[dailynews] April 3, 2013

Great Lakes Daily News: April 3, 2013
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Michigan DEQ: Lansing Grand River oil spill not minor
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Crews in Lansing, Mich., were working Tuesday afternoon to clean up after 
the Lansing Board of Water & Light spilled hundreds of gallons of a 
hydraulic fluid into the Grand River. Source: MLive (4/3)


Salmon plan will stock lakes and rivers
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will release about 100,000 
Atlantic salmon into Lake Huron and two of its tributary streams this 
spring. Source: UpNorthLive (4/3)


Land use and lawn care putting the Great Lakes at risk: experts
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Current land use and agricultural practices - including the North American 
obsession with groomed, green lawns - are putting the Great Lakes at risk, 
according to experts. Source: Global News (4/3)


Water supply down, Lake Superior drops
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Lake Superior dropped two inches in March, a month it usually drops only a 
half-inch, the International Lake Superior Board of Control announced 
Tuesday. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/3)


COMMENTARY: Trying hard not to find Asian carp
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Experts say it's a mistake to conclude that if we don't catch a live Asian 
carp in the Great Lakes, it's not there. For example, if you spend hours on 
Lake Michigan fishing for salmon and don't catch one, that doesn't mean 
they're not there. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/3)


Residents question mounds of dirt left behind
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Approximately 5,800 cubic metres of fill have been removed from the channel 
leading in and out of Marine Park in Mitchell's Bay, Ont., but residents 
have questioned the mounds of fill that remain along the channel. Source: 
Chatham Daily News (4/3)


Trumpeter swans at risk in shrinking lakes
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The deaths of two trumpeter swans from lead poisoning in Georgian Bay this 
year are raising questions about the environmental impact of decreasing 
water levels in the Great Lakes. Source: Midland Mirror (4/2)


Free sand! Muskegon's Beach Street residents again giving away beach 
accumulated in their yards
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For residents near Pere Marquette Park in Muskegon, Mich., the end of 
shoveling snow is just the beginning of their year-round shoveling odyssey. 
Instead of shoveling snow, they are resuming their never-ending battle 
against sand. Source: MLive (4/1)

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