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Monday, October 04, 2004

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Region's forest cover growing

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Attendees of this week's State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC)

will learn that the percentage of forested land in the Great Lakes basin is

up from decade ago. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/4)





Work to begin at first Great Lakes Legacy Act site

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is beginning

the first clean-up project under the Great Lakes Legacy Act, dredging

contaminated sediment from the Black Lagoon on the Detroit River. Source:

Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/4)





EDITORIAL: Time to disband Toronto Port Authority

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The current unelected Toronto Port Authority is a waste of money and a

burden on the community, and should be immediately scuttled. Source: The

Toronto Star (10/4)





Court to hear suit on early dioxin test this week

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The Michigan Supreme Court will be asked to rule this week for the first

time that a company can be held responsible for the cost of medical

monitoring for persons exposed to dioxin pollution generated by the company.

Source: Detroit Free Press (10/4)





Lake St. Clair finds itself short on fish

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The summer of 2004 was one of the worst for fishing on Lake St. Clair, which

normally is regarded as one of the best fishing lakes in North America.

Source: Detroit Free Press (10/3)





Details of Andaste's loss remain a mystery

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Seventy-five years after its sinking, the loss of the steamer Andaste still

leaves many questions unanswered. Source: The Holland Sentinel (10/3)





Perch add invasive mussels to their diet

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The good news is that invasive quagga mussels finally have a predator in the

yellow perch; the bad news is the relatives of the the zebra mussel make for

dangerous dining. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/2)





COMMENTARY: Great Lakes compact aims to protect lakes

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If adopted, the Great Lakes Basin Water Compact would regulate major efforts

to siphon Great Lakes water for use outside this region, a proactive effort

that would protect what appear to be vast resources. Source: The Toledo

Blade (10/2)





The public did it, says sewerage study

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According to the task force on the Milwaukee sewerage district, the public,

through illegal hookups and leaky pipes, is largely responsible for the

city's ongoing sewage dumping problems. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

(10/1)





Samon run: They're going to Lake Michigan

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Schools of big chinook salmon are leaving Lake Huron, and new evidence shows

the popular sport fish are swimming over to Lake Michigan, possible in

search of food. Source: The Bay City Times (10/3)





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Why I Publish This Blog:

"One thing that many people do not realize is that states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
and Michigan are sitting on a gold mine of wind energy potential. Or, more properly, next to the mine.
The Great Lakes are probably the area in the USA with the third largest inland wind energy potential.
Think of just the nickname for Chicago. "The Windy City". Milwaukee is even windier, I can tell you.
Why? Because they sit on the edge of a great flat area where there is both a land-water temperature
differential, and a large flat expanse of water that is comparably shallow.
Oilrigs certainly operate in deeper waters. And you won't have to construct transmission lines all the
way from the plains of Montana to put it to use.

The Great Lakes area has an opportunity to get the jump on wind energy's future, if that fact is
recognized and exploited. Wind energy means jobs for construction and maintenance workers, thousands
of them. Wind energy means leasing rights and extra money for family farmers struggling to make it on
agriculture alone. In most cases farmers can grow crops right up to the base of a windmill. The land
footprint has a small impact on total farm acreage. Wind energy also means freedom from fluctuating
fuel prices. Wind is free. The cost of a barrel of polluting oil can be raised or lowered drastically
based on fears or political whims. The potential gains are enormous. We've all seen the flow of good
manufacturing jobs out of the area. Well, they can't tell the wind to blow in another country so it's
more "convenient" or cheaper to produce. The wind is perfectly happy to whip up opportunities for us
right around here. Most of all, because we here in the Great Lakes region have the potential to have
a huge positive impact on U.S. energy industry emissions' contribution to global warming."