[dailynews] May 18, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: May 18, 2012
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Great Lakes lake levels still below average
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Lake Michigan-Huron, hydrologically one lake connected at the Straits of 
Mackinac, is a foot below its long-term average, according to the Great 
Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. 
Source: Petoskey News-Review (5/18)


Michigan's oldest lighthouse to reopen Saturday after renovation
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After four years and $700,000 in gentle renovations, Michigan's oldest 
lighthouse, the Ft. Gratiot Light, reopens Saturday. Source: Detroit Free 
Press (5/18)


Festival draw for birders
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The sixth annual Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival runs through 
Saturday and is expected to draw birders as well as nature lovers to the 
breathtaking south shore of Lake Superior. Source: Superior Telegram (5/18)


Thousands of lake trout find home on Beaver Island reef
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After more than a year of pampering and a 200-mile journey by truck and 
boat, thousands of young lake trout were set free at a Lake Michigan reef 
last week. Source: Gaylord Herald Times (5/18)


Maude Barlow wants Great Lakes declared public trust
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The head of the Council of Canadians has undertaken a public tour to get 
support for a proposal to have the Great Lakes watershed protected as a 
public trust. Source: The Hamilton Spectator (5/17)


Brule Hatchery could close, others may open
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A study released this week on Wisconsin's 17 fish hatcheries says it will 
take $155 million to modernize them. Source: Ashland Current (5/17)


Neighbors feel pressured by Enbridge's new pipeline plans
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Enbridge Energy, which operates the pipeline that ruptured in southwest 
Michigan almost two years ago, plans to replace the entire pipeline, and 
several landowners are having trouble with the attitudes of land agents who 
represent the company. Source: The Environment Report (5/17)


Co-operation needed to improve ecosystem
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International Association of Great Lakes Research conference keynote speaker 
Gail Krantzberg said the key to progress being found outside science lies in 
policy. Source: The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (5/17)

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