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Great Lakes Daily News: 16 August 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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EPA administrator defends Great Lakes Task Force plan
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Rejecting criticism of the initiative, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt says
President Bush's new Great Lakes Task Force will produce "regional
collaboration of national significance" to protect and restore the lakes.
Source: The Detroit News (8/16)

Is it sprawl or urban abandonment?
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Concern about urban sprawl is often limited to the loss of farmland, traffic
congestion, and unattractive development, but its impacts are more
widespread than that. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/16)

Non-stick chemical found in Great Lakes
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New research shows that chemicals used to repel stains and water are
sticking just about everywhere else in the environment, including the Great
Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (8/16)

Ferry firm seeks federal loan
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Canadian American Transportation Systems has experienced some "financial
strain" since starting its high-speed ferry service on Lake Ontario and will
seek a federal loan to help it build the business. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (8/16)

Michigan Dems begin push to protect Great Lakes
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The Michigan League of Conservation voters and Democratic state legislators
are beginning a series of public meetings this week on regulating water
diversion from the Great Lakes. Source: The Detroit News (8/15)

Coastal Ohio awash in great outdoors
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Following a decline in Lake Erie tourism in recent years, an Ohio group is
trying to to help the region do a better job of marketing itself as a
low-impact, ecologically diverse vacation place. Source: The Toledo Blade
(8/15)

COMMENTARY: Rooting out a lovely but nasty menace
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A nasty invasive species called spotted knapweed is taking over our fields
and meadows, and choking out familiar wildflowers such as Queen Anne's lace
and black-eyed Susan. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/15)

Michigan's water trail potential untapped
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Despite its thousands of miles of rivers and Great Lakes shoreline, Michigan
lags behind other states in the development of water trails, river and
coastal routes where people canoe or kayak. Source: The Grand Rapids Press
(8/14)

State loses big in 'critical dune' lawsuit
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A judge has ruled that a the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
must pay an attorney more than $1 million because of a state law that
prohibits him from building on sensitive duneland that he owns. Source: The
Grand Rapids Press (8/13)

Survey gauges impact of Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River boating
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Recreational boaters on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway spend an
average of $137 per day in counties bordering the waterways, according to a
new study. Source: Buffalo Business First (8/13)

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