[dailynews] January 31, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: January 31, 2013
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Northland fish and wildlife are affected by warming climate
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Urging fast action to curb human-caused greenhouse gases, Minnesota hunters and anglers on Wednesday said a warming climate is already affecting fish and wildlife across the U.S. and in their home state. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/31)


Carp creep
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A map created by the United States Geological Survey and National Wildlife Federation shows the alarming spread of Asian carp since the 1970s. Source: Great Lakes Echo (1/31)


Michigan House GOP eyes Natural Resources Trust Fund for roads, dredging
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Michigan House Republicans are considering asking voters to allow them to tap into the $500 million Natural Resources Trust Fund for such uses as renovating state parks, repairing highways and dredging Great Lakes harbors. Source: The Detroit News (1/31)


EDITORIAL: Great Lakes: Keep open mind on oil shipping proposal
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This idea of shipping oil on the Great Lakes isn't new, isn't unprecedented, and isn't without promise. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/31)


Future Flint water rates still uncertain as emergency financial manager weighs pipeline project
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Flint Emergency Financial Manager Ed Kurtz and his office met with state treasury officials this week to discuss the pros and cons of Flint joining an effort to build a new $274 million water pipeline from Lake Huron. Source: Michigan Live (1/31)


Latest T.I. region border data shows significant increase in Canadian visitation in 2012
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Canadian day trippers to the U.S. in the Thousand Islands region are on the rise, according Statistics Canada's latest border crossings breakdown. Source: Watertown Daily Times (1/31)


The forgotten harbour cleanup
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Environmentalists are calling on the Hamilton Port Authority in Ont. to follow through on a promised cleanup of illegally dumped fill that ruined a harbour wetland 12 years ago. Source: The Hamilton Spectator (1/31)


Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas
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Minnesota Power announced it will convert its coal-fired power plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and close one of three coal units at its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as the utility continues a move away from carbon dioxode-creating coal. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/31)


Coast Guard: Upper St. Louis too shallow for buoys
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The U.S. Coast Guard will not set seasonal navigational buoys Nos. 37 through 85 in the upper St. Louis River above Clough Island , Minn.,this year. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/31)


Federal cooperation needed to stop spread of Asian carp
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Minnesota's U.S. senators are calling for new legislation to help stop the spread of Asian carp up the Mississippi River. Source: Winona Daily News (1/30)


Report calls for increased land-preservation efforts in 14 counties in northern Ohio
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Northern Ohio needs to do more to boost land conservation efforts, according to a new report from the Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Source: Akron Beacon Journal (1/30)


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