[dailynews] February 28, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: February 28, 2013
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Michigan contributes to whaling ship
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Students at the Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, Mich., are working on one of eight whaling boats that will be stowed aboard the historic whaling ship Charles W. Morgan. Source: Lansing State Journal (2/28)


Panel discusses fracking, oil exploration in Oakland Co.
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Supporters and skeptics of fracking debated the controversial process for extracting natural gas at a town hall meeting Wednesday evening in Oakland County, Mich. Source: The Detroit News (2/28)


National Wildlife Federation questions Waukesha water request
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The City of Waukesha, Wis., has not fully justified its need for Lake Michigan water beginning in 2018, according to a National Wildlife Federation analysis of the city's precedent-setting request to divert Great Lakes water inland. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/27)


Dredging money pouring into New Buffalo
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The New Buffalo City Council moved forward with plans to dredge shallow areas of the Galien River used by boaters to travel in the federal channel between the city’s harbor, boat launch and Lake Michigan. Source: Harbor Country News (2/27)


Hundreds of water permit holders pumping more than allowed
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At a time when drought threatens state water supplies, scores of water permit holders in Minnesota are illegally using billions of gallons more water then they're entitled to. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (2/27)


EDITORIAL: Michigan must protect fragile species
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The state’s endangered and threatened wildlife species are treasures to guard. Source: Lansing State Journal (2/27)


What lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan?
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Five historic shipwrecks—and perhaps some preserved corpses. Source: Chicago Reader (2/27)


Tribe opposing mine has its own water quality problems
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The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Wis., has been a sharp critic of the potential threat of pollution from a proposed iron ore mine, but the tribe is also grappling with environmental problems of its own. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/26)


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