[dailynews] October 12, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 12, 2012
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Lower Lake Erie water level bad for boats, good for beaches
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Water levels on the Great Lakes are down, causing concerns for recreational 
boaters and commercial shipping but possibly less erosion on beaches. 
Source: Erie Times-News (10/12)


COMMENTARY: International Great Lakes executive: Raise your voice
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The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada is 
important but under reported. It could use some exposure in easy to 
understand language. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/12)


Annis Water Resources Institute awarded $250,000 grant
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Researchers at Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources 
Institute, Mich., will be able to continue Great Lakes education and 
outreach programs for the next two years thanks to a grant from the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency. Source: The Holland Sentinel (10/12)


Romney 'outraged' by Army Corps' speed on Asian carp plan
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Thursday he is "outraged" 
that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not moved faster on a plan to 
permanently block Asian carp from swimming up the Chicago canal system and 
into Lake Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/11)


Salmon and trout egg collection going on right now
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Workers at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Fisheries Division 
are gathering the necessary eggs for the continued production of hatchery 
fish to support Michigan's fisheries. Source: WNEM - TV5 - Saginaw, MI 
(10/11)


Lake Huron nears record low level
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Water levels in Lake Huron are nearing the historic low mark set in 1964 and 
are expected decline even further by spring. Source: The London Free Press 
(10/11)


33 stranded on ferry in Lake Erie
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The Jiimaan, which services Pelee Island in Lake Erie, got hung up on a 
sandbar 200 feet off shore Thursday near Kingsville, Ont., southeast of 
Windsor. Source: CBC News (10/11)


US Forest Service awards $3M for Great Lakes
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The U.S. Forest Service is awarding nearly $3 million to improve the tree 
canopy and forest cover in the Great Lakes region. Source: The Associated 
Press (10/11)


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