[dailynews] March 21, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: March 21, 2013
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Ships face reality of lower Great Lakes water levels
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The Soo Locks will open with the official start of the main shipping season 
on the Great Lakes. But somebody's got to break the ice first. Mike Davanzo 
is the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw. We caught 
up with him on the icebreaking ship. Source: The Environment Report (3/21)


High tech protects Lake Michigan water investment
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Inspectors in the town of Mokena are conducting their annual leak survey of 
the Lake Michigan delivery system to reduce waste and keep prices low. 
Source: Mokena Patch (3/21)


COMMENTARY: Michigan emerging as the next great shipping hub in North 
America
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While to some the idea of Michigan emerging as the next big North American 
transportation and logistics hub sounds ridiculous, the state is well suited 
to it's emerging role which could provide thousands of jobs and boost the 
state's economy. Source: Forbes (3/21)


Lipinski among four from Illinois to propose sewage regulations
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U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3, Western Springs), joined by U.S. Sens. Mark 
Kirk and Dick Durbin of Illinois and U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (D-14), 
unveiled legislation last week proposing to prohibit sewage dumping in the 
Great Lakes by 2033. Source: The Reporter (3/21)


State House approves funds for emergency Great Lakes dredging
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The Michigan House of Representatives have approved a bill that would 
appropriate $20.9 million for emergency dredging in 49 harbors and bays in 
the Great Lakes. The bill also appropriated $23 million for 76 projects paid 
for by the Natural Resources Trust Fund. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/20)


Fort Wayne works board OKs $17 million sewage pump
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A $17 million upgrade to Fort Wayne's sewage treatment plant will help keep 
treated wastewater moving during periods of heavy rain and high river 
levels, and protect water quality in the Maumee River. Source: The 
News-Sentinel (3/20)


Panel OKs Gillibrand measure on Asian carp lake invasion
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A U.S. Senate committee Thursday approved Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand's 
measure authorizing the Army Corps of Engineers to take emergency steps if 
there's an imminent threat of an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes. 
Source: The Buffalo News (3/20)


A new life for waste from Michigan's lumbering era
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Tons of waste from Michigan's lumbering boom have been pulled from the 
bottom of Muskegon Lake as part of on-going restoration efforts, now the 
question is what to do with it? Source: The Environment Report (3/19)


Study: Asian carp spawn in more river areas than previously known, showing 
their adaptability
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Asian carp are reproducing in more places and under more varied conditions 
than experts had believed they could, yet another reason to worry about the 
greedy invader's potential to infest waterways and crowd out native species, 
scientists said Tuesday. Source: The Associated Press (3/19)


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