[dailynews] January 14, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: January 14, 2013
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Lake Huron and Lake Michigan reach record low level for December
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported an average monthly lake level of 576.15 feet for Lake Michigan-Lake Huron for the month of December. This level is a new record low level for December. Source: MLive (1/14)


Years-long project to preserve Grand Marais' harbor now finished
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A break wall to keep an Upper Peninsula, Mich., harbor from being choked with sand is finally finished, after decades of proposals, political haggling and dashed hopes. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/14)


Coast Guard cutter moving from New London to ice-breaking duty on the Great Lakes
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The Coast Guard cutter Morro Bay is being transferred from New London, Conn., to Cleveland, Ohio, later this year so it can work clearing ice on the Great Lakes. Source: The Connecticut Day (1/14)


New water lows for Great Lakes could drain local economies
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Low water levels in the Great Lakes region are forcing cargo ships to lighten their loads and some harbors are having to close. The tourist trade is also bracing for an impact. Source: CNN (1/14)


Money needed for phragmites fight
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Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation says the battle against invasive plant species along the lakeshore is far from over and calls for more funding to fight phragmites. Source: 97.9 The Beach - Port Elgin, ON (1/13)


Less ice on Great Lakes
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Researchers for the Michigan-based US Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory say we're seeing 71 per cent less ice in the Great Lakes than we did in 1973. Source: 97.9 The Beach - Port Elgin, ON (1/12)


Great Lakes mapping project could help clean up Hamilton Harbour
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A new project by the University of Windsor has identified stressors affecting the Great Lakes and mapped the data to identify areas with major environmental issues, and the news isn't good for Hamilton. Source: CBC News - Hamilton, ON (1/11)


Army Corps of Engineers OKs Lake Huron intake for Genesee County pipeline
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Genesee County, Mich., has obtained the last of the permits it needs to start construction of an intake to draw water from Lake Huron. Source: MLive (1/11)


Activist Verna Mize dies in Maryland
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Verna Grahek Mize left the Copper Country in the late 1930s, but because of her efforts to clean up Lake Superior, a roadside park in Houghton, Mich., was dedicated in her name in 1981. Source: The Daily Mining Gazette (1/11)


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