[dailynews] March 5, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: March 5, 2013
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Prettner Solon attends Great Lakes Commission meeting
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon was scheduled to be in Washington 
this week as the state's representative at the Great Lakes Commission's 
biennial meeting, which begins today and goes through Wednesday. Source: 
Duluth News Tribune (3/5)


EDITORIAL: Great Lakes need federal funding
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The annual Great Lakes Day event in Washington, D.C. comes amid the 
sequester, which has cut domestic and military spending. But the fight about 
the federal budget also should remind legislators that cleaning up the Great 
Lakes has bipartisan support. Source: Erie Times-News (3/5)


COMMENTARY: Superstorm Sandy's ongoing recovery is a Great Lakes priority, 
Levin Says
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Superstorm Sandy recovery and reconstruction efforts are far from complete. 
And while most of the attention has rightly focused on areas in the 
Northeast, Sandy's power was so great that its effects were felt as far west 
as our own Great Lakes. Source: Saline Patch (3/5)


Steamship anchors a community, but its days may be numbered
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There is a great deal of community drama and anxiety in Ludington, Mich., 
home of the S.S. Badger, due to uncertainty about the future of the historic 
coal-fired Lake Michigan ferry. Source: National Public Radio (3/5)


Majestic raptors soar near Lake Erie after some TLC
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It took plenty of caring and some caution, but two eagles are once again 
free to roam the skies of Essex County, Ont. Once common along the shores of 
Lake Erie, bald eagles were almost eliminated from the region in the 1960s 
and '70s. Source: The Windsor Star (3/5)


GVSU scientist talks climate change, future of Great Lakes area
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Temperatures are rising. The water in the Great Lakes is dropping. Summers 
in Michigan are getting hotter. Winters are getting milder. So what does all 
this climate change mean to people in Michigan in the next 90 years? Source: 
MLive (3/4)


Water trails are fast becoming hot spots for tourism and outdoor adventure
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Michigan's water trails are quickly becoming one of the best places for 
tourism and outdoor adventure across the state. Water trails, much like more 
traditional walking or bike pathways, are pathways that lead to outdoor 
adventure and recreation. Source: The News-Herald (3/4)


Given disposal options 50 years ago, U.S. Army decided to dump 
munitions-filled barrels in Lake Superior
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The 25 barrels recovered last summer from the depths of Lake Superior were 
dumped there 50 years ago under orders from the U.S. Army. Inside were 
scrapped cluster bombs - a new weapon considered top-secret by U.S. 
officials who didn't want the design to fall into enemy hands at the height 
of the Cold War. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/3)

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