[dailynews] February 21, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: February 20, 2012
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Coast Guard warns of unsafe ice on Lake Superior
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The U.S. Coast Guard Station Duluth warned the public of unsafe ice Sunday. Source: Duluth News Tribune (2/20)


EDITORIAL: Keep focus on Lakes
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The Great Lakes region can take some comfort -- but not a lot -- from President Obama's proposed budget. It calls for $300 million next year to remove contaminated sediment from harbors and streams, under a federal program called the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/19)


Great Lakes conundrum pits invasive species, commerce
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Asian carp are coming to a Great Lake near you. In Michigan recently, organizations representing states and cities in the Great Lakes basin proposed that the only sure way to protect the invaluable waters was to spend up to $9.5 billion on a plan The Associated Press described as "a massive engineering project to separate the lakes from the Mississippi River watershed." Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2/19)


Black Lake sturgeon season was over in a flash
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Blink, and you might have missed this year's sturgeon spearing season on Black Lake. It opened and closed, a swift, populist success, with two fish speared on opening day, Saturday, Feb. 4. Source: Midland Daily News (2/19)


Megawatts up at Steel Winds
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Six new turbines at former Bethlehem Steel site increase the project's overall capacity by 75 percent Source: The Buffalo News (2/19)


Wayne bans fracking
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The Town of Wayne officially enacted a moratorium on natural gas drilling Tuesday night, becoming the first municipality in Steuben County to pass a temporary ban on the process known as hydrofracturing. Source: The Steuben Courier (2/19)


Bird watchers flock to Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery to take part in Great Backyard Bird Count
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A bird-watching event was one of many that excited participants of the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count. Sponsored by the Audubon Society of Kalamazoo, the event took place for the fifth consecutive year at the Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery, in Van Buren County, north of Mattawan just west of the Kalamazoo County line. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (2/18)


Pinery abundant with rare wildlife
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While many Southwestern Ontario people know the Pinery as a "go to" summer spot for beaches and camping, it offers much to nature enthusiasts through all four seasons.One of the most important aspects of the Pinery is its oak savanna habitat. Source: London Free Press (2/18)


Erie's magnificent winter dunes
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In winter, hikers have Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pa. to themselves. Hollow ice dunes form along the shore of Lake Erie. Source: Star Tribune (2/18)


A case for restoring Lake Ontario's salmon
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Incredible as it seems, Ontario once had a commercial fishery and angling industry based on salmons, which were said to be so plentiful that farmers along Toronto's Don River could harvest them with pitchforks. Source: Belleville Intelligencer (2/18)


Government needs to understand how unique Lake Superior is
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Lake Superior needs friends on the government benches according to Carol Hughes whose questions about a Superior-focused group received a reply about Lake Simcoe. Source: Local 2 (2/18)


Harbor dredging picture bleak
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A bleak picture of present and future shallow-draft harbor dredging and maintenance was painted by the director of the Great Lakes Small Harbor Coalition during a presentation Thursday in Pentwater. Source: Ludington Daily News (2/17)


Wind project on Lake Ontario shore threatens endangered birds: Nature Canada
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A proposed wind energy project in Ontario's rural Prince Edward County has ruffled feathers with Nature Canada, which says the turbines would threaten several endangered bird species. Source: Winnipeg Free Press (2/17)


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