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Great Lakes Daily News: 01 October 2003
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Plain Dealer releases pollution data
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The Plain Dealer has agreed to release a confidential environmental report
that prompted Cleveland City Council members to delay ratifying a deal for
lakefront property. Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer (10/1)


Volts may fend off invading carp
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Minnesota natural resource officials said Tuesday that they are studying the
possibility of building an underwater electric barrier across the
Mississippi River to prevent the northward spread of Asian carp into the
state's waterways. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (10/1)


Group gets grant to save South Channel Range Lights
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A 14-year effort to preserve two pre-Civil War lighthouses on Lake St.
Clair's delta got a $600,000 boost from Michigan and local matching funds
this week. Source: The Associated Press (10/1)


No mercy for illegal snaggers
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Legal snagging is a wise use of a fish resource from Lake Michigan that
otherwise would go to waste. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (10/1)


Minnesota tries to stave off giant carp
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Resource experts are looking at ways to keep the jumping Asian bighead carp
and its cousins out of the state's waterways. Source: Duluth News Tribune
(9/30)


Dreyer completes 12th and 13th stages of Lake Michigan swim
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After going more than a day without contacting his support crew, endurance
swimmer Jim Dreyer completed the 12th and 13th of 16 stages in his attempt
to swim the length of Lake Michigan. Source: The Associated Press (9/30)


Lake Erie field guide in the works
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Lake Erie Coastal Ohio, Inc. and the Ohio Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
have received a $29,500 Lake Erie Protection Fund grant to design a Lake
Erie Islands Field Guide and to develop a survey regarding visitor needs and
expectations. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (9/30)


Conservancy group takes title to Humbug Marsh
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The Trust for Public Land has taken the title to Humbug Marsh, 400 acres of
environmentally sensitive land along the lower Detroit River. Source: The
Associated Press (9/30)


Low water dries up business
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Dredging has been commonplace this summer at marinas up and down both the
Ontario and Michigan sides of Lake St. Clair, though low lake levels and
debris at the Thames River mouth have cost Chatham-Kent huge revenue losses
this year from foreign pleasure boaters. Source: The Chatham Daily News
(9/30)


Dam removal a renaissance for fish
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Nearly three years after removing the Chair Factory dam on the Milwaukee
River, state environmental researchers have more proof that such a move
improves water quality and boosts fish populations. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (9/28)


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