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GLIN NEWS: 05 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 05 October 2004

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Program in Michigan aims to cut cost of ash-tree removal

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To relieve the financial burden on local governments of fighting the emerald

ash borer, the state of Michigan has initiated a new program to encourage

vendors to offer reduced rates for tree removal. Source: The Toledo Blade

(10/5)





EDITORIAL: It's a regional problem

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For those who believe that there are simple answers and clear culprits in

the dumping of raw and partially treated sewage into Lake Michigan, the

final report from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's task force last week was no

doubt a huge disappointment. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/5)





Great Lakes conservation pact gets approval

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The proposed Annex 2001 draft agreement to tighten controls on Great Lakes

water received solid support at a state hearing in Ashwaubenon, Wis. last

week. Source: The Green Bay News-Chronicle (10/5)





Tapping the Great Lakes

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While not an outright ban on diverting water from the Great Lakes, the

proposed Annex 2001 implementation agreement would establish objective

standards for such uses and require unanimous or nearly unanimous geographic

support from around the lakes. Duluth News Tribune (10/4)





Perfect storm of lethargy

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An in-depth look at how Buffalo, once one of the nation's leading cities,

has degenerated from powerhouse to weakling in just half a century. Source:

Buffalo Business First (10/4)





NY behind in allowing habitat-access

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Legislation now making its way through Congress could provide up to $50

million a year to states to compensate farmers who open posted properties to

hunters, anglers and others, but New York is apt to be at the back of the

line when the money is handed out. Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (10/3)





Officials like what they see at water plant

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For most of the officials and staff whose communities make up the Central

Brown County Water Authority, Thursday offered a first look at Manitowoc's

microfiltration technology that will bring them the Lake Michigan water

beginning in late 2006. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (10/1)





Groups criticize efforts to curb runoff into Great Lakes

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Environmental groups are criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency and Minnesota regulators for not moving fast enough to curb the

pollution that gets carried into the Great Lakes by stormwater runoff.

Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/1)





Cormorant control complicated

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Members of the Cheboygan City Council have learned that ridding their city

of the large numbers of cormorants that nest in trees along the Cheboygan

River will not be as easy as might have been thought. Source: Chebogan Daily

Tribune (9/30)





By 2040, water taxis, highway anticipated

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The Chicago area in 2040 could feature water taxis on the Calumet-Sag

Channel and a new airport, according to a draft of a new Northeastern

Illinois Planning Commission comprehensive plan for the region. Source:

Daily Southtown (9/30)





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