[dailynews] October 24, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: October 24, 2012
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Researchers get help playing “whack-a-mole” with sea lamprey
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The EPA recently awarded Michigan State University more than $392,000 to test sea lamprey repellant. Source: Great Lakes Echo (10/24)


Kids study water levels' impact on St. Lawrence wetlands
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The environmental group Save the River has been leading a charge to persuade the agency that controls water levels to return more natural ebbs and flows to the St. Lawrence. One way is by giving the younger generation of River residents a "hands-on" lesson. Source: North Country Public Radio (10/24)


Debate over Proposal 3 not about renewable energy but constitutional methods, Muskegon forum shows.
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A group of 75 citizens heard pro-Proposal 3 advocates argue that a constitutional amendment before Michigan voters Nov. 6 is the only way to push renewable energy development in the state. The opponents of Proposal 3 countered that a constitutional amendment is a terrible way to set complex energy policy in Michigan. Source: Michigan Live (10/24)


Sailors sobered by low water levels, weighing their options
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Diverse forces had colluded for the second time in less than a week to present an historic low in the St. Marys River and in the sailboat basin at Bellevue Park, Ont. Source: Sault This Week (10/24)


First Nation communities compensated for flooded lands
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The federal government has approved a $71-million settlement for three area First Nation communities to compensate them for lands flooded during the construction of the Trent-Severn Waterway, Ont. Source: Sun News (10/23)


Holland's weather buoy brought in for season
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Several local companies and groups worked together to get a weather buoy tested this season in hopes of making it a permanent data collector in Lake Michigan. Source: The Holland Sentinel (10/23)


Fish boats coming to the Flats: Thousands of pounds of freshly-caught fish delivered dockside
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Proof that Lake Erie's ecosystem has made big comeback strides in recent years, commercial fisherman are now making non-stop deliveries of fresh fish on the Cuyahoga River, Ohio, for the first time in decades. Source: News Channel 5 (10/23)


Captive beluga whale imitated human voices
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The mimicry of this whale named NOC and now deceased, was no match for that of a parrot, but is an example of vocal learning, nonetheless. St. Lawrence River estuary shelters few populations of beluga whales. Source: Scientific American (10/22)


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