[dailynews] May 31, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: May 31, 2012
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River community: BV7 water plan for Lake Ontario not perfect; but a balanced 
compromise
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During the International Joint Commission's public session earlier this 
year, the consensus was that while the new BV7 management plan was not 
perfect, it's still the best water plan the upper Lake Ontario-Thousand 
Islands region has seen so far. Source: Watertown Daily Times (5/31)


Water Runs Through Us: Muskegon takes its water 'for granted,' some 
residents say
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Some Muskegon, Mich., locals may not appear to love their abundant water 
resources as much as outsiders do. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (5/31)


More volunteers means less invasive plants
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Michigan and Indiana recreation officials are calling for volunteers to help 
remove aggressive invasive plants from the state parks and recreation areas. 
Source: Great Lakes Echo (5/31)


Meteorologists, lifeguards partnering for rip current forecasts
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National Weather Service offices have teamed up with beach operators and 
lifeguards to enhance predicting and warning of rip currents along Lake 
Michigan's beaches in an effort to reduce drowning deaths. Source: The 
Northwest Indiana Times (5/31)


Film explores rower's Lake Superior traverse, Ojibwe adoption
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When Ian Harvey set out to row the length of Lake Superior, he expected the 
pain and the unpredictable water conditions. He did not know the 400-mile 
trip would catch the attention of a clan whose ancestors made a similar trek 
in the 1890s. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/31)


State announces coastal grant recipients
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Wisconsin's Coastal Management Program recently announced 40 grants totaling 
nearly $3.4 million, which were awarded statewide and are intended to assist 
with innovative coastal initiatives. Source: Ashland Current (5/31)


Stop S.S. Badger coal ash discharges with upgrades to historic ferry, 
environmentalist says
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Alliance for the Great Lakes President Joel Brammeier has a simple solution 
to end the historic 50-year-plus coal ash discharges into Lake Michigan and 
keep the S.S. Badger operating and providing an economic boost to both 
Michigan and Wisconsin. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (5/30)


Agency releases recovery plan for rare dwarf lake iris along Great Lakes
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft recovery plan for 
the threatened dwarf lake iris - a rare plant found along the shores of 
lakes Michigan and Huron. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/30)


Buoy placed over Erie ship wreck
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A ship that went down in a storm on Lake Erie in 1864 near Cleveland now has 
a buoy marking the wreck that cost the lives of the ship's captain and six 
crew members. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/29)


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