[dailynews] March 11, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: March 11, 2013
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"Fighting for scraps" - Great Lakes automatic budget cuts
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According to Jeff Skelding, director of Heal Our Waters with the Great Lakes Coalition, the $25 million in automatic budget cuts for Great Lakes restoration is $25 million the Lakes can't afford to lose. Source: Public News Service (3/11)


Coast Guard closures could overload Halifax centre
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A retired Coast Guard captain says the closure of two search and rescue centres is putting Canadians in danger and won't save the federal government much money. Source: CBC News (3/11)


COMMENTARY: Offshore wind energy grows in the Great Lakes, but not in Ontario
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The power crunch will come. Offshore wind, responsibly developed and set back far enough from the shore, could be an important part of Ontario's clean energy mix. Source: The Energy Collective (3/10)


Surf's up on Lake Superior
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There's a warmth and camaraderie in the surf scene here unlike anywhere else. Kind of funny that would happen in the coldest surf water imaginable. Source: WBUR Boston (3/9)


South Haven to settle with beach drowning victim's family
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A proposed settlement with the family of an Illinois man who drowned in 2009 while saving family members from rough waters off southwestern Michigan includes beach safety measures. Source: WZZM Grand Rapids (3/8)


Wild reproduction of fish on rise in Lake Huron
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Despite challenges, there are signs that more and more species of native and desirable non-native fish are reproducing in the wild and that the fishery of the lake is increasingly diverse. Source: The Voice (3/8)


Lake Ontario's fishery continues to be in fine shape
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Jana Lantry, a DEC aquatic biologist, noted last year's angler boat survey by DEC staff, indicated the trout and salmon catch rate was the second highest catch rate on record. Source: Syracuse.com (3/8)


Mackinaw set to begin icebreaking
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The clock is ticking toward the March 25opening of the Soo Locks, and with this weekend's renewal of Daylight Saving Time the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw springs forward into preparations for icebreaking season. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (3/8)


Group trying to purchase laker J.B. Ford
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Alpena is the hopeful destination of the Ford as a museum ship, since she was primarily home ported there. Source: Alpena News (3/7)


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