Friday, February 22, 2008

GLIN NEWS: 22 February 2008

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Great Lakes Daily News: 22 February 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The Environment Report.

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Levels of lakes draw concern
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Increasing evaporation rates may be responsible for an alarming drop in Great Lakes water levels, an expert says. Source: The Sarnia Observer (2/22)


Canadians plunge into talks on Lake St. Clair
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Members of the Macomb County Blue Ribbon Commission on Lake St. Clair are reaching across the border to Canada for help in protecting the waters -- and they're finding plenty of willing partners. Source: The Detroit News (2/22)


EDITORIAL: We need protection for the waters of the Great Lakes basin now
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We need protection for the waters of the Great Lakes basin now. It will be too late when the pipelines are laid into our lakes, sucking our precious waters south. Source: Petoskey News-Review (2/22)


COMMENTARY: Protect public access to lakeshores
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Craitor's bill must be passed, not only for the sake of our own quality of life, but for the sake of Niagara as a destination for new residents and tourists to this region. Source: Niagara This Week (2/22)


Wisconsin DNR adds 3 area creeks to impaired waters list
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The addition of three Brown County creeks to the state's Impaired Waters list is part of the larger project to recover the health of the Lower Fox River Basin, according to a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (2/22)


Lake Superior is cold, but not so icy
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Lake Superior has a reputation that's getting harder to keep. People still talk about the lake's coldness, but, so far this year, there isn't much ice to speak of. Source: Duluth Budgeteer News (2/22)


Two area lakes integral to power generating idea
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An engineer and writer is contacting local chambers of commerce and area politicians about an idea to generate hydro-electric power using the height differential between Rice Lake and Lake Ontario. Source: Northumberland Today (2/22)


Study shows dollar value of nature's free gifts
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West Michigan's abundant natural resources - forests, sand dunes, wetlands and water - provide a variety of benefits that are worth at least $1.6 billion annually, according to a new study. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (2/21)


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