[dailynews] January 11, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: January 11, 2013
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EPA recommends Presque Isle Bay be removed from watch list
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked that Presque Isle Bay be 
taken off an Areas of Concern list. The EPA, in a letter dated Jan. 8, 
agreed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which 
said in mid-December that it was time for the bay to be delisted. Source: 
Erie Times-News (1/11)


Health of Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River topic of 'Public Eye'
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When it comes to the overall health of the Great Lakes, Lake Ontario is the 
worst. That's what a three-year study found performed by the Great Lakes 
Environmental Assessment and Mapping project. Source: WWNY TV  - Watertown, 
NY (1/11)


Michigan mussels disappear within a child's lifetime
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Native mussels are disappearing from Michigan waters, primarily as a result 
of the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels. But, despite the drastic 
declines in so many waterways, pockets of native mussels persist here and 
there, especially in rivers. Source: Great Lakes Echo (1/11)


Rec trails draft plan open for comment
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For the next several weeks, the Department of Natural Resources is asking 
Michigan residents to look over the draft plan for the future management of 
the highly valued outdoor recreational trails and submit comments and 
suggestions. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (1/11)


Concerns rise as lakes fall
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According to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers data, Lake Michigan reached a 
record average low water level of 576.07 feet above sea level this month. 
Source: Grand Haven Tribune (1/10)


Trying to predict the future of the Great Lakes
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A new initiative, the Great Lakes Futures Project, is taking on a giant 
task... to try to predict the future of the Great Lakes and what we might 
want the region to look like. Source: Michigan Radio (1/10)


Grand Haven now owns 2 lighthouses
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The city of Grand Haven officially is the legal owner of two lighthouses on 
the city's south pier leading out to Lake Michigan. Source: The Associated 
Press (1/10)


Flats-based fishmongers look to Lake Erie to boost local food production
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The owners of the Cleveland-based Cantanese Classic Seafoods attribute 
improved water quality in Lake Erie with their ability to expand their 
business and sell fish harvested from Lake Erie. Source: Fresh Water 
Cleveland (1/10)


Chagrin River Watershed Partners seeking engineering firm for Great Lakes 
mall parking lot
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As part of a Great Lakes Restoration Grant to improve infrastructure, the 
Chagrin River Watershed Partners is looking for an engineering firm to 
design plans for improvements to the storm water system at a mall in Mentor. 
Source: The News-Herald (1/10)


COMMENTARY: Game Changers | Planning: The Great Lakes Century
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A bold vision of how sustainable development and redevelopment projects in 
the Great Lakes might help protect our vast water resources from the 
pressures of pollution, population growth, and invasive species. Source: The 
Metropolis Magazine (1/9)


After 20 years, Maumee Bay starts to freeze again
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The dramatic reduction in the amount of water used by FirstEnergy's 
coal-fired power plant located on Maumee Bay means that hundreds of millions 
of larval fish are being saved and that the Bay may freeze for the first 
time in a decade. Source: The Press (1/3)


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