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GLIN NEWS: 29 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 29 October 2004
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Public views invited on Gary lakefront park plan
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Feedback from the public is encouraged for proposals on creating new recreation and redevelopment opportunities along Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline in Lake and Portage counties. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (10/29)


Safe harbor to be built stone by stone
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Groundbreaking is set to take place for McQuade Harbor in Duluth, using an innovative design that will withstand the pounding of Lake Superior's waves and ice floes. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/29)


Toronto waterfront agency wants powers to act on borrowing, land deals, reinvestment
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The agency that oversees Toronto's waterfront redevelopment is asking for wider powers to get the job done. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/29)


Ohio officials redefine ash borer boundaries
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Ohio Department of Agriculture officials have expanded the cutting operation because the emerald ash borer has spread farther than expected. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/29)


Mercury reduction lags in Minnesota
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A broad-based effort to cut mercury releases in Minnesota isn't doing nearly as well as promised, according to an analysis by the Izaak Walton League of America. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (10/29)


Manitowoc air cleaner, but still too dirty
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Manitowoc County residents may be breathing in less air pollution than last year, but the amount is still high enough to rank among the worst in Wisconsin. Source: Manitowoc Times Herald Reporter (10/29)


Watershed group seeks local input
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In a sprawling watershed affecting nearly 30 communities in two Michigan counties, the newly formed Lower St. Joseph-Galien River Watershed Planning Committee is looking for volunteers to help devise strategies to protect, preserve and balance competing needs and uses for the numerous lakes, streams, creeks, rivers and floodplains. Source: South Bend Tribune (10/28)


Lake Huron cormorant management detailed for task force
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The St. Marys River Fisheries Task Group recently convened to discuss cormorant management programs instituted this year in the Les Cheneaux Island Chain and at mouth of the Potagannissing River near Drummond Island. Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (10/27)


Great lakes water use: Plan ignites debate over home-field advantage
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After reviewing the draft Great Lakes Charter Annex Agreement, business and industry groups are pushing the Council of Great Lakes Governors to change or scrap the in-basin consumption policy before taking a final vote next spring. Source: The Bay City Times (10/25)


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