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Great Lakes News: 14 July 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Water panel picks its pipe
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The Green Bay Water Commission voted Tuesday to recommend adding a 54-inch
pipeline to its 42-inch pipe to Lake Michigan, settling a debate of several
years over how big to make the additional connection. Source: The Green Bay
News-Chronicle (7/14)


Nasty newcomers wield sharp claws
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An aggressive species of crayfish is posing a new threat to aquatic life in
Ontario. Source: The Globe and Mail (7/14)


COMMENTARY: The time for renewable energy is now
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Canada currently lags behind almost all other industrialized countries when
it comes to wind power. Source: Environmental News Network (7/14)


Three Duluth beaches are contaminated
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Three beaches in Duluth are contaminated with bacteria and might remain so
for much of the summer, according to Minnesota pollution officials. Source:
Star Tribune (7/13)


Mystery mud: New contamination near Superfund site puzzles scientists
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A patch of highly contaminated creek-bottom mud in west Michigan is causing
ripples as far away as Chicago and Washington, D.C. Source: Muskegon
Chronicle (7/13)


Carp to get shock of lives at canal
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Construction of a $6.7 million, pulsating underwater electric fence on the
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is set to begin July 26. The barrier should
be completed this fall to keep invasive Asian carp from entering Lake
Michigan. Source: Chicago Tribune (7/13)


EPP flock creating a potential problem
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Minnesota's Giant Canada goose population is a growing problem for wildlife
managers. Source: The Daily Journal (7/13)


Research site to shift administration
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Administration of the Great Lakes' only national estuarine research reserve
will be shifted to the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife
starting this fall as part of an effort to consolidate coastal wetlands and
aquatic research programs. Source: The Toledo Blade (7/12)


EDITORIAL: Lake waters need our protection
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As the center of the world's largest fresh water system, Michigan should be
at the forefront, not the tail end, of the movement to protect us from
would-be looters of water. Source: The Bay City Times (7/11)

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