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Great Lakes Daily News: 24 January 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The Environment Report.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Lake pollution shows improvement
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The nation's five Great Lakes are less polluted than in the past, but U.S. efforts to improve water quality are hampered by unclear lines of responsibility and inadequate funding, the International Joint Commission told lawmakers Wednesday. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/24)
Why are angler numbers declining on Great Lakes?
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According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, since 1991 angler numbers have decreased by about 44 percent in the Great Lakes area, compared to a 15 percent average nationally. Source: Dayton Daily News (1/24)
Great Lakes' water quality remains a challenge
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Despite progress in cleaning up the five Great Lakes, Rep. James Oberstar said water quality "is still at risk" when he appeared Wednesday at a Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing on the state of the Great Lakes. Source: The Fond du Lac Reporter (1/24)
Great Lakes restoration program gets funding
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Wetlands in the Great Lakes region will receive a helping hand from an Illinois state government and private-sector collaboration established to restore and protect the freshwater ecosystem. Source: Chicago Daily Herald (1/24)
EDITORIAL: Protecting the Great Lakes
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Considering the slow pace at which Congress is proceeding on pending legislation to protect the Great Lakes from invasive species and viruses, we welcome an interim measure that would require salt-water freighters to flush their ballast tanks with seawater. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/24)
Estrogen in water supply impacting fish, frogs
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The natural hormone levels of fish and frogs have been upset by what is left of the estrogen found in birth control pills, a chemical most sewage treatment plants are not designed to clean. Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder (1/24)
Moratorium placed on construction of windmills in NY town
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Any plans to build windmills in Newfane, NY, will have to wait until summer to be considered, following Wednesday's unanimous vote on a moratorium by the Town Board. Source: The Buffalo News (1/24)
Inaugural film fest generates interest in environment
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About 200 people attended the Great Lakes Environmental Film Festival organized by Zigmond Kozicki, a former Bay City commissioner and executive director of Save Our Shoreline, a nonprofit group of homeowners. Source: The Bay City Times (1/24)
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Great Lakes Daily News: 24 January 2008
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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Lake pollution shows improvement
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The nation's five Great Lakes are less polluted than in the past, but U.S. efforts to improve water quality are hampered by unclear lines of responsibility and inadequate funding, the International Joint Commission told lawmakers Wednesday. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/24)
Why are angler numbers declining on Great Lakes?
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According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, since 1991 angler numbers have decreased by about 44 percent in the Great Lakes area, compared to a 15 percent average nationally. Source: Dayton Daily News (1/24)
Great Lakes' water quality remains a challenge
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Despite progress in cleaning up the five Great Lakes, Rep. James Oberstar said water quality "is still at risk" when he appeared Wednesday at a Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing on the state of the Great Lakes. Source: The Fond du Lac Reporter (1/24)
Great Lakes restoration program gets funding
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Wetlands in the Great Lakes region will receive a helping hand from an Illinois state government and private-sector collaboration established to restore and protect the freshwater ecosystem. Source: Chicago Daily Herald (1/24)
EDITORIAL: Protecting the Great Lakes
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Considering the slow pace at which Congress is proceeding on pending legislation to protect the Great Lakes from invasive species and viruses, we welcome an interim measure that would require salt-water freighters to flush their ballast tanks with seawater. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/24)
Estrogen in water supply impacting fish, frogs
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The natural hormone levels of fish and frogs have been upset by what is left of the estrogen found in birth control pills, a chemical most sewage treatment plants are not designed to clean. Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder (1/24)
Moratorium placed on construction of windmills in NY town
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Any plans to build windmills in Newfane, NY, will have to wait until summer to be considered, following Wednesday's unanimous vote on a moratorium by the Town Board. Source: The Buffalo News (1/24)
Inaugural film fest generates interest in environment
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About 200 people attended the Great Lakes Environmental Film Festival organized by Zigmond Kozicki, a former Bay City commissioner and executive director of Save Our Shoreline, a nonprofit group of homeowners. Source: The Bay City Times (1/24)
Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
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