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Great Lakes Daily News: 30 July 2004

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Goals for lakefront's future set out for area residents
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About 50 area residents gathered at Woodland Park in Northwest Indiana to
try to get an understanding of the objectives of the project, which aims to
open up Lake Michigan's shoreline from the Illinois state line through the
city of Portage. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (7/30)

COMMENTARY: Exposure to mercury linked to neurobehavioral disease epidemic
in children
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Concerns about elevated mercury levels have led the EPA and the FDA to issue
warnings to vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and small
children, to limit consumption of fish, especially from the Great Lakes.
Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (7/30)

Few impaired rivers have pollution caps
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Indiana has identified more than 1,100 impaired rivers and streams, but it
has developed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for only 15 of those rivers,
according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Source: The Star
Press (7/30)

Lockformer ordered to pay $2 million for lake water hookups
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Lockformer Co. must pay $2 million for people living south of Lisle to hook
up to Lake Michigan water, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced
Thursday. Source: Daily Herald (7/30)

Michigan makes parks a priority
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources is testing new Park Management
Plans the state hopes will better preserve and improve facilities for
campers decades from now. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (7/30)

Put-in-Bay hosts 111th Race Week
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One of sailing oldest traditions - the Inter-Lake Yachting Association's
111th annual Race Week - will be making waves at Put-in-Bay next week.
Source: The Toledo Blade (7/29)

Lake Superior faces development pressure
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Problems around Lake Superior include cliffs of sand and clay eroding into
the water, large new houses with manicured lawns sending runoff and sediment
into the lake, and new tourist-oriented developments that have displaced
open land nearly up to the shore. Source: Duluth News Tribune (7/29)

DEQ chief: Preventing water diversion is Job 1
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Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven E. Chester said two
initiatives to protect waters in the state from large withdrawals - the
Michigan Water Legacy Act and the Great Lakes Charter Annex - are the DEQ's
top legislative priorities this year. Source: The Bay City Times (7/28)

Dirty beach has its defenders
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A Toronto and Region Conservation Authority plan will turn Mimico's Amos
Waites Park into a wetland haven with bike paths, boardwalks and marshes,
but some in Etobicoke love the sand and just want it cleaned up. Source:
The Toronto Star (7/27)

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