[dailynews] October 8, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 8, 2012
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New tool helps Great Lakes cities, businesses predict harmful algae blooms
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Researchers from NOAA have developed a model to help develop a seasonal algae forecast for Lake Erie. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/8)


Dam removal project held up by federal permit process
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Two Cuyahoga River low-head dams set for removal this year may still be around in 2013 if city officials don’t soon receive a federal permit that was applied for in mid-March. Source: Cuyahoga Falls Patch (10/8)


Company says Brazil hires were unrelated to North Dakota layoffs
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A company that ships wind turbine blades through the Twin Ports announced last week that it would create 300 jobs at a new factory in Brazil, just a week after announcing it would cut more than 300 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Grand Forks, N.D. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/8)


Great Lakes neighbors bet on wet
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As with other Great Lakes States, Michigan is starting to realize the importance of a "blue economy," where water is the fuel for economic development. Source: Crain's Detroit Business (10/7)


Great Lakes Restoration grants aimed at weeding out invasive species
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On Oct. 2, the EPA announced 21 grants amounting to nearly $8 million to combat invasive species in the Great Lakes basin across seven states. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/7)


Michigan proposal could require land conservancies to pay property tax
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Nonprofit organizations that safeguard land and habitat in Southeast Michigan are worried about a proposal that could tax their preserves. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/7)


COMMENTARY: Land returns to tribe, everybody wins
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Frog Bay is a tribal national park, so it is not part of the U.S. national park system but rather under the jurisdiction of the Red Cliff Band;however, it is unusual because though it is, in fact, tribal land, it is nevertheless open to anyone and everyone to enjoy. Source: Chicago Tribune (10/7)


Monitoring system needs city
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There is a good chance Algonac could rejoin a regional water monitoring system. If the city does so, it would strengthen efforts to protect the quality of the St. Clair River and enhance a regional water-quality effort. Source: The Times Herald (10/7)


Pollution will feed lake algae for years
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A group of international algae experts said yesterday that there are no quick or easy solutions to clear algae from lake water. In the case of Grand Lake St. Marys, it could take decades. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (10/5)


Lawmakers rip Army Corps for pace on carp plan
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Two lawmakers are grumbling that the US Army Corps of Engineers is ignoring the demand from Congress that the agency expedite its study on how to block the spread of invasive species through the Chicago canal system. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/5)


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