[dailynews] March 1, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: March 1, 2013
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COMMENTARY: Don't abandon Great Lakes restoration
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In a commentary written for the News Tribune in 2008, then-presidential 
hopeful Barack Obama vowed $5 billion to jump-start a thorough cleanup and 
rejuvenation of the Great Lakes. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/1)


Study: Asian carp unlikely to stow away in barges
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Asian carp are unlikely to reach the Great Lakes by stowing away on 
commercial vessels in Chicago-area rivers and canals, the U.S. Coast Guard 
said Thursday. Source: The Associated Press (2/28)


How the sequester might affect clean-up projects in the Great Lakes
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Those watching federal Great Lakes clean-up projects worry the sequester 
might curb clean-up. Andy Buchsbaum, from the National Wildlife Federation's 
Great Lakes office, discusses potential sequester impacts to Great Lakes 
environmental programs. Source: Michigan Radio (2/28)


State of Lake Ontario meetings scheduled
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Biologists with federal and state agencies, along with Ontario Ministry of 
Natural Resources biologists will be on hand for presentations at upcoming 
State of Lake Ontario meetings in New York. Source: Auburn Citizen (2/28)


Windstream seeks arbitration in $475 million NAFTA claim
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The owners of a stalled off-shore wind power project in Lake Ontario have 
filed for arbitration of their $475 million claim under the North American 
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Source: The Toronto Star (2/28)


Getting techy: Satellite temperature readings can help Great Lakes anglers
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The Great Lakes Coastwatch site provides surface water temperature charts 
based on readings taken by satellite several times a day. These can help 
eliminate some of the guesswork of getting to the good fishing. Source: 
Petoskey News-Review (2/28)


Thunder Bay Coast Guard radio station's closure raises concerns
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A federal plan to close Thunder Bay's Coast Guard radio station and monitor 
Lake Superior waters out of Sarnia is raising concerns among mariners and 
volunteer rescuers. Source: The Sault Star (2/28)


Ice boulders on Lake Michigan shore
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Hundreds of ice balls, or boulders, are piled near Good Harbor Bay, which is 
part of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, near Traverse City, Michigan. 
Source: WOODTV - Grand Rapids, MI (2/28)


Watching our lakes
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Dr. Euan Reavie is internationally known as an expert in paleolimnology and 
his research is wide-ranging, starting as close to home as the White Iron 
chain of lakes and extending all the way to Lake Michigan. Source: The 
Timberjay (2/25)


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