The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

GLIN NEWS: 14 October 2004

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =



Great Lakes Daily News: 14 October 2004

A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great

Lakes Radio Consortium.



For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/





Angler's find may be dreaded snakehead

----------------------------------------

Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials are hoping that a fish

caught in Burnham Harbor is not a northern snakehead, an invasive fish noted

for its ferocious feeding habits. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (10/14)





Feds kick in $6.8 million to keep out Asian carp

----------------------------------------

Legislation passed by Congress authorizes 75 percent of the funding needed

to build an electrified ANS barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal,

though an additional $500,000 in nonfederal funds are still needed. Source:

Chicago Sun-Times (10/14)





COMMENTARY: Military's Project ELF becomes project elk

----------------------------------------

When the federal government took land for military operations it had no

thought of creating habitats for wildlife, but that's what often happened as

these lands were fenced off from the outside world and spared further

development. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (10/14)





AINL to write new management plan for islands

----------------------------------------

The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is preparing to write a new

management plan for the park with the expectation it won't receive hoped-for

funding increases. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (10/14)





Bills get tough on septic waste haulers

----------------------------------------

Legislation aimed at cracking down on the estimated one-in-five septic waste

haulers in Michigan who illegally dump their loads is on its way to Gov.

Jennifer Granholm's desk. Source: The Detroit News (10/14)





Bill would allow watershed alliances

----------------------------------------

A bill moving through the Michigan state legislature would allow multiple

watershed organizations to ally themselves to solve problems relating to

watershed management and water quality. Source: South Bend Tribune (10/13)





Coastal states ponder future

----------------------------------------

Representatives of coastal states and territories from Guam to Maine are

meeting at Traverse City this week to help determine future policies toward

the nation's coastlines. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (10/13)





EDITORIAL: Shortchanging Michigan

----------------------------------------

A state with some of the most heavily used international border crossings in

the U.S. is at the back of the pack when it comes to per capita spending of

federal antiterrorism dollars. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/12)





Proposed riverwalk moving at a crawl

----------------------------------------

Chicago's planned Wacker Drive riverwalk is turning out to be a canvas so

broad potential managers have requested more time to contemplate their first

brushstrokes. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (10/11)





Canada falling short on KYOTO enforcement?

----------------------------------------

Smog hovers over Toronto as some at the Sierra Club of Canada worry about

the government's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Source:

Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/11)





Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story

archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html



= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Great Lakes Daily News is a collaborative project of the Great Lakes

Information Network (www.glin.net) and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium

(www.glrc.org), both based in Ann Arbor, Mich.



TO SUBSCRIBE and receive this Great Lakes news compendium daily, see

www.glin.net/forms/dailynews_form.html



TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to majordomo@great-lakes.net with the

command 'unsubscribe dailynews' in the body of the message.



TO SUBMIT A NEWS STORY: www.glin.net/forms/news_form.html

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =