[dailynews] February 22, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: February 22, 2013
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Forecast calls for drought to persist in much of U.S.
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The nation's worst drought in decades is expected to persist and likely intensify across much of the drought-stricken parts of the Plains, Southwest and Rockies over the next several months, federal scientists announced Thursday. Source: Livingston Daily (2/22)


Saving 'pyramids of Great Lakes' preserves history, mitigates climate change, saves forests
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A small contribution to "Save the Globe" could help save the equivalent of 20,000 trees and keep from adding 8,000 tons of carbon to the atmosphere of a warming planet. Source: Great Lakes Echo (2/22)


EDITORIAL: New mysteries emerge in big-lake barrel saga
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The Red Cliff Band of Chippewa can be credited  for doing all it has to find out, the contents of those 1,400 mystery barrels dumped in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Lake Superior, secrecy and a lack of transparency continue to mar the efforts. Source: Duluth News Tribune (2/22)


Asian carp DNA in Chicago canals may not stem from live fish, study says
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Federal researchers have released preliminary results of a study showing that the Asian carp DNA routinely detected in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal could be getting into the waterway by means other than live fish. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/21)


COMMENTARY: Legislation redefining conservation puts Michigan's diversity of nature at risk
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Legislation completely redefining "conservation" and restricting or removing the ability of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to consider the diversity of Michigan's flora and fauna when managing state forests is pending in a Senate committee. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/21)


Frac sand firm agrees to voluntary environmental reviews for proposed SE Minn. mines
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A fracking sand mining company proposing two mines in Winona County, Minn., has agreed to conduct an in-depth environmental review of the projects voluntarily. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (2/21)


New initiative around phosphorous management
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Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, Ont., is partnering with Environment Canada to develop monitoring ability to work with landowners on a voluntary basis to implement best management practices. Source: Chatham Daily News (2/21)


Wis. Penokee Range mine bill would slash money for environment
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Wisconsin Republicans' divisive mining bill would cost the state more than $170 million that would be used for recycling and environmental protection every year, according to new projections. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (2/21)


Geologist's provocative study challenges popular assumptions about 'fracking'
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In a comprehensive look at all the major shale gas plays currently being tapped across the U.S., the study focuses on the rapid decline of individual gas wells, along with entire fields, and concludes that optimistic projections for a long-running boom that will unleash cheap gas for decades to come are unwarranted. Source: The Globe and Mail (2/21)


Upstream battle: fishes shun modern dam passages, contributing to population declines
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A river study in the U.S. Northeast has found that many fish species are unable to use standard passageways to swim past dams on their spawning runs. Source: Scientific American (2/20)


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