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

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McQuade safe harbor may get boost
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A bonding bill that would bring another $1.3 million in state money for the
completion of a Department of Natural Resources safe harbor at McQuade Road
in Duluth was heard in the Minnesota Senate on Thursday. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (2/27)


EPA warns about local fish
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A warning against eating fish from a Summit County lake is among 15
advisories issued Thursday by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (2/27)


Canal dredge project to ease way for boaters
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Low water conditions and a buildup of silt, sediment and sand has made the
Lakeville and Lakeshore channels impassable for big boats. Source: The
Detroit News (2/27)


New groundwater legislation being introduced in Wisconsin
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State Senator Neal Kedzie and state Representative DuWayne Johnsrud are
introducing a comprehensive groundwater protection proposal, which they say
is ready to be acted on by the full Legislature before the current session
ends. Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection (2/27)


Judge OKs dune waste pipe
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A state judge recommended Wednesday Nugent Sand Co. be allowed to build a
pipeline through a protected 4,000-year-old Lake Michigan dune. Source:
Muskegon Chronicle (2/26)


EDITORIAL: Wastelands
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Spreading manure on farm fields is a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.
If not, Ohio would be left with hundreds of thousands of tons of animal
waste annually and nowhere to put it. Source: The Columbus Dispatch (2/26)


Whether to replace basin focus of study
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The Upper Peninsula Power Co. should rebuild Silver Lake Basin and restore
water levels all along the Dead River watershed, according to residents
along the watercourse. Source: The Mining Journal (2/26)


Coastal zone grants deadline is March 31
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Public agencies, colleges, non-profit groups and others with projects that
improve the natural resources of Lake Michigan are invited to apply for
grants under the Lake Michigan Coastal Management Program. Source: The
Chesterton Tribune (2/26)


Aging birch is in danger
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If there is one tree that is associated with the beauty of our northwoods
forests, it must be the paper birch. Source: Herald-Review (2/25)


Bark Disease Found in Ohio Beech Trees
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A disease that has killed beech trees in the eastern United States since the
1930s was found at an arboretum in northeast Ohio, state foresters said.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (2/23)

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