[dailynews] January 2, 2013

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Great Lakes Daily News: January 2, 2013
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Rural stormwater project installs five water-monitoring stations
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Five new water-monitoring stations are now in place in rural Lake Huron communities as part of a project to limit stormwater impact from heavy rainfall. Source: Bullet News Huron (1/2)


Lake Erie has gulls galore
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The countless gulls living along Lake Erie shorelines can be beautiful, and pesky. Source: The News-Messenger (1/1)


Resources around Ohio on the brink
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Many of Ohio's natural resources are threatened by changes in climate patterns, invasive species, and toxic algae blooms; however, there are a few bright spots in the gloomy outlook for the future. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (12/30)


Great Lakes shipping vessels carry less cargo in 2012
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If you spot a freighter passing by on the St. Clair River, chances are it will be sitting higher in the water than it did a decade age and declining coal demand and lower water levels will only lighten the loads further. Source: The Times Herald (12/30)


Wisconsin's lakeshore communities struggle to cope with low water levels
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As Lake Michigan plunges toward uncharted low water levels, Wisconsin's lakeshore communities - from Milwaukee to the tip of the Door Peninsula - are scrambling to cope. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/29)


Mapping project aims to restore the Great Lakes, cut restoration costs
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As widespread environmental degradation continues across the world, efficient restoration projects are becoming increasingly important. The Great Lakes Mapping Project is one example of how environmental restoration, human benefit, and economic viability can co-exist. Source: The International (12/28)


A creek runs through it
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The former Holland, Michigan, Country Club has been returned to a more natural state and opened to the public via extensive wetland restoration, a new trail system, and a disc golf course. Source: The Holland Sentinel (12/28)


Proposed project could improve Lake Michigan shoreline
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Kenosha County, Wisconsin, could be part of Michigan plans to improve the Lake Michigan shoreline for kayakers, canoeists and other water users. Source: Kenosha News (12/28)


Weather buoy returning in 2013 thanks to grant
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Next summer’s boaters will again be able to get real-time data on Lake Michigan after a weather buoy that spent part of 2012 off the Holland shore received a grant to keep it afloat. Source: The Holland Sentinel (12/27)


Friedland calls for better spill notification system between U.S., Canada
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Jeff Friedland, director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for St. Clair County in Michigan, called for a better system for binational notification of spills or other environmental concerns within shared waters. Source: Voice News (12/27)


Little oversight for Enbridge pipleline route that skirts Lake Michigan
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Despite calls for extra protection for the vital watershed, Enbridge expects to have its final permits from Indiana to begin construction in May or June. Source: InsideClimate News (12/27)


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