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Great Lakes News: 10 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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EDITORIAL: Give beach-grooming rules a chance to work
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Now that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finally simplified the permit
process for resort beach grooming along exposed bottomlands in Grand
Traverse and Saginaw bays, everyone needs to give it a chance to work.
Source: Detroit Free Press (6/10)


Ferry-dock gambling sought
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Not only does the private company launching a ferry service here want
gambling on the ship, but it also is seeking to install video gaming
machines inside the city's new $16 million ferry terminal. Source:
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (6/10)


Cicada invasion is 3 years away
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Despite rumors to the contrary, the 17-year cicadas won't emerge from
underground in northern Illinois until the year 2007. Source: Pioneer Press
Online (6/10)


Project to shore up Parma stream
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The once healthy, meandering stream flowing through the Stearns Homestead, a
48-acre farm in the heart of Parma, is now more like an open storm drain, a
transformation that is endangering nearby ecological communities. Source:
The Plain Dealer (6/10)


Kayaking close to home
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Dave Howell never thought much about the Detroit River until a few years
ago, when he read about the fight by conservationists to stop the
development of Humbug Marsh. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/10)


High tide for beach closings
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Each year tens of millions of people plop onto America's beaches to bask and
bake in the sun, but the question they increasingly face is: "Do I dare go
into the water?" Source: The Christian Science Monitor (6/10)


UW study blames deer for decline in native plants
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Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found significant
losses of native plant species in northern Wisconsin forests over the past
50 years - a trend that could have a profound effect on the future landscape
of the state. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/9)


Conference looks at protecting watersheds
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Environmental, government, business, and academic leaders are nearing the
end of a six-day conference at Valparaiso University exploring emerging
trends in watershed management and brainstorming how precious natural
resources can be protected in the face of growth as well as decay. Source:
Chesterton Tribune (6/9)


Officers flooded with reports of illegal catches
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Reports of anglers catching more fish than the law allows continue pouring
in to Minnesota conservation officers statewide despite the generally slow
fishing around the state. Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/9)


Kalamazoo River cleanup
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The Kalamazoo River Watershed Council believes the Environmental Protection
Agency isn't living up to its promises to remove the pollution from sections
of the river between the city of Kalamazoo and Lake Michigan. Source: Fox
17 News (6/8)

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