[dailynews] August 23, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: August 23, 2012
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Great Lakes farmers could earn credits for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
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Great Lakes farmers who cut their fertilizer use could help reduce greenhouse gases. And if done through a new emissions trading program, they could get other industries to pay them to do it without harming crop yields. Source: Great Lakes Echo (8/23)


Thousands of fish released from Ontario fish farm
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Provincial police say thousands of fish have been released in two incidents at a Manitoulin Island fish farm. Source: CTV (8/23)


Farmers work to reduce fertilizer runoff contributing to algal blooms
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With help from government funding, Ohio farmers are working to reduce phosphorus inputs to Lake Erie by adding filter strips (buffers between fields), planting cover crops during the off season, and reducing the amount of fertilizers spread on fields. Source: The News-Messenger (8/23)


Great Lakes groups want more spending from federal harbor maintenance fund
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The Great Lakes Maritime Task Force, the Great Lakes Metro Chambers Coalition and others want Congress to stop raiding the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and use it as it was intended. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/22)


OPINION: Great Lakes deserve help
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We should work to keep the new Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund, which puts up to $25,000 in the hands of grassroots community groups to cover the cost of special projects designed to improve the world's largest fresh water system. Source: Cambridge Times (8/22)


State to consider Sauk Village request for Lake Michigan water
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Sauk Village municipal officials will spend the next few months building their case to persuade the state to allow them to get their fresh water supply from Lake Michigan. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (8/22)


River Agency waits for state approval to allocate 20 megawatts of power
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The St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency says it believes Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will sign a contract allocating 20 megawatts of low-cost hydropower for area businesses by the deadline Monday. Source: Watertown Daily Times (8/22)


Thousands of fish dead in Cuyahoga River
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About 2,000 dead fish, mostly minnows, suckers, and carp, were found by investigators in the Cuyahoga this past weekend. Source: WKYC-TV 3--Cleveland (8/22)


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