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GLIN NEWS: 18 October 2004

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News: 18 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/ New 'Great Lakes Coalition' seeks restoration funds ---------------------------------------- Philanthropist Peter Wege of the Wege Foundation recently announced a five million dollar grant to build widespread public support to help restore the Great Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/18) CATS finds ferry backers ---------------------------------------- Canadian American Transportation Systems has found new investors for its idle high-speed ferry and will make a proposal this week to its lenders to re-launch the service. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (10/18) In Michigan, environment is a hot political topic ---------------------------------------- Presidential candidates learn the hard way not to mess around with Michigan's environment. Source: Detroit Free Press (10/18) As Lake Huron salmon leave, tourism suffers ---------------------------------------- An exodus of salmon from Lake Huron, chronic bad perch production in Lake Michigan and one of the worst crops of walleye ever in Lake St. Clair are adding up to a bleak season for the $1 billion Great Lakes sport fishing industry. Source: The Detroit News (10/18) DNR station near Baraboo keeps eye on contaminants ---------------------------------------- The DNR project underway south of Baraboo collects so much data on the level of contaminates in the air that some if it is recorded automatically by computers and weighed by robots. Source: Portage Daily Register (10/18) Toxic algae blamed on zebra mussels ---------------------------------------- A potent group of toxic compounds has been discovered in a common algae found in Muskegon Lake and the poisons may be present in other Michigan lakes. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (10/17) COMMENTARY: Perch population makes comeback ---------------------------------------- In 2003, Indiana sport fishermen took home more than 207,000 perch, and Lake Michigan biologist expects 2004 numbers to come in about the same or even higher. Source: South Bend Tribune (10/17) Indiana plans destruction of 'large area' of infested trees ---------------------------------------- More than 23,500 trees will be destroyed this winter in the northeast corner of Indiana to stop the spread of the destructive emerald ash borer. Source: The Ft. Wayne journal Gazette (10/17) COMMENTARY: They're a fact of life now, so don't harp about most carp ---------------------------------------- Carp were the original invasive species in the United States -- although by now, to speak of them as invasives is ludicrous; common carp are a fact. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (10/17) Great Lakes proposal a mistake, report says ---------------------------------------- A proposed policy for the Great Lakes would allow unlimited diversion of water and undercut Canada's sovereignty, says a legal opinion commissioned by opponents of the pact. Source: The Toronto Star (10/16) 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =