[dailynews] November 5, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: November 5, 2012
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Low Great Lakes water levels predicted into 2013
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The Lake Michigan/Huron system is at great risk of seeing an all-time low water level in the next six months, according to statistical projections that will be released today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Source: The Detroit News (11/5)


Great Lakes Shipwrecks exhibit at Public Museum tells stories of 13 ships
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A new exhibit,"Great Lakes Shipwrecks, Storms and Stories," is opening at Grand Rapids Public Museum on Saturday, Nov. 10. Source: Michigan Live (11/5)


When bad weather approaches, the Lake Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center knows
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Ten students at the State University College at Oswego make up the Lake Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center, which makes forecasts for local school districts during the winter months. Source: The Post Standard (11/5)


Planners to work on vision for Lake Michigan trail
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A biking, hiking and kayaking route in the four states along the shoreline of Lake Michigan is the topic of a conference this week in Michigan. Source: The Green Bay Press Gazette (11/4)


Waterbird die-off hits Lake Michigan
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In a dramatic scene along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Schoolcraft County, Mich., researchers have recently discovered the carcasses of nearly 700 dead waterbirds, thought to be the victims of Type-E botulism. Source: The Mining Journal of Marquette (11/4)


Cooperation helping to keep water monitoring system operating
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A real-time water monitoring system in Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers may not shut down at the end of the year after all, thanks to the efforts of a regional group, local officials and water plant operators who have spent at least half a year working to find ways to keep it running. Source: The Desert Sun (11/4)


COMMENTS- Who pulled the plug on Lake Huron?
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What is behind the diminishing levels? Is this just nature being nature, or is human manipulation involved? Answering such questions is difficult, even for the scientists who devote their careers to studying the Great Lakes. Source: The Times Herald (11/4)


Anti-wind lawsuits stacking up in Ontario
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A group of Ontario landowners from Wallaceburg has filed a lawsuit against a wind power project, the latest in the escalating legal skirmishing over renewable energy. Source: The Toronto Star (11/1)


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