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Great Lakes Daily News: 09 October 2003

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Stabilization aims to slow rain run-off
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Officials said last week the completion of a ravine stabilization project
near the Glencoe Beach near Chicago, Ill., will lead to less sediment
run-off into Lake Michigan. Source: Glencoe News (10/9)


Brownfield beginning new life
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LaPorte, Ind., is ready to start breaking the first ground for a new fire
station in a brownfield area looming on the outskirts of downtown. Source:
Indiana Post-Tribune (10/9)


Indiana summer ozone levels unhealthy
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Delaware County has been tentatively added to the list of Indiana
metropolitan areas that fail to meet federal air quality standards for
ground-level ozone, the primary constituent of smog. Source: The East
Central Indiana Star Press (10/9)


Ottawa unaware of pesticide dangers
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The Canadian federal government is approving new pesticides without even
knowing whether they pose a threat to children, Canada's environment
watchdog warned yesterday. Source: The Toronto Globe and Mail (10/8)


Great Lakes' toxic dangers hard to pinpoint
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While experts say swimming and drinking are safe, they admit that the
long-term impact of many of the toxics draining into the Great Lakes still
isn't understood. Source: The Fremont News-Messenger (10/8)


Lake Peoria dredging on horizon
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Perhaps by the end of this year, dredging of sediment from Lower Peoria
Lake, Ill., could begin and eventually find a home on a former U.S. Steel
site on Lake Michigan. Source: Peoria Journal Star (10/8)


State officials consider new hike in hunting, fishing fees
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Indiana state officials are considering raising fees again for hunting and
fishing licenses, less than two years after the last fee increase of more
than 60 percent took effect. Source: The Indianapolis Star (10/8)


COMMENTARY: Port presses corps for wider channel
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The Port of Green Bay would love to see more maritime commerce, but there
are pressing concerns over the width of the entrance to the Fox River, which
could keep at least one terminal operator from bringing ocean-going ships
there. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (10/5)


Tribe pays $5M for land where its ancestors lived
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The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians purchased
23,688 acres of forest and wetland in northern Ashland County, Wis., in a
deal that closed last Tuesday. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (10/3)


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