[dailynews] April 9, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: April 9, 2012
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Across metro Detroit, fires set to control invasive species
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Controlled burns, set to take place soon in southeast Michigan, help native 
plants to regain their stronghold in lands taken over by invasive species. 
Source: Detroit Free Press (4/9)


Workshop to focus on underwater archaeology
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The Maritime Archaeological Survey Team, or MAST, a nonprofit group that 
studies and documents Lake Erie shipwrecks, will teach the basics of 
underwater archaeology to those interested in helping survey these pieces of 
sunken history. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/9)


EDITORIAL: Fund recreational harbors to spur recovery
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The lack of noncommercial harbor maintenance is squeezing a pleasure-craft 
industry worth $9.5 billion to Great Lakes states struggling to rebound from 
a deep recession. Source: The Detroit News (4/9)


Concerned citizens hold meeting to look at DGR selection process
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More than 200 people turned out for a public meeting Saturday in Southampton 
to hear more about Saugeen Shores possibly vying to become the site of 
Canada's first underground repository for high-level nuclear waste. Source: 
The Owen Sound Sun Times (4/9)


New threat emerges on Asian carp
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Since the first of the year, Ontario officials have seized three shipments 
of live Asian carp, totaling more than 23,000 pounds, that apparently were 
headed for markets in Toronto. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/8)


COMMENTARY: Buoy collecting wind data is worth supporting
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A lot of people with interests in energy, the environment, and the economy 
will want the knowledge that Grand Valley State University's offshore buoy 
is collecting on Lake Michigan. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/8)


Minnesota's eagle population making a comeback
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The National Park Service said bald eagles continue to make a modest 
comeback in Minnesota, aided by a warm winter and a thriving food supply. 
Source: Marshall Independent (4/8)


Michigan, Ohio officials to tackle Lake Erie algae threat to fish, tourism
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Officials in Michigan and Ohio agreed last week to cooperate more closely to 
find solutions to massive algae blooms in Lake Erie, a deadly threat to fish 
and a turn-off for tourists. Source: The Associated Press (4/8)


New rules seek to prevent invasive stowaways
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Nearly a quarter-century has passed since the tenacious zebra mussel larvae 
were released in the Great Lakes, yet it was just last month that the Coast 
Guard issued a federal rule that sets an upper limit on the concentration of 
organisms in ballast water. Source: The New York Times (4/7)


First 'saltie' of season reaches Duluth harbor
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The first international ship, or "saltie," of Lake Superior's shipping 
season arrived in the Duluth harbor Friday. The Dutch-flagged Arubaborg will 
load up with more than 10,000 tons of durum wheat on Monday to take to 
Belgium. En route to the Twin Ports, the 470-foot vessel dropped its cargo 
of steel pipe in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Source: Minnesota Public Radio 
(4/6)


Shipwreck group: 19th century two-masted schooner found 350 feet down off 
Grand Haven
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A West Michigan shipwreck-exploring group has discovered a 90-foot 
two-masted schooner in deep water off the coast of Grand Haven. The ship, 
found in 350-foot deep water, may be the 1868-built St. Peter, a ship that 
sank in 1874 while delivering a load of wheat from Chicago to Buffalo. 
Source: The Grand Rapids Press (4/6)


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