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Great Lakes Daily News: 09 February 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Lake Erie shoreline preserved from development
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Land conservation groups that have worked to slow the spread of Lake Erie
shoreline development recently purchased the largest undeveloped and
unprotected parcel of land along Pennsylvania's Lake Erie shore. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/9)


Farm to wetlands program to be scaled back?
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A popular federal program that pays farmers to restore wetlands on their
property is being downsized in President Bush's budget proposal. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/9)


State urged to promote ferry
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Upstate New York tourism officials are banding together to pressure the
state for help in making sure that Canadians are aware of the new ferry on
Lake Ontario. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2/9)


COMMENTARY: Land-use plan right for Michigan
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The members of the Michigan Land Use Leadership Council, representing the
best minds in the state's business, tourism, government, agriculture and
environmental sectors, have formulated a viable blueprint for the state's
future. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/9)


COMMENTARY: Money helps, but Great Lakes need tighter EPA rules, too
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Millions of dollars in federal cleanup money for the Great Lakes is
certainly appreciated, but we must also strengthen environmental
protections, and improve Michigan's water quality, our drinking water and
our natural heritage. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/8)


EDITORIAL: Federal inaction leaves states to scramble on environment
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A joint effort by five Great Lakes states to reduce mercury emissions from
coal-burning power plants the latest example of states setting their own
environmental standards in response to years of inaction by Washington.
Source: USA Today (2/8)


Lake Ontario's disappearing eels
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The eel fishery in Lake Ontario is dead as a commercial resource - and
experts say eels elsewhere are in such trouble that emergency steps need to
be taken to protect them. Source: The Toronto Star (2/7)


Rare state squirrel may be in a bind
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Lobbying is underway in Illinois to get the Franklin's ground squirrel
included on the state's list of endangered species. Source: Chicago Tribune
(2/6)


Defense mounts against Navy gunship
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Battle lines are being drawn over a proposal to bring a 700-foot, WWII-era
warship to the Milwaukee lakefront as a tourist attraction. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/6)

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