Thursday, November 20, 2003

Great Lakes Daily News: 19 November 2003
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium

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Chemical spill reveals need for Lake St. Clair monitoring
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Members of the Macomb/St. Clair Inter-County Watershed Management Advisory
Group want to take the lead in monitoring what goes into area waterways.
Source: The Macomb Daily (11/19)


Blackout report expected to blame Ohio utility
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A report to be released Wednesday by a joint U.S.-Canadian task force names
an Ohio-based utility, FirstEnergy, as the chief culprit in North America's
worst blackout. Source: CBC News (11/19)


Volunteers to guard canal waters
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Volunteers concerned about Brockport Creek have formed Erie Canalkeeper, the
109th alliance member of the national Waterkeeper Alliance, and the first on
the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(11/19)


Sturgeon Bay considers possible uses for Canal Property
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Sturgeon Bay, Wis., officials want to take another look at possible uses for
a unique wetland on Lake Michigan known as the Canal Property before moving
ahead with plans to preserve it. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (11/19)


East Tawas to explore cruise ship potential
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Local officials have approved a grant application for a $53,000 study to
determine the feasibility of bringing cruise ships into Tawas Bay on Lake
Huron. Source: Iosco County News-Herald (11/18)


New York Sea Grant trolls for new anglers
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New York Sea Grant has released "Sportfishing: A Study of Gender and Life
Stage Along New York's Eastern Lake Ontario Coast" and "Strategies for
Increasing Sportfishing Participation in New York's Great Lakes Region."
Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (11/18)


Farmland and septic tanks undoing decades of Great Lakes cleanup
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When politicians banned phosphates in detergents back in the 1970s, they
thought they had solved the big water pollution issue of the day -- but they
didn't fix the other source of chemicals that can spoil water quality: the
runoff from farmland and septic tanks. Source: The Ottawa Citizen (11/16)


Regional planning is key, sprawl expert says
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Alleviating the ills of urban sprawl in metro Detroit will mean doing
regional planning - despite political turf battles - bringing jobs and homes
closer together, and investing in public transportation. Source: The Oakland
Press (11/6)


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