[dailynews] April 18, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: April 18, 2012
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Environmentalists worry state's water plans would hurt Lake Erie
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Fishermen and women who frequent Lake Erie and its tributaries are concerned that legislation pending in the Ohio House doesn't provide enough protection for walleye, bass and perch. Source: The News Leader (4/18)


Great Lakes Seaway Trail launches online harbor info for boaters plying NY, Pa. waters
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The Great Lakes Seaway Trail's website has a page that lists details of 24 major harbors - one in Erie, Pa., and the rest in New York from the Lake Erie shoreline to the St. Lawrence River in northern New York. Source: The Republic (4/18)


COMMENTARY: Michigan opportunity slipping away
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The idea: Transform Michigan into the Midwest's premier inland port and transportation hub, uniquely linking air, sea, rail and road capabilities. Create a new industry, a Great Lakes Global Gateway, forged from our existing manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Source: Adrian Daily Telegram (4/18)


Educators actively fighting "nature deficit disorder"
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Place-based education is all about reestablishing kids' connection with the outdoors, said Mark Stephens, a hub coordinator for the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative. Source: Great Lakes Echo (4/18)


Michigan Maritime Museum to host 'War on the Great Lakes' exhibit
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The Michigan Maritime Museum will open its new exhibit "War on the Great Lakes" May 4. The exhibit is based on the War of 1812 in commemoration of its 200th anniversary Source: Holland Sentinel (4/18)


$6 million research facility wanted in Ashland
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Scientists who study Lake Superior's fish in Ashland work a mile and a half away from their boat. They want a new facility to bypass the inconvenience. Source: WDIO Duluth (4/18)


More details of St. Lawrence River water level plan put online
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) has made additional information available online about Plan Bv7, a plan under consideration for regulating water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Source: North Country Now (4/18)


Irondequoit residents, boaters debate Lake Ontario plan
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The proposed regulations state that boats cannot be anchored, moored, adrift or joined together with any other vessel within 450 feet of the area of the Lake Ontario shoreline running west from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Pier. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/17)


Shipwreck sanctuary could grow
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NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is taking public comments on expansion plans for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. Source: TV 7&4 Traverse City (4/17)


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