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Great Lakes Daily News: 26 September 2003
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Trail to connect river, lake, bay
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After more than four years of negotiations, plans for the 4.7-mile
Irondequoit Lakeside Trail connecting the Genesee River, Lake Ontario and
Irondequoit Bay have come together. Source: Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle (9/26)


Minnesota DNR get wider boat searching rights
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Minnesota's 1.7 million anglers are again subject to having their boats
inspected -- without probable cause and without granting permission -- for
possible fishing violations, state officials said after a state Supreme
Court ruling Thursday. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (9/26)


Ontario trash violates Michigan standards
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Trash from Ontario dumped in Michigan contains more yard waste and beverage
containers than loads from inside the state, according to a study released
Tuesday. Source: The Detroit News (9/26)


EDITORIAL: Unrealistic to ban smoking on beaches
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While smoking in the first place isn't a healthy idea, banning cigarettes
from beaches is going a bit too far. Source: Indiana Post-Tribune (9/26)


COMMENTARY: Great Lakes chinook run late, but good
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They took their time about it, but chinook salmon are pouring into streams
all along the Great Lakes, and the next couple of weeks should provide the
best river fishing of the year. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/26)


EDITORIAL: Lake drilling ban needs to extend internationally
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Currently, Canada has 1,000 natural gas rigs off Lake Erie's shore in
Ontario. Ohio and other Great Lakes states need to force this issue with
other states and with Canada through Great Lakes coalitions and the
International Joint Commission, which includes officials from both
countries. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (9/25)


Lake Ontario air pollutants are targeted
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The effect of air pollution on Lake Ontario is being studied by researchers
from Fredonia State and Oswego State colleges and Clarkson University in
Potsdam. Source: The Buffalo News (9/25)


Ferry project should be making waves
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The Canadian side is dragging its heels on the current Lake Ontario ferry
project connecting Rochester and Toronto. Source: Canadian National Post
(9/25)


COMMENTARY: Would you know Asian carp if you saw one?
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The latest threat to the Great Lakes is literally inching its way through
our back yard, heading up the Des Plaines River and the Sanitary and Ship
Canal toward the locks in downtown Chicago. Source: The Illinois Star
Newspapers (9/25)


Michigan to monitor Lake Huron beaches for E. coli
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Swimmers who think northern beaches don't have water quality problems like
those in metropolitan areas should think again. Source: The Bay City Times
(9/24)


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