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Great Lakes News: 05 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Wisconsin expecting less funding to distribute to counties for 2004 beach
monitoring
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The total amount of federal funding the state Department of Natural
Resources will receive this year to distribute to counties for beach
monitoring and notification is being reduced by about a third. Source: Green
Bay News-Chronicle (5/5)


Environmentalists warn of backsliding on roadless area protection
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Nearly 16,000 acres of undeveloped forests in Michigan could be opened to
logging and road construction if the Bush administration waters down a hotly
contested rule, environmentalists said. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/5)


Northwest Indiana shoreline reclamation project advances
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Backers of the Marquette Greenway Plan, which aims to recapture the Indiana
lakeshore for recreation, have named a Chicago-based company to develop the
blueprint. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (5/5)


Once-king coal returns to the Midwest
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Across the Midwest, soaring natural gas prices have power companies
preparing to build coal-fired electricity plants at a pace not seen since
the early 1970s, when coal was king. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (5/5)


NRC: Besse tragedy averted by 5 months
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For more than two years, the question has lingered: Just how close was
Davis-Besse to experiencing the nation's biggest nuclear accident since
Three Mile Island? The answer: Five months. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/5)


DEQ chief not yet ready to rule on Nugent pipeline near Muskegon
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester wants
more information before he decides if Nugent Sand Co. should be allowed to
build a pipeline through a Lake Michigan dune. Source: Booth Newspapers
(5/4)


Local association stands up to zebra mussels
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Experts predict zebra mussels eventually will inhabit every inland lake in
North America, but the Long Lake Association refuses to give in to the
invaders. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (5/4)


Summer battle plans for invasive aquatic plant
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Now that spring is here, aquatic plants are beginning to flourish, and that
means new challenges in the battle against the Eurasian watermilfoil.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/3)


What next for the Mackinaw?
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The Cheboygan City Council will seek citizen input to see of there are
interested groups in the area who would be interested in taking over the
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw after the ship is decommissioned in 2006.
Source: Cheboygan Tribune (5/3)

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