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Great Lakes Daily News: 13 October 2003
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Coast Guard preparing ballast standard
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The U.S. Coast Guard is working to develop new ballast guidelines for cargo
ships to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species. Source: Great
Lakes Radio Consortium (10/13)


Summit targets St. Clair River
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Native Americans from Walpole Island, which has borne the brunt of chemical
and sewage spills in the St. Clair River for decades, are hosting a summit
to map a strategy on how to respond to environmental accidents. Source: The
Detroit News (10/13)


Bracing for a beetle battle
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Two armies of tree-killing beetles are converging on London, Ontario from
opposite directions and threaten to wipe out half the Forest City's trees,
experts warn. Source: The London Free Press (10/13)


Navigable waterway law to be challenged
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State protection for and public access to thousands of miles of Wisconsin
streams could be lifted under new legislation that would redefine what
constitutes a navigable waterway. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (10/13)


House passes bill to expand Michigan national park
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A bill that would expand Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore passed the
House last week, helped by a bipartisan push from Michigan lawmakers.
Source: Booth Newspapers (10/12)


COMMENTARY: Feud over Whiskey Island hurts both city and county
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The future of Cleveland could be severely damaged by a political fight over
a chunk of lakefront known as Whiskey Island, a largely undeveloped
peninsula at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. Source: The Cleveland Plain
Dealer (10/12)


An icon to birders, a pest to fishermen
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it will allow states,
tribes and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Service more
control and flexibility in managing the double-crested cormorant. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/11)


Hole in the border
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For years, booze and cigarettes have been smuggled across the Canada-U.S.
border near Cornwall - now it could be terrorism. Source: The Toronto Star
(10/11)


Scientists study Lake Michigan for new class of pollutants
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Scientists are testing water from Lake Michigan in hope of determining how a
new class of chemical pollutants managed to spread through the environment
and how dangerous the toxins are. Source: The Detroit News (10/11)


Endangered plants put hold on power plant
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Construction of a $1 billion power plant next to the Midewin National
Tallgrass Prairie near Joliet, Ill., is on hold because it may threaten two
endangered plant species. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (10/10)


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