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Great Lakes News: 28 April 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Polluted lakes turning turtles into turtlettes
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Canadian researchers studying wildlife on the Great Lakes have found
significant sexual abnormalities in male snapping turtles. Source: The Globe
and Mail (4/28)


Algae problem's solution delayed
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For five years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with
Monroe County, New York, to look at ways to control the algae at Ontario
Beach. About $1 million in federal funds has already been spent looking for
remedies, but now the project is on hold. Source: Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle (4/28)


Ohio oil, gas rules revamped
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The Ohio Senate yesterday voted 26-5 to send Gov. Bob Taft a bill handing
the state Department of Natural Resources the authority to decide where to
place natural gas and oil wells in more populated areas. A spokesman
stressed that the bill does not undo Gov. Taft's executive order prohibiting
such drilling in Lake Erie. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/28)


EDITORIAL: Protecting Great Lakes
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Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will take over in July as chairman of the Council
of Great Lakes Governors, but he is already sending the right signal
regarding proposals to divert water from the Great Lakes. Source: Madison
Capital Times (4/27)


Hollyhock gets ready for big day
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Nearly one year after the Coast Guard decommissioned the Bramble, the new
Cutter Hollyhock will officially become part of the fleet at ceremonies
Friday, April 30. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (4/27)


Cadmium levels in Little Black Creek highest ever in Great Lakes
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Concentrations of the suspected cancer-causing, heavy-metal cadmium are 200
times higher in Michigan's Little Black Creek than those the state considers
safe for direct contact. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (4/27)


A Great Lakes prophet: Boat designer has a ship-shape answer to
transportation woes
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Ian Taylor is the designer of the revolutionary Reflex hull, which produces
a faster, more stable and more fuel efficient shallow-draft vessel -- ideal,
he says, for the Great Lakes. Source: The Toronto Star (4/26)


Great lake, great tour
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Boat rides, dunes and fun doings abound along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Source: South Bend Tribune (4/25)

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