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Great Lakes Daily News: 03 August 2004

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Grant to bring back Michigan fish advisory brochures
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A new Saginaw Watershed Initiative Network (WIN) project will involve a
first-ever survey of people who use area rivers for subsistence fishing to
find out about their eating habits, as well as targeted distribution of
advisories to at-risk groups. Source: The Bay City Times (8/3)

Minnesota's ash trees have big stake in battle
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The next insect to threaten Minnesota's forests could come from the East.
Michigan is cutting down millions of trees and setting traps to locate the
leading line of an invasion of emerald ash borers. Source: Agri News (8/3)

Proposals re-whet Waukesha's thirst for Lake Michigan water
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The city of Waukesha, Wis., closed off from tapping Lake Michigan water
because it is outside the Great Lakes basin, saw some hope recently in its
fight to pipe in water. Source: OnMilwaukee (8/3)

Times Beach Nature Preserve offers a haven with a city view
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The Times Beach Nature Preserve -- 53 acres that contain a former disposal
site for dredged material -- will be dedicated today along the Buffalo,
N.Y., waterfront. Source: The Buffalo News (8/3)

Dreyer completes run, starts swim
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Ultra-marathon athlete Jim Dreyer began his attempt to swim across Lake
Superior Monday with a 27-mile run as part of a 100-mile duathlon. Source:
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (8/3)

COMMENTARY: Pennsylvania natural wonder is often described as 'spectacularly
ugly'
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In the deep waters of Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes freshwater cod
thrive. This unique relic of the Ice Age provides living insight into
biogeography and evolution. Source: The Clarion News (8/3)

DNR asks Justice Department to sue Milwaukee sewerage district
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State environmental officials on Monday asked the Wisconsin Justice
Department to sue the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and 29 other
community and private wastewater systems over sewage dumpings into Lake
Michigan and other area waterways. Source: Duluth News Tribune (8/2)

Customs sweep delays ferry 1½ hours
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The Spirit of Ontario was shut down Sunday after the U.S. Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection ordered a security sweep of the high-speed ferry and a
bomb threat was discovered. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/2)

Silt chokes river, economy
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Rising levels of sediment in Michigan's Saginaw River are threatening to
hurt shipping, an important facet of the region's economy. Source: The
Saginaw News (8/2)

Eagles no longer rarity in area skies
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Today, as the effect of now-banned pesticides and industrial chemicals
subside, the majestic bird is growing in numbers along the region's river
corridors and forests. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (8/2)

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