[dailynews] February 16, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: February 16, 2012
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Take a virtual tour of Whitefish Point's shallow wreck sites February 20
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The second event in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's new Winter Maritime Speaker Series will be held on Monday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. at the Soo Brewing Company in Sault Ste. Marie. Source: Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (2/16)


Michigan officials try to stop pharmaceuticals from getting into water
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will distribute $250,000 in grants to help communities properly dispose of household drugs that can contaminate water. Source: Great Lakes Echo (2/16)


Wilmette considering fence, fee for beach
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Access to one of the rare free beaches along the Lake Michigan shore in Illinois may soon be restricted in Wilmette, as the park district considers building a $100,000 fence and charging admission. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/16)


Dow agrees to clean dioxin-tainted properties
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Michigan environmental regulators said Thursday that they reached a long-sought deal with Dow Chemical Co. to clean up to 1,400 residential properties in Midland, home of its corporate headquarters and a plant that polluted the area with dioxin for much of the past century. Source: ABC News (2/16)


Group: Sewer upgrade cuts would hurt Great Lakes
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Efforts to upgrade crumbling sewer systems in the Great Lakes region would take a hit under a 20 percent cut President Barack Obama proposed for a federal wastewater loan program, advocates said Wednesday. Source: Dayton Daily News (2/15)


Obama budget allocates funding for Great Lakes
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The president's budget for fiscal year 2013 includes more than $4.7 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with almost $64 million for Detroit District projects around the Great Lakes. Source: The Superior Daily Telegram (2/15)


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