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Great Lakes News: 19 March 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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G-P, NCR to fund Fox River cleanup blueprint
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Two paper companies have agreed to do the design and engineering work
required to begin cleaning harmful PCBs from the most polluted stretch of
the Fox River. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (3/19)


Ohio puts priority on keeping Asian carp out of Lake Erie
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Ohio wildlife leaders say there is little that can be done to stop the carp
from moving up the Ohio River, so their focus is keeping it out of the Great
Lakes and protecting Lake Erie's $1 billion sport fishing industry. Source:
Newsday (3/19)


Army Corps' Great Lakes priorities under scrutiny
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A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study to explore the cost of maintaining and
expanding the St. Lawrence Seaway could result in an "ecological disaster"
in the Great Lakes, a new report charges. Source: Booth Newspapers (3/19)


Must expand existing nuclear-power base: report
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Ontario will likely need five more nuclear plants, costing about $15-billion
in total, just to meet the power-supply shortage expected in the next few
years, according to a task-force report and industry figures. Source: The
Globe and Mail (3/19)


Permits could stall mine plan
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Because of its proposed location along Lake Superior, near several national
forests, and the Reserve Mining Co. tailings controversy in the 1970s,
permitting for a taconite processing plant is tough in northeastern
Minnesota. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/19)


New invader may infest Great Lakes
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Scientists worry a small crustacean that's spreading in Europe and killing
off other aquatic species could hitch a ride in ballast water to the Great
Lakes and mess with the food chain here. Source: The Windsor Star (3/18)


Muskegon delegation finds ferry anticipation low in Milwaukee
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A group of Muskegon community leaders on a goodwill tour of this Lake
Michigan city quickly concluded that the new cross-lake ferry service is a
bigger deal back home than it is in the "city of festivals." Source:
Muskegon Chronicle (3/18)


Board backs ship museum talks
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Navy veterans proposing to anchor a World War II cruiser on Lake Michigan
downtown received a boost Thursday from the Milwaukee County Board. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/18)


Icebreakers to open Rock Cut passage
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Icebreakers slugged their way upstream through one of the more difficult
winter channels on the St. Mary's River this week as preparations continue
for next week's shipping opener. Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
(3/17)

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