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Great Lakes News: 25 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Who needs oceans?
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Mention "beach," and most Americans tend to think of the oceans. But on the
Great Lakes, there are hundreds of beaches in the nation's heartland that
visitors would be hard-pressed to distinguish from their ocean cousins.
Source: USA Today (6/25)


Wilson Island for sale
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Creating a rare opportunity to buy island property in the greatest of the
Great Lakes, huge Wilson Island off Lake Superior's north shore has been put
on the market. Source: The Globe and Mail (6/25)


Ontario okays Niagara power plant expansion
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A generating project that will involve boring a new tunnel under the city of
Niagara Falls has been given a green light by the Ontario government.
Source: Canadian Press (6/25)


Lake Erie adventure
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Lake Erie's Presque Isle State Park is becoming an increasingly popular spot
for kiteboarding, a wind-driven sport that isn't yet a decade old. Source:
CNN (6/25)


Lake Michigan perch are landed in big numbers
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The size and numbers of perch being taken off Waukegan, Ill., are simply
scary, likely the best fishermen will see for years. Source: The Star (6/24)


Rain gardens seen as key to cutting pollution
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Rain gardens, designed to hold rainwater and let it seep gradually into the
ground, are the latest effort to cut runoff pollution in northern Wisconsin.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio (6/23)


Beaches vary in approaches to safety
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Neither red flags nor loudspeaker warnings seem to be taking hold with
swimmers, despite seven drownings on the Fourth of July last year in Berrien
County on Lake Michigan. Source: South Bend Tribune (6/23)


Walkerton fund sparks anger
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The firm overseeing the Walkerton compensation plan has been paid $11.2
million over three years to pay out $48.5 million worth of claims in a
process that's come under fire for its secrecy and lengthy delays. Source:
The Toronto Star (6/23)


Seaway navigation study raises questions
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The U.S. and Canada are about halfway through a major Great Lakes avigation
study, the scope of which has changed since it was first proposed. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (6/21)

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