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Great Lakes News: 20 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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EDITORIAL: More than another report, Great Lakes need action
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As wonderful as it is to have the president notice the Great Lakes, it's
hard to get enthused about yet another task force report. Source: Detroit
Free Press (5/20)


Toronto to get $125M boost
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Prime Minister Paul Martin is set to deliver a $125 million kick-start to
Toronto's stalled waterfront rejuvenation and a boost to the election hopes
of Toronto-area Liberals. Source: The Toronto Star (5/20)


Windy City may be Sinking City
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Shifting land caused by the melting of Canadian glaciers causes Chicago to
sink at the rate of about a millimeter a year, a Northwestern University
study has found. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (5/20)


Groups try to get federal shoreline funds
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Some of the North Shore's most prominent residents led the charge to keep
Illinois out of a federal coastline grant program in the 1970s they feared
would erode property rights, but area mayors and activists say the money is
now needed to protect beaches in the area. Source: Pioneer Press (5/20)


Erie County shoreline projects will get $45K
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Two projects in Erie County are among seven that will receive a portion of
$256,500 in government grant money to help promote or enhance portions of
the Lake Erie shoreline, the state Department of Natural Resources said
yesterday. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/20)


Cleveland planners unveil vision for west lakefront
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Edgewater Park would double in size and a manmade island north of Lake
Erie's western breakwall would be home to Cleveland's port under the latest
vision for connecting city neighborhoods with the lakefront. Source: The
Plain Dealer (5/20)


Toronto Mayor: Ferry is important
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The boat that's been the talk of the town in Rochester for years is just
getting noticed on the other side of Lake Ontario. Source: R News (5/20)


New York kills cormorants on Lake Ontario
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New York wildlife officials this week shot 20 birds and oiled 7,347 eggs to
kill the embryos in the more aggressive effort to control the state's flocks
of double-crested cormorants, a hungry predatory waterfowl blamed in some
areas for thinning fisheries favored by sportsmen. Source: Newsday (5/20)


Granholm on the road again for Michigan tourism
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A kayak outing in Lake Superior, a visit to a new Holocaust Museum in
Farmington Hills and a train ride in Owosso are among scheduled highlights
of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's six-day tour next month to promote Michigan's
"hidden" tourist destinations. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/20)


Dumping of sewage second-largest ever
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Milwaukee sewerage district officials on Wednesday said they had dumped more
than 1.5 billion gallons of raw sewage since last Thursday, making it the
second-worst dumping episode in the history of the deep tunnel system.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/19)

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