[dailynews] December 10, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: December 10, 2012
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Report grades Great Lakes states' water efficiency
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A report grading water efficiency, authored by the Alliance for Water 
Efficiency, gives the Great Lakes states some low marks. Source: Great Lakes 
Echo (12/10)


Gov. Walker letter spells out support for Badger ferry
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Wis. Gov. Scott Walker hopes the Environmental Protection Agency will extend 
the S.S. Badger's permit to dump coal ash into Lake Michigan. Source: 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/9)


Sen. Levin, Democrats push for Great Lakes funds
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U.S. Senator Carl Levin led a group of five fellow Democrats in asking that 
at least $300 million be directed to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
in President Barack Obama's 2014 budget. Source: The Mining Journal (12/9)


Process of limiting Chinook salmon stocking next year begins
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Wisconsin and other Lake Michigan states agreed earlier to reduce stocking 
of Chinook salmon by 50% next year to better balance the populations of 
predator and prey fish and preserve the world-class trout and salmon fishing 
on the lake. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/8)


Salmon to blame for upstream contaminants
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Research by University of Notre Dame has revealed that salmon, as they 
travel upstream to spawn and die, carry industrial pollutants into Great 
Lakes streams and tributaries. Source: Environmental News Network (12/7)


World War II plane retrieved from lake
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Almost 68 years after a failed training mission left it at the bottom of 
Lake Michigan, crews pulled a World War II fighter plane from Waukegan 
Harbor, Ill. Source: Chicago Tribune (12/7)


U.S. Coast Guard sues Michigan museum operator over historical lighthouse 
lens
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The federal government is suing the operator of a tiny Michigan museum after 
learning that an "irreplaceable" 19th-century lighthouse lens is stored in a 
building that has no alarm or fire sprinklers and is rarely open to the 
public. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/7)


New organization focuses on healthy Lake Erie
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The recently organized Lake Erie Improvement Association in Ottawa County, 
Oh., is reviewing the many challenges facing Lake Erie and unveiling a 
strategic plan to address those challenges. Source: The Beacon (12/7)


Melching Inc. sues city of Muskegon to stop zoning change of Sappi site
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Melching Inc. has sued the city of Muskegon, Mich., seeking a court order 
declaring invalid a recently passed ballot initiative directing the city to 
rezone the 120-acre former paper mill property on Muskegon Lake from 
industrial to waterfront marine. Source: MLive (12/7)

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