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Great Lakes Daily News: 14 October 2003
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Conservancy deal protects 6,000 acres
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In a $30.6 million deal, the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy will
purchase more than 6,000 acres of undeveloped land along the Lake Michigan
shoreline. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (10/14)


Pawlenty seeks extension of clean-water plan
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More than 150 square miles of marginal farmland in three Minnesota
watersheds would be retired from production under a $226 million
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program initiative unveiled Monday by Gov.
Tim Pawlenty. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (10/14)


Bills divide environmentalists and legislators
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Critics say a group of 14 deregulation bills under consideration by the
Wisconsin state legislature go too far in favoring industry over the
environment. Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (10/14)


Floating lab keeps check on life in the Great Lakes
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Discovering what is and isn't in the water is the job of the Lake Guardian,
a 180-foot-long ship operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
and the largest research vessel on the Great Lakes. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (10/13)


DNR order: Lake Erie walleye season to open in June
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A new Michigan Department of Natural Resources order that delays the
beginning of walleye season for Lake Erie to June 1 has some anglers
complaining that the state has eliminated their most prosperous time of
year. Source: Booth Newspapers (10/13)


Superfund cleanups in danger, groups say
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Environmental groups are fighting with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency over what will happen to Michigan's most polluted sites after federal
funds to clean them up have run out. Source: South Bend Tribune (10/13)


Study finds concern on water issues
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A new survey suggests that protecting water quality is more important to the
Illinois public than other major issues such as improving public schools,
preventing and reducing crime, and managing growth. Source: The Champaign
News-Gazette (10/12)


EDITORIAL: Protect the Apostle Islands
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For the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act next year, President Bush
should declare Wisconsin's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore the newest
wilderness area. Source: Madison Capital Times (10/11)


COMMENTARY: View grows that scenic beauty is invaluable
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A consensus is building in Wisconsin about the economic advantage of land
protection, as citizens come to understand that the state's scenic beauty,
its rural character, land, forest and water assets are invaluable. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/11)


Spaceship for tourists no mere flight of fancy
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A group of entrepreneurs are convinced that if they build rockets to ferry
tourists into the ionosphere from places like Lake Huron and the Mojave
Desert, they will establish a multibillion-dollar industry that will cater
to an eager throng of wealthy adventurers. Source: Newhouse News Service
(10/10)


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