[dailynews] April 2, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: April 2, 2013
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Sturgeon studies and students
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Researchers at Michigan's Black Lake are studying threats to sturgeon and 
using their findings to teach biology to students from kindergarten through 
high school. Source: Great Lakes Echo (4/2)


Low lake levels bad for shippers
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Water levels on the Great Lakes are so low that shippers are being forced to 
leave as much as 15 percent of their cargo behind, said industry experts who 
are working to find ways to alleviate the problem. Source: The Associated 
Press (4/1)


Going Green: Great Lakes environmental assessment
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Looking at the results of the Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and 
Mapping Project might be a little alarming especially for those living 
around Lake Ontario since the red indicates it's the Great Lake under the 
most environmental stress. Source: YNN Rochester (4/1)


Kalamazoo leaders unhappy with EPA plan to clean toxic chemicals from old 
paper mills
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working to clean up toxic 
chemicals along an 80 mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River. But Kalamazoo 
city leaders aren't happy with the federal agency's proposed plan. Source: 
Michigan Radio (4/1)


Record-sized Lake Erie algae bloom of 2011 may become regular occurrence, 
study says
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The record-shattering glut of toxic algae that fouled much of Lake Erie in 
2011 wasn't a fluke, but a sign of what's likely ahead for the troubled 
lake, researchers say. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/1)


Duluth prepares for its Tall Ships to come in
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Tickets will go on sale Monday for this summer's Tall Ships festival, which 
can attract about 250,000 people to Lake Superior. Source: Minnesota Public 
Radio (4/1)


Communities plan switch to Lake Michigan water
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Six Lake County communities are working to transition from local ground 
water to Lake Michigan water. Source: Lake County Journal (4/1)


Fish 'rest stop' in Cuyahoga River part of ODOT's Inner Belt Bridge project
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No one taking a shower likes a dramatic shift in water temperature, hot or 
cold. Yet for fish in the Cuyahoga River trying to make their way to and 
from Lake Erie, that's just what swimming through the ship channel downtown 
is like. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/1)


Turbines put near Lake Erie energize conservation, wind power debate
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The proposed placement of wind turbines along the western Lake Erie coast 
has some avian ecologists worried about potential impacts to migrating 
birds. Source: The Toledo Blade (3/31)


Up-and-down weather fatal to Lake Erie fish
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The large number of fish found along Ashtabula County's Lake Erie shore most 
likely succumbed to the area's fluctuating temperatures, according to the 
Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife. Source: The Star 
Beacon (3/30)


Great Lakes drought has ripple effect on auto industry
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Many ships throughout the Great Lakes are reducing their cargos due to low 
water levels. If ships carry less ore, less steel is made, fewer cars are 
constructed, meaning less work for the large auto plants. Source: CBS News - 
Chicago (3/29)


Controlled burn set for Macatawa Marsh to fight phragmites
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The battle against invasive species in Holland will again heat up, quite 
literally, in the next week or two as a prescribed burn has been planned for 
the Macatawa Marsh to combat invasive Phragmites. Source: The Holland 
Sentinel (3/29)


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