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Great Lakes Daily News: 23 May 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Report: Sewer systems fail to meet standards
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City sewer systems around the Great Lakes are failing to meet federal Clean Water Act standards, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/23)


Farmers upset with opportunistic cranes
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Once close to extinction, the eastern population of sandhill cranes has grown so dramatically they're becoming a problem in some places, giving rise to calls for a hunting season. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/23)


Congress fails to extend drilling ban in Great Lakes
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A wildlife group is criticizing Congress for not extending the ban on Great Lakes drilling for oil and gas, though at least one petroleum geologist thinks some drilling is needed. Source: Business North (5/23)


Dunes jobs under review
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A federal policy aimed at cutting the operational fat at U.S. national parks has zeroed in on the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/23)


Nonprofit works to clean up raucous island celebration
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A private organization is seeking to turn Lake St. Clair's Gull Island, home of the notorious Jobbie Nooner party, into a family boater's paradise. Source: The Detroit News (5/23)


French ships skip Great Lakes for '05
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Au revoir, Le Levant and Orion. The sexy blue-hulled French cruise ships that plied the Great Lakes last year have left for distant seas. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/22)


Daniels urges campers to narrow bug threat
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wants state residents to be on the lookout for an iridescent green beetle that poses a threat to the state's millions of ash trees. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (5/22)


Trawling trips give biologists an idea of amount of prey fish in lakes
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Annual trawling expeditions conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey provide state management agencies with an index of the relative abundance of prey fish in the lakes. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/22)


Commuter rail comes to Duluth - briefly
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A weeklong run by an aging, self-propelled railcar is costing Duluth taxpayers almost nothing while demonstrating the feasibility of light rail service in the area. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (5/22)


Battle joined on Smart Growth
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Property owners who think Wisconsin's Smart Growth law is neither smart nor fair are thinking of selling or developing their land - exactly the building stampede the law is intended to avoid. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/22)


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