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GLIN NEWS: 10 September 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 10 September 2004 A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Ferry could be saved by local interests
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A group of Rochester business leaders might invest in the high-speed ferry to get the idle ship cruising across Lake Ontario again. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/10)

Port Huron wins maritime status
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The state of Michigan now recognizes Port Huron as the Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (9/10)

Great Lakes proposal opposed
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A proposal that would require six of the eight Great Lakes governors to approve any new requests from communities or businesses within the lakes' basin to consume more than 5 million gallons of water a day could create bureaucratic chaos, a spokesman for the Council of Great Lakes Industries says. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/10)

Racine to respond to dumping citation
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The city of Racine may incur fines or be required to alter its sanitary sewer system after dumping 1.3 million gallons of sewage into Lake Michigan this year, despite having spent $300,000 on testing and repairs to prevent overflows. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/10)

Reborn, Lake Erie beckons kayakers
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Sitting in calm, lazy water and surrounded by lily pads and great blue herons, it's hard to imagine the Lake Erie Islands as anything but a kayaker's retreat. Source: The New York Times (9/10)

Panel agrees on harbor corrosion
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Five national corrosion experts confirmed that something unusual is eating away at the submerged steel underpinnings in Duluth's Twin Port, and recommended further investigation of structures at other Great Lakes ports. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/9)

Researchers try to stay ahead of pollution
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Great Lakes scientists are investigating new ways to assess and forecast beach contamination. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (9/9)

Kawkawlin River treated for weeds, now clogged with lilies
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Water lilies have taken the place of aquatic weeds that were clogging the Kawkawlin River in Bay County, Michigan. Source: The Bay City Times (9/9)

Canada's port cities worst sewage polluters, says report card
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Canada's port cities rank among the world's worst offenders when it comes to spewing billions of litres of stinking and dangerous untreated sewage into open waters, says a report released Wednesday by environmental groups. Source: Canadian Press (9/8)

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