[dailynews] September 10, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: September 10, 2012
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Mayors adopt new agreement to strengthen Great Lakes water quality
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Mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative expressed their 
strong support for the new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement signed by the 
governments of Canada and the United States Friday at the Canadian Embassy 
in Washington. Source: Superior Telegram (9/10)


Asian carp & the Great Lakes: Separating the basins (Part 1)
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Earlier this spring, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was ordered to speed 
up a five-year study of options to block invasive Asian carp from entering 
the Great Lakes.  Many biologists say the best solution would be complete 
separation of the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed. Source: 
Michigan Radio (9/10)


EDITORIAL: Great Lakes have a role to play in presidential politics
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The "Great Lakes Issue" is not likely to rise to the level of jobs and the 
economy in the two remaining months of the presidential campaign, but that 
doesn't mean it shouldn't. And it will be for many who view the Great Lakes 
as the nation's greatest single natural resource and, at least for the 
adjacent states, one of the greatest economic assets and potential 
job-creators an area could hope to have. Source: The Youngstown Vindicator 
(9/10)


U.S.-Canadian Great Lakes treaty falls short, advocates say
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An agreement United States and Canadian officials signed Friday to protect 
and restore the Great Lakes could have gone further, environmental advocates 
said. Though advocates applaud the updated focus on issues like climate 
change and invasive species, many said more should have been done. Source: 
Great Lakes Echo (9/10)


US, Canada renew Great Lakes pact; Cleanup, restoration work to continue
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The United States and Canada renewed a 40-year-old Great Lakes environmental 
pact Friday, pledging stepped-up efforts to reduce pollution, clean 
contaminated sites and prevent exotic species invasions. Source: The 
Associated Press (9/8)


Coal ash puts ferry's future in rough waters
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This could be the final season for the ferry SS Badger, the last coal-fired 
steamship on the Great Lakes. It's been crossing Lake Michigan since 1953 
and is now making 450 trips a year between Manitowoc and Ludington, Mich. To 
get rid of the waste ash, crews dump it overboard - about 3.8 tons a day. 
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/8)


Deadline for comment on bay's status extended
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People now have a little longer to express their opinions about an effort to 
take Presque Isle Bay off a watch list. The public comment period has been 
extended to Oct. 1 for the plan that recommends removing the bay from the 
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement's Areas of Concern list. Source: Erie 
Times-News (9/8)


Lake Erie carp evidence puzzles researchers
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In 2009, researchers used environmental DNA, or eDNA, testing to detect 
traces of Asian carp closer to Lake Michigan than previously believed. 
Similar eDNA results have now turned up in Lake Erie for the first time. The 
reaction, however, has been far different this time: no closures and no 
lawsuits. Source: The Detroit News (9/8)


EDITORIAL:  Carp evidence: DNA samples in Lake Erie call for a solution
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More Asian carp DNA has turned up in Lake Erie, accelerating the urgent need 
for Congress and the Obama administration to push the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers to move faster on a long-term solution to the threat posed by the 
voracious fish. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (9/8)


EDITORIAL: Lake Michigan makes clear the need for stronger defense of lakes
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The summer of 2012 may go into the record books for several reasons (heat, 
drought, lack of cherries), but Michiganders should also take note of 
potential pivot points in the health of the Great Lakes. The exemplar this 
year is Lake Michigan, where signs of stress are building. Source: Detroit 
Free Press (9/8)


EDITORIAL: Sound off on algae
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The International Joint Commission has been meeting in Ohio and Michigan to 
hear from residents about how this region is harmed by Lake Erie's toxic 
algae. It's an opportunity to discuss how excess fertilizer, sewage, and 
other forms of water pollution pose serious public- health and economic 
consequences. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/7)


Tribes oppose wolf hunt
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An animal that's a symbol of the wild, and once nearly exterminated, has 
repopulated the upper Great Lakes region. In fact, the gray wolf exceeded 
recovery goals, times ten, over the last decade. And now wolves are doing so 
well, states that manage them are opening hunting seasons on them. Source: 
Interlochen Public Radio (9/6)


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