[dailynews] June 27, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: June 27, 2012
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Beach grooming likely no longer regulated by Michigan; Federal rules still apply
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Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to soon sign a bill that will do away with state permits for grooming many Great Lakes beaches. Source: Great Lakes Echo (6/27)


Lampricide to be placed in region
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Cheboygan, Mich. - Specific creeks in Cheboygan, Emmet and Presque Isle counties will soon be treated to kill sea lamprey larvae. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (6/27)


Opinion: Don't give EPA more power over our water
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Don Parmeter disagrees with St. Louis County Commissioner Frank Jewell's commentary on the subject of water quality protections. Parmeter supports finding solutions at the local and state level which have been shown to be faster and cheaper in northern Minnesota. Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/27)


Proposals for Buffalo Harbor shared
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Six scenarios for developing the 1,035 acres of Buffalo Harbor were explored Tuesday at a public forum in Herman Badillo School 76. Source: The Buffalo News (6/27)


Muskegon's Milwaukee Clipper has temporary exhibit of Great Lakes model ships
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MUSKEGON - The Milwaukee Clipper has a new exhibit of model ships, loaned to the ferry-turned-museum through Labor Day. Source: MLive (6/27)


U.S. residents protest Bruce nuclear waste proposal
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Many Americans are are angry that Canada would consider building a storage area for low and intermediate level nuclear waste beneath the shoreline of one of the Great Lakes. Source: The Toronto Star (6/26)


Plan to create Michigan Dark Sky Coast awaits governor's signature
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MACKINAW CITY -- Legislation creating a 21,000-acre Dark Sky Coast around the northeastern Lake Michigan shoreline is expected to be signed by the governor in the near future. Source: Petoskey News-Review (6/26)


Discover watery wonders on Metropark cruises
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The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are offering Summer Discovery Cruises out of the Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie Metroparks at fees ranging from $5 to $25, one of the best bargains in Michigan. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/26)


Water treatment plant construction on schedule
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Construction on the new Monroe County Water Authority treatment plant in Webster is progressing according to schedule and should be completed for an opening in early 2013. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (6/26)


Ohio cities focus on rivers as key to development
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DAYTON -- Ohio cities focusing on new large-scale downtown development are looking to their rivers as a base for much of that development, and planners said a key decision facing cities is how best to tie their rivers to such projects. Source: Coshocton Tribune (6/25)


Indiana, Ohio move quickly on possible Asian carp threat
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Ohio and Indiana wildlife officials have agreed to form a response plan for potential flooding in a wetland that is considered the second-greatest threat for allowing Asian carp into the Great Lakes. Source: Coshocton Tribune (6/24)


Lake Erie Commission awards protection grants
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SANDUSKY -- The Ohio Lake Erie Commission recently awarded four Lake Erie Protection Fund grants. Source: The New-Messenger (6/23)


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