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GLIN NEWS: 09 September 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 09 September 2004

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Swap gives forest land protection
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In a transaction approved Wednesday, the ownership of 1,740 acres of scenic forest inside Crosby Manitou State Park was transferred to the nonprofit Minnesota Parks and Trails Council, an organization dedicated to improving state parks. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/9)

EDITORIAL: Marquette Greenway plan gets two boosts
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The goal of U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky's Marquette Greenway plan is to open at least 75 percent of the shoreline - from the Illinois state line to Portage - for public use and development. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (9/9)

Diversion rules face rough waters to gain approval
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Most everybody agrees the Great Lakes should never be drained to fuel subdivisions and flood golf courses in faraway places such as Phoenix or Denver, but deciding who is entitled to Great Lakes water and who is not could prove to be tricky business. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/8)

Elk restoration project threatened by poaching
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According to a spokesperson from the Ministry of Natural Resources office in Fort Frances, the higher-than-anticipated mortality rate due to hunters has put the entire elk restoration project in jeopardy. Source: Fort Frances Times (9/8)

Port director to take helm at high-speed ferry company
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Milwaukee's high-speed ferry company is plotting a course toward expansion at the same time a new captain is coming aboard. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/8)

Group trying to save Galien River wetlands
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A group of property owners have joined ranks with a local nonprofit land trust, in an effort to preserve from future development a 31.5-acre parcel of wetlands bordering the Galien River. Source: The St. Joseph Herald-Palladium (9/7)

EDITORIAL: Apostle Islands protection
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The real issue here is not whether to afford the Apostles federal wilderness protection, but how much should be protected, and on that issue, the administration's recommendation may not go far enough. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/7)

COMMENTARY: New bill to aid Great Lakes
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A primary focus of Senator Debbie Stabenow's Aug. 26 press conference was her Senate Bill 1850, the Michigan Lighthouse and Maritime Heritage Act, to promote and preserve Great Lakes history, including its lighthouses and maritime museums. Source: White Lake Beacon (9/7)

Ohio gets $1M-plus for Middle Bass rec project
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NPS has approved $1,036,241 in matching grants for an outdoor recreation project in the State of Ohio from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (9/7)

Doctors publish fish buying guide
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The Federal Advisory Panel is now saying Americans should increase the amount of fish they eat to two servings a week, but sorting through the various recommendations on how to avoid some contaminants in fish can be tricky.

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