[dailynews] May 30, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: May 30, 2012
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Barlow fights for the Great Lakes
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About 100 turned out to hear the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow and several other guest speakers talk about the fragile state of the Great Lakes. Source: Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre (5/30)


Lake Superior nearly a foot below start-of-June average
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Currently, the Lake Superior level is about 29 cm (11 inches) below its long-term average beginning-of-June level, and is 2 cm (1 inch) higher than the level recorded a year ago. Source: SooToday (5/30)


Canadians consider nuclear waste storage near Lake Huron
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The storage facilities would be built 2,230 feet below the ground and about mile away from Lake Huron near Kincardine and on the site of the Bruce nuclear power plant.  It would hold about 200,000 cubic meters of waste. Source: Great Lakes Echo (5/30)


Rowing the Great Lake for breast cancer
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Chicago rowing coach and charity founder hopes to be the first to row the 1,500 mile perimeter of Lake Michigan. Source: Chicago Tribune (5/29)


New limit weighs heavy on tour boat operators
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In a rule change that's new for many tour boat operators, the Coast Guard increased by 25 pounds the average weight per person that's assumed when figuring a maximum allowed number of passengers. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/29)


MP Hayes applauds Harper government measure to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp
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MP Bryan Hayes applauds an announcement made yesterday in Toronto, by The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, stating that the Government of Canada will make a significant investment to protect Canada's Great Lakes from the threat of Asian carp. Source: Local 2 Sault Ste. Marie (5/29)


Video surveillance captures illegal crossing from Canada
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The night of May 22, Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) camera operators saw a boat crossing the St. Clair River from Canada and entering U.S. waters. Source: Government Security News (5/29)


Conservancy seeks biz support in fight against invasive species
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The new report's tally: Invasive species cost significantly more than $100 million a year to water industry stakeholders. Some believe that figure, while hard to estimate, actually is much larger once costs are extrapolated. Source: Crain's Detroit Business (5/27)


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