[dailynews] October 1, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 1, 2012
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Lake, river get 'Weekly Clean'
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Volunteers helped pick up debris and trash from Lake St. Clair last month. 
The effort was part of a cleanup campaign organized by the Clinton River 
Watershed Council, a Rochester Hills-based nonprofit that works to protect 
and promote the river and Lake St. Clair. Source: The Detroit News (10/1)


Massive Karegnondi water project moving forward after state OKs pipeline tap 
into Lake Huron
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The state of Michigan has approved a critical permit that allows the 
Karegnondi Water Authority to tap into Lake Huron with a 1.5-mile 
underground intake. Source: MLive (10/1)


Most area anglers obey rules
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About 90 per cent of the anglers checked in Essex County and Chatham-Kent 
during the summer were complying with sport fishing regulations, says the 
Ministry of Natural Resources. Source: The Windsor Star (10/1)


Port of Cleveland's perceived dredging crisis may not be a crisis after all
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A new plan to increase the amount of useful space in the rapidly-filling 
sediment containment basins along the Burke Lakefront Airport could relieve 
the concern over keeping the Cuyahoga River navigable. Source: The Plain 
Dealer (9/30)


Recruiting for fishing log book cooperators
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The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is looking for anglers to enter 
data into log books to assist them with future stocking of steelhead and 
brown trout in the Pennsylvania tributaries of Lake Erie. Source: Erie 
Times-News (9/30)


Drought hits shippers on Great Lakes
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The drought is lowering water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to 
near-record lows, putting pressure on the shipping industry, turning some 
beaches into long mud flats, and  intensifying a debate over an old dredging 
project that permanently reduced the lakes' levels. Source: The Wall Street 
Journal (9/30)


New research helps protect dunes
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New research findings about the geological and archaeological aspects of the 
Lake Michigan coastal dunes will help local governments and organizations 
protect them. Source: The Holland Sentinel (9/30)


Festival educates people about clean water
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The first annual Maumee Bay Festival took place Sunday afternoon. Organizers 
held the event to urge people to take care of local waterways and get more 
people involved. Source: WNWO - Toledo, OH (9/30)


Looming EPA deadline could spell end for coal-fired ferry
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Each year the Badger dumps more than 500 tons of coal ash into Lake 
Michigan. An EPA permit has allowed the Badger to sail on. But in 2008, 
regulators gave Lake Michigan Carferry, the company that runs the Badger, 
until Dec. 19 to change its ash disposal method or fuel type. Source: 
Detroit Free Press (9/30)


Harbour pollution eyed as drinking water threat
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Researchers are studying drifting harbour pollution as a threat to city of 
Hamilton-Halton's drinking water. Source: The Hamilton Spectator (9/29)


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