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Cleanups planned for Coastweeks
The News-Messenger (9/2)
Ohio's 2008 Coastweeks observance will again focus on the preservation and protection of Lake Erie and its watershed through a variety of cleanup events along the shoreline and throughout its watershed.
Maritime Academy may hike maritime tuition up to 57%
Traverse City Record-Eagle (8/27)
Some of next year's students at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy could face tuition rate hikes of 50 percent or more.
Students build wind turbines
WTVG-TV Toledo (8/27)
Science students at Clay high school will soon have a way to measure the wind and how much power it can produce. This grant-funded project will provide data on how well turbines produce power in the changeable wind environment near the lake.
What's going on in your neighborhood this month? Meet other people and learn together at recreational and educational events! Our new dynamic calendar is updated daily with current educational events.
5 | Lake Huron and its tributaries
Spanish Harbour: Many of the impacts from the discharge of the pulp and paper mill at Espanola, which led to the listing of the river and harbor as an Area of Concern, have been cleaned up.
Severn Sound: Located in southeastern Georgian Bay, the primary problems in the area are the result of sewage plant discharge, agricultural runoff and shoreline development.
Collingwood Harbour: In November 1994, Collingwood Harbour became the first Area of Concern in North America to be delisted.
Saginaw River and Bay: The Remedial Action Plan (RAP) process identified 12 of the 14 beneficial use impairments in the Saginaw River and Bay, due to pollution from a number of industrial and residential sources.
