Thursday, October 16, 2003

Great Lakes Daily News: 16 October 2003
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Attempt to tighten water quality enforcement fails
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Environmentalists say lax enforcement of industries that dump waste water
into lakes and rivers would continue under new Michigan State legislation,
allowing 1,500 companies to receive permits that amount to a "permission
slip" to pollute the waterways. Source: The Macomb Daily (10/16)


New York Sea Grant releases strategies report for hooking more anglers
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New York Sea Grant has released a new Sportfishing Fact Sheet and a report
suggesting "Strategies for Increasing Sportfishing Participation in New
York's Great Lakes Region." Source: Oswego Daily News (10/16)


More trims in walleye fishing
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The Ohio Wildlife Council last night tightened regulations to restrict
walleye and smallmouth bass fishing on the Ohio waters of Lake Erie.
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer (10/16)


Winds wreak havoc across Quebec, leave thousands without power
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A nasty storm that swept across southern Quebec yesterday obliterated the
recent Indian summer conditions in jarring fashion. Source: The Montreal
Gazette (10/16)


Ozone may offset capacity of trees to sop up carbon
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A new experiment has shown that fairly common concentrations of ozone can
sharply impede the process of photosynthesis by which trees sop up the
heat-trapping greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and stash it in soil. Source:
The New York Times (10/16)


Leavitt nomination to proceed in Senate
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Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt's nomination to head the Environmental Protection
Agency advanced Wednesday from a Senate committee, but two more Democrats
said they would block a vote in the full Senate. Source: The New York Times
(10/15)


Wetlands issue kills runway
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The proposed north-south runway project at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport
in Ironwood, Mich., is dead this week, the victim of yet another run-in with
wetlands preservation. Source: Ironwood Daily Globe (10/15)


Opinions offered on Menekaunee Harbor
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The citizens of Marinette, Wis., want to preserve the rich commercial
fishing history of Green Bay's Menekaunee Harbor, off Lake Michigan, but at
the same time renovate the harbor into a place where families can fish,
picnic and launch their boats. Source: The Marinette and Menominee Eagle
Herald (10/15)


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