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GLIN NEWS: 21 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 21 October 2004
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Foreign threats to Great Lakes fishing taking toll on catch
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Invasive aquatic species and pollution are being blamed for poor catches for
many species in Great Lakes sportfishing this year. Source: The Plain Dealer
(10/21)


Pheasant hunting falls on hard times in Michigan
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The mini-army of pheasant hunters who will take to the fields this week for
the season's opening will find less land to hunt on and a skimpy crop of
ringnecks as urban sprawl wipes out the bird's habitat. Source: The Detroit
News (10/21)


Frog researcher's invitation to speak withdrawn after pesticide controversy
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A California scientist says he has been removed as a keynote speaker at a
coming environmental conference in Minnesota because of his latest research
on pesticide's relationship to frog abnormalities. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (10/21)


Land sale paves way for safe harbor
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A $3 million deal has paved the way for a long-discussed safe harbor at Two
Harbors that boaters could slip into to escape rough weather on Lake
Superior. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/20)


Sewer bills may rise to protect Lake Superior
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A fee increase will pay for improvements at Duluth's Western Lake Superior
Sanitary District plant intended to prevent the kind of major sewage
overflows and spills that sent millions of gallons of untreated effluent
into the environment in 2003. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/20)


Nugent protests pipeline questions
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Nugent Sand Co. is calling improper a state of Michigan request that the
company do more research into the issue of piping millions of gallons of
treated wastewater to a municipal treatment facility instead directly into
Lake Michigan. Source: Muskegon Chonicle (10/20)


State takes over cleanup of Duluth landfill
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With $4.4 million in hand and cleanup costs at Duluth's old landfill and
city dump near Rice Lake Road estimated at more than $12 million, local
officials were understandably thrilled Tuesday after signing an agreement
with the state. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/20)


Residents call on city to protect waterfront from development
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With several developers proposing condominiums and other multilevel
buildings along the waterfront, dozens of residents told Muskegon leaders
Tuesday that views of Lake Michigan and the Grand River must be protected.
Source: Muskegon Chronicle (10/20)


Snakehead scare brings out the searchers
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The the first day of the Great Snakehead Hunt at Burnham Harbor didn't turn
up any snakeheads, though a lot of other fish were caught in the gill nets.
Source: Chicago Sun Times (10/20)


Great Lakes blueprint
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The Nature Conservancy has worked with scientists throughout the Great Lakes
region to come up with a "conservation blueprint" that identifies more than
270 areas critical to the preservation of biodiversity within the U.S. part
of the Great Lakes. Source: South Bend Tribune (10/20)


Canada skeptical of U.S. motives
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A proposal touted as the most ambitious effort yet to prevent large-scale
diversions and bulk exports of Great Lakes water has drawn the ire of some
Canadian environmental activists and academic researchers. Source: The
Toledo Blade (10/18)


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