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Great Lakes News: 26 March 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes advocates push for stricter water ballast rules
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Great Lakes advocates told lawmakers Thursday that international standards
designed to stop ships from carrying invasive species into U.S. waters will
take too long to implement and aren't strict enough. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (3/26)


Great Lakes Environmental Indicators project
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is one of eight universities that joined
the federal Environmental Protection Agency in the Great Lakes Environmental
Indicators project, a multiyear effort to assess the condition of the
coastal margins of all five Great Lakes. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette
(3/26)


Michigan widens emerald ash borer's quarantine area
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The Michigan Department of Agriculture has expanded the state's emerald ash
borer quarantine in an effort to more effectively prevent the spread of the
pest, which has destroyed or damaged nearly 6 million ash trees in
southeastern Michigan. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/26)


Ferry riders often gamble
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The Spirit of Ontario wouldn't be the first ferry to offer gambling on board
if New York approves a new proposal to allow video lottery terminals on the
ship. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (3/26)


Ice run-in forces detour for ore ship
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One of the largest ships on the Great Lakes returned to port briefly
Wednesday and Thursday for repairs after hitting ice in the waters of
northern Lake Michigan. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (3/26)


Michigan county team to lure Wisconsin tourists
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Muskegon County tourism officials and the state of Michigan will launch a
marketing campaign to convince Wisconsin residents to board the new
cross-lake ferry and vacation here. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (3/25)


Hamilton Port presses for cargo ferry link to New York
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The Hamilton Port Authority and provincial government officials met
yesterday to discuss the possibility of a cross-lake, cargo trailer ferry
service between Hamilton Harbour and Oswego, New York. Source: Today's
Trucking News (3/25)


St. Lawrence Seaway opens despite Mohawk challenge
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The 2004 navigation season opened despite a challenge by the St. Regis
Mohawks, who filed a lawsuit seeking to delay the reopening because of
environmental concerns over icebreaking on the St. Lawrence River. Source:
Newsday.com (3/25)


St. Lawrence Seaway sees strong current
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The head of the St. Lawrence Seaway predicted a strong year for the inland
waterway as the 2004 season officially got underway with the opening of the
Montreal-Lake Ontario section. Source: The Toronto Star (3/25)


Walker OKs talks of ship museum
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County Executive Scott Walker said veterans deserve a chance to make the
case for anchoring the World War II cruiser on Lake Michigan off the
county's Veterans Park. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/25)

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