Thursday, August 19, 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 19 August 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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High water a boon for shipping, boating
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The Great Lakes are deeper this summer, and that is good news to people in
some watercraft industries -- that is, marinas and lake shippers. Source:
Chicago Sun-Times (8/19)

Asian carp, gobies wreak havoc
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The Illinois River is teeming with invasive fish species that may eventually
harm native game species, including sauger and catfish. Source:
Pantagraph.com (8/19)

Bye-bye, black birds? Not soon enough for cormorant
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Cormorant are destroying the islands of Western Lake Erie and feasting on
its bounty of fish, but no one seems willing to kill them in order to
reverse the rapid population growth of the black birds on the limestone rock
islands. Source: The Plain Dealer (8/19)

Green algae stinking up Wisconsin's shoreline
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Slimy green algae piles that stink like sewage are accumulating on Wisconsin
's Lake Michigan shoreline, prompting a state investigation. Source: Green
Bay Press-Gazette (8/19)

COMMENTARY: Fishing capital of the continent?
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Lake St. Clair offers more than 400 sq. miles where anglers often can catch
more muskellunge in a day than people in other parts of the country can
catch in five years, where smallmouth bass are so numerous they leave
anglers with aching wrists, and where the perch grow so big that a couple
can make a meal for a grown man. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/19)

Environmental group: Mercury could poison tourism well, too
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If mercury pollution isn't controlled, a decline in sport fishing could cost
Wisconsin millions of dollars and have a ripple effect in the economy of
this and other Great Lakes states, according to a report released Tuesday.
Source: The Journal Times (8/18)

Mysterious illness hits Lake Erie island
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A mysterious illness on Lake Erie's South Bass Island has sickened dozens of
tourists and residents, baffling health officials who are searching for a
connection. Source: Associated Press (8/18)

People with tainted water could finally get money
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Hundreds of people with polluted wells are closer to finding a solution to
their problems following a federal court ruling. Source: Daily Herald
(8/18)

Boaters here give ferry a wide berth
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Lead Master Captain Mark Crutcher gives Muskegon recreational boaters an
"A-plus." Source: Muskegon Chronicle (8/18)

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