[dailynews] August 20, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: August 20, 2012
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Ohio No. 2 emitter of toxic pollutants after Kentucky, environmental group says
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That's according to a report released earlier this month by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. Kentucky was No. 1 on the list. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer (8/20)


Ontario teen youngest ever to swim Lake Ontario
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Shortly before 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, Annaleise Carr finished her 27 hour, 52-kilometre journey that began when she entered the water at Niagara-on-the-Lake at 6:17 p.m. on Saturday. Source: CBC News (8/20)


Lake Superior researchers study threatened plover
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Researchers from the Sault Ste. Marie school have received $150,000 out of $8.5 million allocated to 30 environmental restoration projects through the Sustain Our Great Lakes program. Source: Sacramento Bee (8/19)


Freighter captain captures dramatic video, photos of Lake Michigan waterspout outbreak
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Captain Eric Treece, an avid storm chaser when he's not steering massive lake carriers, grabbed his camera and recorded five separate waterspouts about 45 miles east of Milwaukee on Saturday morning. Source: MLive.com (8/19)


Taking stock of salmon in Lake Michigan
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The four states that surround Lake Michigan -- Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan -- agreed to a 50% overall reduction in chinook stocking as a response to what biologists call "red flag" warnings that the fishery is in danger. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/19)


Lake Erie authority ready to move on
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When Roger Knight was a child on a farm in Trumbull County, Lake Erie seemed a remote and mysterious place. Yet, it somehow got its hold on him. Source: Columbus Dispatch (8/19)


Crew pulls to re-create Perry boat
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John Riddle, 30-year owner of Riddle Boatworks in Vermilion, agreed to build the pulling boat with the help of family and friends. Source: Toledo Blade (8/19)


Will lifting genetic fingerprints on Chicago river work?
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When an Army Corps of Engineers general teamed with a Rhodes Scholar to fish for Asian carp DNA in the Chicago River, both hoped it might help win the battle to protect the Great Lakes from yet another invader. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/18)


Radio operating group staying in Lorain lighthouse
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For the first time in more than 30 years, the Lorain Lighthouse will be home to overnight guests when the Lorain County Wireless Operators broadcast remotely this weekend. Source: Lorian Chronicle (8/18)


One man's quest to recover artifacts from Lake Ontario shipwreck brings little-known part of Canada's heritage to light
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Two centuries later and 22 years after finding her remains off Presqu'ile Point in Brighton, 90 minutes east of Toronto, wreck hunter Ed Burtt believes it's high time the artifacts were recovered. Source: Toronto Star (8/18)


County to continue assault on phragmites
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An all-out war is scheduled to begin next month on an invasive plant species found on at least 25 acres stretching along the Door County shoreline. Source: Door County Advocate (8/17)


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