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Great Lakes News: 06 July 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Illinois looks for federal funding for river ecosystems
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Illinois officials are trying to build support for a federal plan that
promises hundreds of millions of dollars for restoration of the upper
Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (7/6)


EDITORIAL: Proceed with caution on Seaway study
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Among the latest battles between business and environmental interests is
what needs to be done to ensure the viability of the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Seaway over the next 50 years. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times
(7/6)


Dumped goldfish blamed for killing bass in Indiana
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Goldfish are thriving and killing off game fish such as bass in a lake near
Gary, where they make up about 90 percent of the fish population. Source:
Chicago Sun-Times (7/6)


Avro Arrow models hunted
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A search of Lake Ontario has begun for nine invaluable pieces of Canadian
aerospace history, flight test models of the country's only domestically
built supersonic jet fighter. Source: The Toronto Star (7/6)


Federal pollution probe of asphalt industry widens
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A U.S. EPA air pollution investigation of asphalt companies has expanded
from Ohio to other Great Lakes states. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/5)


Sprawl tough on new farmers
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Young farmers say their biggest challenge is finding available land to farm,
as developers with deep pockets buy up land for new subdivisions and retail
centers. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (7/5)


Spring, summer shipments up about 30% at Port of Milwaukee
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A strengthening economy is credited for a sharp increase in shipments at
Wisconsin's Lake Michigan ports and through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/5)


School choice complicates land-use choice
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Giving students a choice is supposed to make all schools better, but an
unintended consequence of school choice is bad choices for land use.
Includes links to related items. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (7/5)


Magness faced war of weeds
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When combat veteran Lt. Col. Thomas H. Magness was named commander of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District, he didn't know that a war of
sorts awaited him on the Great Lakes. Source: The Bay City Times (7/4)


Sewerage district denies blame
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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District had no realistic choice but to
dump billions of gallons of untreated sewage in May and therefore did not
violate its state operating permit, district officials have said. Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/3)

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