Wednesday, February 27, 2008

GLIN NEWS: 27 February 2008

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Great Lakes Daily News: 27 February 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The
Environment Report.

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Great Lakes officials seek aid from U.S. and Canada
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Regional government agencies around the Great Lakes spend some $15 billion a year to protect the lakes, but local officials say the U.S. and Canadian federal governments need to do more to help. Source: The New York Times (2/27)


Wisconsin DNR taking helm on ships' ballast
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Tired of waiting for Congress to enact ballast rules to protect the Great Lakes from invasive species, the Wisconsin DNR is moving toward writing its own ballast rules. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/27)


EDITORIAL: Protect Great Lakes with tough federal legislation
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The Great Lakes are vital to Michigan's future and they must be protected with legislation that recognizes their importance both as a recreational and commercial resource. Source: The Detroit News (2/27)


Michigan DEQ may add Saginaw Bay to impaired waters list
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Maybe the Saginaw Bay is impaired for nutrients and algae, after all. Source: The Bay City Times (2/27)


When it rains, sediment pours into Poplar River
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The silt running into the lower Poplar River when it rains is so bad at times that the North Shore river has been placed on Minnesota's impaired waters list. Source: Duluth News Tribune (2/27)


EDITORIAL: Are we at risk?
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A U.S. Congressman is calling for an investigation into allegations that government officials suppressed a report suggesting that public health threats from industrial pollution may pervade the Great Lakes region. Source: The Buffalo News (2/27)


Businesses, city need a plan for the birds
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Spring may seem far away ,but some Sheboygan officials and business owners are already thinking about how to cope with the excessive numbers of ring-necked gulls that flock to the city. Source: The Sheboygan Press (2/27)


COMMENTARY: Sucker punch on the Compact
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The tardy objections of some state legislators to the multistate Great Lakes Compact sound like an early April Fool's joke. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/27)


Panel selects St. Louis River estuary
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Wisconsin natural resource officials want to nominate the St. Louis River estuary as the first in the Lake Superior region to be named part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Source: The Superior Daily Telegram (2/26)


Energy edge for Michigan touted
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Renewable energy could be a key part of Michigan's economic future, according to the head of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Source: The Houghton Daily Mining Gazette (2/26)


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