[dailynews] March 5, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: March 5, 2012
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Chu unveils $180m offshore wind innovation fund
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The US Department of Energy (DoE) is to make $180m available over the next six years to support up to four innovative wind farms off the coast of the country or in the Great Lakes. Source: Business Green (3/5)


Canadian official wants to change name of St. Lawrence River parks
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Gord Brown, the member of the Canadian Parliament who represents the area, is proposing changing the name of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park to the Thousand Islands National Park. Source: WNYF Fredonia (3/5)


COMMENTARY: The State of our Lakes: Neglect them at our Peril
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Although Western New York is surrounded by one of the world's most abundant sources of fresh water, we often take it for granted, and that has proven in the past to be a serious mistake. Source: WGRZ Buffalo (3/4)


Lake Erie advocate joins environmental leaders meeting at White House
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Great Lakes environmental leaders, including one from Erie, met with Obama administration officials at the White House this week to talk about topics like Asian carp and algae blooms. Source: GoErie.com (3/3)


Grassroots group seeks ways to end Saugatuck Township's costly fight with billionaire developer over dunes
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David Swan, president of the Saugatuck Coastal Dunes Alliance, said his organization is helping organizers with the meeting to move things to a positive resolution that protects the dune property and doesn't give developers unlimited rights for developing the property. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (3/3)


West Michigan lake's swan cull now a global flap
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With 1,200 swans visiting the lake during peak periods, residents suffer an embarrassment of riches. And that is why local conservationists plan to kill them. Source: Detroit News (3/3)


Wind turbine protest blown off by. high winds
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Residents opposed to wind farm development along the Lake Huron shoreline, and against a wind turbine in Port Elgin sponsored by the Canadian Auto Workers, had planned the demonstration. But they had to cancel when Environment Canada issued a wind alert, warning of gusts exceeding 100 kilometres an hour. Source: Toronto Star (3/3)


NY's Black Lake cormorants will be harassed
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A committee of St. Lawrence County legislators recently asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation to train and supervise volunteers to control cormorants on Black Lake, which is a popular fishing destination. Source: Watertown Daily Times (3/3)


Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival features curator talking about cannons found in Detroit River
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Scuba divers, amateur archeologists and history buffs all converged on Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Saturday for the 31st Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival. Source: Heritage.com (3/1)


Muskegon SOS meeting on Sappi site suggests rezoning, eminent domain
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A community group gathered by Muskegon's Save Our Shoreline is ready to take aggressive action to change the course of the redevelopment plans for the former Sappi paper mill property on Muskegon Lake. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (2/29)


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