[dailynews] August 16, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: August 16, 2012
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Threat of water level drop dismissed
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) has no intentions of allowing water levels in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to drop by more than 1.25 meters (4 feet). An IJC spokesman dismissed the suggestion made by an official of Sierra Club Ontario. Source: The Sarnia Observer (8/16)


Moroun revives Harsens Island bridge plan
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Moroun's Detroit International Bridge Co. announced Wednesday it was ready to resurrect plans to build a bridge to Harsens Island, now that the owner of the island's lone car ferry service has said he plans to retire and shut his business down. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/16)


EDITORIAL: Phragmites control efforts deserve support
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Phragmites, a perennial, wetland grass that can grow up to 15 feet in height, is becoming a widespread problem along the Great Lakes coastal shoreline. And it’s something that needs to be controlled. Source: Huron Daily Tribune (8/16)


Navy vessels converge on Glass City for week of festivities
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Four modern naval and Coast Guard vessels, plus a reconstruction of one of the oldest, will be the focal points of the first Navy Week in Toledo, Ohio's history next week. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/16)


Longest ship on Great Lakes free again
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Salvage crews were able to re-float the stranded Paul R. Tregurtha, which had been blocking the downbound shipping channel of the St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., since Wednesday morning. Source: The Sault Star (8/15)


Attack of the killer carp
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After a thousand-plus kilometre invasion and destruction of U.S. ecosystems, Asian carp are now poised to enter Canada’s Great Lakes — where they could unleash incalculable and irreversible damage. Source: This Magazine (8/15)


Barrel recovery complete
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A project to recover decades-old barrels from Lake Superior is complete, but the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is not yet releasing information on what they found. Source: WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN (8/15)


Proposal would cut salmon stocking in Wisconsin by 38%
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The Department of Natural Resources' tentative plan to reduce the number of salmon stocked in Lake Michigan calls for a 50% decrease in Chinook salmon stocking, including a 37.8% decrease in Wisconsin. Source: Door County Daily News (8/15)


Grosse Pointe Farms to address accretion at lake's edge
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The invasive plants that have grown steadily at the edge of Lake St. Clair near Pier Park will be eradicated and replaced with low-growing native plants if the long-term plan developed by Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., officials works. Source: Grosse Pointe Patch (8/15)


Merganser control out: No plan B for controlling swimmer's itch
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A few years ago a lake association in Leelanau County, Mich., figured out a way to rid itself of the parasite that causes swimmer’s itch, but the Department of Natural Resources has stopped the program, which involved trapping and relocating mergansers. Source: Interlochen Public Radio (8/15)


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