[dailynews] March 6, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: March 6, 2013
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Advocates ask Congress to spare Great Lakes funds
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Advocates are lobbying Congress this week to protect a Great Lakes 
environmental program from across-the-board cuts that will hammer many 
federal programs unless a budget agreement is reached. Source: The 
Associated Press (3/6)


What are those massive black piles?
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It started out as a blemish on the Detroit, Mich., riverfront, but during 
the past several weeks it has mushroomed into a massive black mound.  The 
piles along the riverfront east of the Ambassador Bridge of what was first 
thought to be coal has triggered environmental concerns. Source: The Windsor 
Star (3/6)


Will Lake Michigan and Lake Huron levels continue to run at record low 
levels this summer?
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The levels of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan have started to go up, and the 
forecast is for a continued rise. The bad part is that the lake levels will 
still be below last year's levels. Source: MLive (3/6)


EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should back funding
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Great Lakes Days began this week in Washington, D.C., as a contingent from 
Wisconsin and other lake states arrive to push for continued funding. 
Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (3/5)


Cuyahoga Falls dams to be demolished in summer
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The two dams on the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cuyahoga Falls, Oh., will be 
a memory by the end of July - if all goes as scheduled. Then the river's 
healing will begin. Source: Akron Beacon Journal (3/5)


Great Lakes shipping season begins
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The 2013 Great Lakes shipping season got under way Saturday when the tug and 
barge Prentiss Brown and St. Mary's Conquest left winter lay-up in 
Milwaukee, Wis., and sailed to Charlevoix, Mich. Source: Green Bay Press 
Gazette (3/5)


Waukesha water utility taking Great Lakes project to national politicians
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Could Waukesha, Wis., get federal funding to help build its pipeline to Oak 
Creek to purchase Lake Michigan water? Waukesha is outside of the Great 
Lakes Basin but is in a community within a county that straddles the Great 
Lakes Basin. Source: Waukesha Patch (3/5)


Legislation to help dredging
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Dredging is expensive. After a 3-foot drop in water levels on Lake St. Clair 
last summer, many marinas are ready to embark on an expensive reality this 
spring. Source: The Macomb Daily (3/4)

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