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Great Lakes Daily News: 24 November 2003
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Fish diet down in Diporeia die-off
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One of the basic building blocks of the Great Lakes food chain, tiny
crustaceans known as Diporeia, is disappearing. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (11/24)


EPA to relax sewage treatment rules?
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Conservation groups are criticizing a move by the Environmental Protection
Agency to relax sewage discharge rules. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (11/24)


Lake effect snow tied to global warming?
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A recent study shows a possible link between global warming and lake effect
snow in the Great Lakes region. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(11/24)


Active campaign keeps invading species out
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Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources fights an uphill battle to
prevent non-native plants and animals from gaining a foothold. Source:
Duluth News Tribune (11/24)


E. coli levels dangerously high near water source for London, Ont.
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Dangerously high E. coli levels surrounding a main London drinking water
source should not be ignored, a London water quality official says. Source:
The London Free Press (11/24)


Michigan fails to preserve wetlands
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Michigan has lost hundreds of wetlands to development, land that is vital to
everything from providing homes for animals to preventing pesticides from
seeping into the groundwater. Source: The Detroit News (11/23)


Water pressures divide a Great Lake state
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The invisible line that wraps around the Great Lakes, defining the watershed
known as the Great Lakes Basin, determines who is entitled to drinking water
from the Great Lakes. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/23)


Carps' damage could be huge
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If silver and bighead carp get into Minnesota, they could have a profound
impact on the region's fishing and recreational industries. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (11/23)


Cross-lake ferry is nearly half built
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Ship construction of the Muskegon-Milwaukee ferry is on schedule, Austal
officials said, and work is about halfway done. Source: Muskegon Chronicle
(11/23)


Weighing unsavory options to clean water supply
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Beginning next month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to
rigorously enforce the levels of radium in the public water supply. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/22)


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