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Great Lakes Daily News: 27 January 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Sen. Clinton opposes St. Lawrence expansion
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U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton has called on President Bush to not fund a study
that could lead to expanding the St Lawrence Seaway. Source: Maritime Global
Net (1/27)


Wanted: Cheap home for dredged mud
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The mud that clogs shipping lanes in Michigan harbors grows cleaner each
year, but Gov. Jennifer Granholm won't let the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
dispose of that mud in the Great Lakes. Source: Booth Newspapers (1/27)


Vanishing shore
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More than 100 million tons of soil erodes annually from Indiana's landscape,
and much of that enters local waterways as sediment. Source: Merrillville
Post-Tribune (1/27)


Tourist-driven businesses finally find a winter to like
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After three years of mild winters, residents and business owners in Door
County, Wis., are hoping the current chilly, snowy trend continues. Source:
Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/27)


Technology helps rescue 14 stranded on ice in lake
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Fourteen fishermen were stranded on the Lake Erie ice, but a Coast Guard
helicopter pilot knew exactly where to find them, thanks to night-vision
goggles and the fishermen's GPS receivers. Source: The Plain Dealer (1/27)


Michigan quarter makes debut
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Michigan's unmistakable geographic hand print, surrounded by the Great
Lakes, will grace the back of 450 million quarters to be pressed at the U.S.
Mint. Source: The Detroit News (1/27)


Power struggle predicted
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Ontario's plan to shut down coal-fired power stations in Atikokan and
Thunder Bay by 2007 will mean energy shortages, community leaders predict.
Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (1/26)


DNR targeting game farm where 6 chronic wasting cases reported
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Ever since chronic wasting disease was found in western Dane County in
February 2002, Wisconsin officials have used a two-pronged attack to contain
the disease. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/26)


A not so small problem
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A tiny creature on the bottom of the Great Lakes is disappearing, and so are
some of the fish that eat it. Source: Earthwatch Radio (1/23)


EPA grants Clean Air Act authority to Fond du Lac Band
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The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been recognized as the
first tribe in the Great Lakes region to be granted authority to administer
parts of the Clean Air Act. Source: Capitol Reports (1/22)

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