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- NEW POLL - What would you do with a $475 million Great Lakes budget? 

-Guest Writer Jeff Alexander discusses topics addressed in his new book,
Pandora's Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway.  

-  Dave Dempsey's new editorial asks the question - Why are the Great Lakes
always missing from the annual list of the nations best beaches? 

Weekly update for May 25 -29, 2009 

 
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ary/JeffAlexander.jpg> Jeff Alexander is an award winning author and a
former environmental journalist.  He covered Great Lakes issues for the past
20 years for several Michigan newspapers.  He currently works for the
National Wildlife Federation's Great lakes office.  His new book, "Pandora's
Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Seaway" was published this
year.  It explores how allowing ocean freighters into the Great Lakes 50
years ago unleashed one of the world's worst environmental disasters. 

 
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b> - Read Jeff Alexander's Posts - 

    "Ocean freighters that access the Great lakes via the Seaway have
imported 57 invasive species to these freshwater seas over the past 50
years. Those species have caused more damage than the Exxon Valdez oil
spill, which is widely recognized as one of America's worst environmental
nightmares 

 
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ary/Town%20Hall/dave.jpg> Dr. Beach's America's Best Beaches list for 2009
is in and not a freshwater beach to be found.  In this week's editorial,
Great Lakes Best Beaches, Dave Dempsey offers his suggestions for the top
three Great Lakes Beaches, what would your's be?  

 
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"Dr. Beach has no room on his list, apparently, for freshwater beaches.  But
those of us who know and love the Great Lakes do.  And it's time we
developed and published the Great Lakes Best Beaches List." 

 


 
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b> May's Monthly Feature: New Poll! 

Each month we premier one of three added features of the Great Lakes Town
Hall.  These three consist of Opinion Polls, 5 Questions and the Great Lakes
Spotlight. 

  This month, the Great Lakes Town Hall poses a new question for the
readers: 

President Obama allotted $475 million in his 2010 budget to restore the
Great Lakes.   If you were in charge, what would be your top priority? 

-Clean up toxic hot spots.
-Restoring coastal wetlands.
-Restoring tributaries to the Great Lakes.
-Improving sewage treatment in major Great Lakes cities.
-Focus on removing invasive species. 
-Other 

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