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GLIN NEWS: 03 September 2004

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Great Lakes News: 03 September 2004
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** There will be no news posted on the Labor Day holiday, Monday, September 06, 2004 **


Experts: Michigan blocking water protection deal
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Agreements to protect Great Lakes water from being diverted to Asia or Arizona are doomed unless Michigan follows the lead of other states and enacts a water use law, a high-ranking state official said Thursday. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (9/3)


Sierra Club: Bush policies not working for lakes
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Jennifer Feyerherm, Midwest associate representative for the Sierra Club's Great Lakes Program, was visiting Green Bay to emphasize what the club says is the failure of the Bush Administration to protect inland waters, especially the Great Lakes. Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (9/3)


U.S. appeals court reinstates suit against sewerage district
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A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a 2001 lawsuit against the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District over ongoing raw sewage discharges into Lake Michigan. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/2)


32 tainted private water wells hint at source of island's illness
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More than 30 residential wells on South Bass Island have tested positive for total coliform bacteria, leading state officials to intensify their focus on water contamination as a possible source of a mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened more than 1,300 people. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/2)


Wisconsin to sell unused boats after finding more than it estimated
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Gov. Jim Doyle's administration said Thursday it has found more state-owned boats than had been estimated and announced that it will begin selling off mothballed, unused vessels. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/2)


Labor Day anglers target king salmon
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Labor Day weekend is when many anglers focus their attention on trolling for king salmon as mature chinook begin schooling before making their spawning run. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (9/2)


Funds put Charlotte algae relief on track for '07
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With a brown surf pounding behind her Wednesday morning, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, D-Fairport, announced $80,000 in new federal funding for an algae cleanup at Ontario Beach Park. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/2)


Persistent high levels of E. coli puzzle health officials
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The lack of activity at three small Ottawa County beaches has nothing to do with shivering swimmers; instead, all three have been plagued by stubbornly high levels of E. coli bacteria that have lingered through much of August. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (8/31)

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