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Great Lakes News: 18 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Nuclear agency blasted for Davis-Besse work
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In a scathingly critical report, the General Accounting Office has concluded
that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission miscalculated the risk to the public
of letting the Davis-Besse nuclear reactor continue to run with suspected
leaks. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/18)


Pay dirt on a slag field
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Mud dredged from the bottom of the Illinois River is being used by the
Chicago Park District to build a 17-acre park on a slag field at a former
U.S. Steel site. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (5/18)


Ship wrecked in 1798 recovered from Lake Huron beach
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Archeologists began scraping away layers of hard-packed sand on a windy
Ontario beach Monday to unearth what is believed to be the oldest shipwreck
ever found on the Great Lakes. Source: The Montreal Gazette (5/18)


Budget cuts lead to cuts of ports and harbor patrol boats
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The Cleveland Police won't be patrolling the city's inner harbor or the
Cuyahoga River this summer, as budget cuts have forced the city to keep its
port and harbor patrol boats onshore. Source: WKYC-TV Cleveland (5/17)


Niagara River Greenway Commission on Pataki's agenda
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New York Gov. George Pataki is following through on a proposal for a a
"greenway" of interconnected parks and trails along the Niagara River
linking Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Source: Buffalo Business First (5/17)


Taking the shore route along Lake Michigan
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Lake Michigan isn't the biggest lake, or the deepest. Its shores aren't the
most dramatic. But a trip all the way around it yields a wide range of
attractions. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer (5/16)


EDITORIAL: What you do on your lawn and driveway has important effects on
lakes, rivers
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The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments wants citizens to understand
that what happens in their yards and driveways affects the nearest river or
lake, and ultimately the nearest Great Lake. Source: Detroit Free Press
(5/16)


Ontario institutes training in wake of Walkerton
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Four years after a tainted water supply led to seven deaths in Walkerton,
Ontario, the provincial government has announced new training requirements
for water system operators that it says are the most stringent in North
America. Source: The Globe and Mail (5/16)


Whistle-stop proud
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With the arrival of a high-speed ferry on Lake Michigan this spring, the
51-year-old S.S. Badger and its home port of Ludington, Mich., are sailing
into an uncertain future. Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/16)

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