[dailynews] June 28, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: June 28, 2012
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Shallow waters become challenge to navigation
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Michigan residents understand that winters with little snow and springs with little rain add up to low lake levels during the months they most enjoy the water. And that is exactly what people are seeing around the Great Lakes this summer.

The Detroit News (6/28)


Legislation to require plan to prevent invasive species from entering Great Lakes
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National highway legislation will include a provision that requires a study and plan to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp of Midland announced Thursday morning. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/28)


Mich. lifts fish consumption advisory due to spill
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The Michigan Department of Community Health has lifted a "Do Not Eat" fish consumption advisory for a stretch of the Kalamazoo River affected by a massive 2010 oil spill Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (6/28)


Ohio beaches still second worst in country among coastline states
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Ohio beaches remain the second most polluted in the country and Cuyahoga County overtook Lorain County for the most polluted beach water among Ohio counties alongside Lake Erie, according to an environmental advocacy group. Source: Cleveland.com (6/27)


Lake Ontario again cited in report on beach
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Bacterial contamination from storm water runoff and sewage helped make 2011 one of the worst years in more than two decades for health-related closings and warnings at U.S. beaches, a major environmental group says. Source: Democrat and cronicle.com (6/27)


Flood water contamination
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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is reminding folks to avoid contact with flood water, but that warning does not apply to lake superior beaches outside the Duluth harbor area. Source: WDIO.com (6/27)


High E. Coli levels at Saugatuck Dunes beach on Lake Michigan prompt health advisory
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Forget swimming today at Saugatuck Dunes State Park beach on Lake Michigan. Source: Michigan Live (6/27)


Avon bridge likely to open by week's end in Rochester Hills
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The Avon Road Bridge over the Clinton River in Rochester Hills, which has been closed to traffic since February, will likely re-open by the end of the week, officials said Wednesday morning Source: Rochester-Rochester Hills Patch (6/27)


Pollution still plagues most US beach waters and the Great Lakes
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The Natural Resources Defense Council's annual beach water quality report, released today, finds that stormwater runoff and sewage pollution still plagues most US beach waters and the Great Lakes. Source: Earth Island Journal (6/27)


Flooding not a disaster for St. Louis River estuary
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The St. Louis River estuary in Duluth remains clouded with red silt, a fresh reminder of last week's flooding.But what impact will all that water -- and the tons of clay and sand still suspended in it -- have on the walleyes, sturgeon, muskies and other fish there? Source: The Star Tribune (6/26)


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