search for a water supply. Source: Waukesha Patch (2/9)


Outdoors: Lake Ontario returns as world class salmon fishery
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But after a precipitous plunge in fishery quality due to a decline in forage fish, complications caused by invasive species and a floundering economy that limited fishing visits, the fishery has apparently rebounded. Source: The Ithaca Journal (2/8)


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