[dailynews] Great Lakes Videos: April 6, 2012

Great Lakes Videos: April 6, 2012
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S.S. Badger gets grant for natural gas conversion
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The operator of the S.S. Badger ferry has received a grant to begin 
designing the ship's conversion to using natural gas for fuel. Source: 
WLUK-TV - Green Bay, WI (4/4)


Pier fishing In Duluth
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If you stroll down the Canal Park pier in Duluth, Minn.,these days, you 
won't walk more than ten feet without passing a fisherman. They're on the 
hunt for coho salmon. Source: WDIO-TV - Duluth, MN (4/3)


Researchers try to save the lake sturgeon from extinction
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The lake sturgeon has been around since the age of the dinosaurs. They did 
the one thing dinosaurs couldn't do: They adapted, and they survived. But, 
leave it to mankind push one of nature's oldest creatures to the verge of 
extinction. Source: The Macomb Daily (4/3)


Surreal scene unfolds on the river
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State biologists stun walleyes to insert data transmitters, which will 
provide information on their movement, migration, and spawning patterns in 
and around Ohio's Maumee River.  Source: The Toledo Blade (4/1)


President Obama pushes for development of wind farms
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It's a move that may bring wind farms to more towns and villages on the 
shore of Lake Ontario. President Obama struck a deal to jump start 
development of offshore wind farm projects in five states. Including New 
York.  Source: WWNY-TV - Watertown, NY (3/31)


Radio Tower Bay restoration project
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The first phase of the restoration of Radio Tower Bay, part of the St. Louis 
River estuary, started in February with the removal of part of an 1880s 
railroad trestle. Source: Minnesota DNR (3/29)


Protecting Lake Erie
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New money is coming to the area to make sure phosphorus does not get into 
Lake Erie. Source: WUPW -Toledo, OH (3/16)