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Great Lakes News: 24 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Governor asks for emergency ash borer help
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is asking for federal disaster funds to
prevent the tree-killing emerald ash borer from spreading into more states.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/24)


Wisconsin group joins call for money for Great Lakes
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A top environmental leader in Wisconsin is joining a coalition of state and
regional wildlife organizations in urging congressional leaders to approve
up to $6 billion in spending to restore the Great Lakes. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (5/24)


EDITORIAL: Get moving on the Great Lakes
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Last week came two more pieces of evidence that efforts to clean up Lake
Michigan and the other Great Lakes are going too slowly. Source: Chicago
Tribune (5/24)


Federal money to help protect Michigan wetlands
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Up to $500,000 in federal money is expected to beef up protection of
Michigan wetlands next year, by helping to enforce wetlands regulations at
development projects. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/24)


COMMENTARY: Bush gives attention to Great Lakes with task force
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President Bush paid special attention to the Great Lakes last week, taking a
step that he said would enhance this "national treasure" as "an economic
engine and recreational haven." Source: The Detroit News (5/23)


Let's be clear: Beachcombers must be water huggers
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Those who wish to stroll along the shores of Lake Michigan may have to
become waders or risk being charged with trespassing, due to a recent court
ruling. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (5/23)


Sewage overflows as Milwaukee closes all gates
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In its most drastic measure yet this year, Milwaukee's regional sewerage
district shut all the gates in its system over the weekend, causing sewage
to overflow into the area's creeks, rivers and streams at more than 100
different points. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/23)


Whoops: Cranes fly off-course
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Six migrating whooping cranes, having strayed into southwest Michigan, have
to figure out how to get around Lake Michigan in order to return to their
summer home in Wisconsin. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/22)


A changing of the command at Coast Guard
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A ceremony in Cleveland over the weekend honored Rear Adm. Ronald Silva,
outing commander of the Coast Guard's Ninth District, and welcomed his
replacement, Rear Adm. Robert Papp, Jr. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/22)


Great Lakes could drop by 1 metre within 50 years
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Water levels in the Great Lakes could drop more than one meter over the next
50 years due to droughts linked with global warming, according to an
unpublished study by Environment Canada. Source: The Montreal Gazette (5/22)

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