[dailynews] August 9, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: August 9, 2012
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U.S. and Canadian warships tour the Great Lakes
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HMCS ships Ville de Québec, Moncton and Summerside will be joined by the American vessels USS Hurricane and USS De Wert. Source: Great Lakes Echo (8/9)


Lake Superior mystery barrel recovery effort questioned
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The effort to raise 70 Department of Defense barrels dumped in Lake Superior near Duluth continues under a news blackout. Source: Superior Telegram (8/9)


Lake Ontario makes list of hardest swims in the world
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Unpredictable changes in wind direction and water temperature and significant currents that vary in speed and direction make Lake Ontario one of the world’s more difficult swimming venues. Source: Great Lakes Echo (8/9)


Lake Erie electrofishing survey doesn't find any Asian carp
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There was no sign of Asian carp in the waters that spill from southeastern Monroe County into Lake Erie -- as was also the case during previous days of an electrofishing and netting survey that began Monday in Ohio. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/8)


Manitowoc wind tower factory eyes export market
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Wind industry suppliers have seen strong demand for equipment in 2011 and the first part of this year as developers around the country move to complete construction of wind farms ahead of the Dec. 31 expiration of federal wind energy tax credits. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/8)


Utility, EPA reach agreement on $40 million Superfund cleanup in Ashland
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The site is a 40-acre site on the shore of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. It was used for a variety of industrial purposes for more than a century. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/8)


$7 million lighthouse restoration to begin in Apostle Islands
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Work is expected to begin this fall and last through 2014 on all five of the light stations in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior. Source: Superior Telegram (8/8)


SS Badger, Michigan-to-Wisconsin tradition, could be in final year
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For now, the deadline (set in 2008) remains; the Badger can’t use its current system after Dec. 19. Source: Lansing State Journal (8/8)


USS Edson Navy destroyer arrives in Bay City
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The Edson was towed more than 2,000 miles from a shipyard in Philadelphia to Bay City, where it will serve as a floating museum. Source: Bay City News (8/7)


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