[dailynews] April 3, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: April 3, 2012
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Intermodal rail, port service examined by Brown County committee
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A new Brown County committee, meeting for the first time next week, will 
look into the feasibility of again offering a facility that will allow 
intermodal containers to be loaded on trucks and train cars. Source: Green 
Bay Press-Gazette (4/3)


Author on long trek to learn about the lakes
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Author Loreen Niewenhuis began a 1,000-mile hike, touching each of the Great 
Lakes, on Sunday between Magee Marsh and Port Clinton. Source: The 
News-Messenger (4/3)


Fishermen get promising outlook for Lake Erie
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The state of Ohio recently made its fishing forecast for Lake Erie for the 
2012 season, and every entry, every piece of data, and every population 
analysis comes with one ever-present, Saturn-sized asterisk - the weather. 
Source: The Toledo Blade (4/3)


Will plague of toxic algae accelerate a focus on Lake Erie?
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At a recent University of Toledo College of Law workshop, speakers implored 
Michigan and Ohio residents to see the emerging parallels between western 
Lake Erie's record algae outbreaks in 2010 and 2011 and Cleveland's 1969 
Cuyahoga River fire. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/3)


Lake Ontario alewives help some fish, hurt others and vex officials
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Alewives sustain popular sport fish, but can hurt populations of native lake 
trout and Atlantic salmon. Source: Great Lakes Echo (4/3)


Soo police have chance to patrol the Great Lakes
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Coast Guard will base a marine 
security enforcement team in Sault Ste. Marie starting this year. Source: 
The Sudbury Star (4/3)


Lake Superior higher than it was a year ago at this time
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The International Lake Superior Board of Control has set the Lake Superior 
outflow to 1,560 cubic meters per second (m3/s) for the month of April -- an 
increase from the March outflow, which was 1,500 m3/s. Source: SooToday.com 
(4/2)


Two Rivers City Council rejects plan to change Beach Road
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The Two Rivers City Council on Monday denied a request that would have 
narrowed a portion of a public road that currently provides access to Lake 
Michigan. Source: Herald Times Online (4/2)


National Wildlife Federation takes a look at Michigan's winter blues
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The National Wildlife Federation took a look at how winter economies were 
affected across the country -- Michigan included. Source: Petoskey News 
(4/2)


COMMENTARY:  Restoring our lake
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The White Lake cleanup efforts are putting the lake nearer to being delisted 
as a federally designated Area of Concern. Source: White Lake Beacon (4/2)


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