[dailynews] December 13, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: December 13, 2012
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Wisconsin scientists use lake mixer to drive out invasive species
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University of Wisconsin scientists are studying how mixing the water in a lake could eliminate an invasive fish. Source: Great Lakes Echo (12/13)


Community group gets $16,310 to plant trees along St. Lawrence Seaway
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A community-based conservation group has received a $16,310 grant to plant native trees and other vegetation along a stretch of the St. Lawrence Seaway near Cornwall, Ont. Source: Great Lakes Echo (12/13)


Lake Erie packed with plastic
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A group of researchers has found more plastic in water taken from Lake Erie than in samples taken from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Source: Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (12/13)


Making tracks to Quebec's Le Massif de Charlevoix
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Not content to open a resort amid spectacular scenery overlooking the St. Lawrence Seaway, the owners created their own railway to ferry passengers between Quebec City and Baie-Saint-Paul. Source: Los Angeles Times (12/13)


EDITORIAL: The seagoers arrive, heralding a boom in Great Lakes shipping
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The arrival of the Federal Satsuki on Wednesday morning at the Port of Cleveland brought tidings of comfort and joy to the whole Great Lakes region -- and to Ohio manufacturers and exporters, in particular. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer (12/13)


Drought leaves Canadian shipping safe while Mississippi cargo could run aground
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Canadian shipping has clear passage while Mississippi cargo could be stuck high and dry before the end of the year as the worst drought in half a century reduces water levels across the continent. Source: The Toronto Star (12/12)


LEEDCo awarded $4 million to launch offshore wind development on Lake Erie
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The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. of Cleveland will launch an offshore wind development effort on Lake Erie using $4 million in federal money. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/12)


Nature Conservancy donates 2 key natural areas to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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The Nature Conservancy has donated its entire holdings at two unique and environmentally significant natural areas in Wisconsin- Quincy Bluff in Adams County and Chiwaukee Prairie in Kenosha County on the shores of Lake Michigan - to the Department of Natural Resources. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/12)


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