[dailynews] Great Lakes Videos: March 16, 2012

Great Lakes Videos: March 16, 2012
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Captain remembers the night he tried to find survivors of the Edmund 
Fitzgerald
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Capt. Don Erickson, who helmed the SS William Clay Ford, was docked at 
Whitefish Point when the call came in. He and his crew agreed to head out 
into dangerous waters along with the Arthur M. Anderson to look for 
survivors.  Source: Daily Tribune (3/15)


Vanishing lake ice
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A new study published in the Journal of Climate suggests the Great Lakes 
have been losing ice cover for 40 years. Source: CBC News (3/14)


Parcels for sale on St. Lawrence island could hold history
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Carleton Island once busy with activity and inhabited by the British, Native 
Americans and later Americans.

 Source: Your News Now (3/13)


Coming clean: Swimmable Chicago River to become reality
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Environmentally conscious Chicagoans praised the Metropolitan Water 
Reclamation District's announcement earlier this month to make the Chicago 
River cleaner and available for primary contact recreation by March 2016. 
Source: Medill Reports - Northwestern University (3/9)


Plan in works to light grain elevators
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Can Buffalo's towering grain elevators attract more visitors downtown? A new 
plan would light up the historic waterfront. Source: WIVB - Buffalo, NY 
(3/13)


Going Green: Great Lakes levels
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Public information sessions like the one in Sackets Harbor will be held 
around Lake Ontario for input on the new regulations to help control the 
water levels in the lake and the St. Lawrence River. Source: YNN - Albany, 
NY (3/12)


Historic SS Keewatin On The Move
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For the past 6 weeks crews have been digging a path in the shallow Saugatuck 
Harbor. It's being done to clear a way for the SS Keewatin, a 105 year old 
luxury cruiser, which has been stuck in one place for the past 30 years. 
Source: WXMI-TV - Grand Rapids, MI  (3/9)


Mass marking in the Great Lakes
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mass Marking Program in the Great Lakes 
is helping us to find out what happens to fish once they leave national 
hatcheries. Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2/24)