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GLIN NEWS: 22 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 22 October 2004
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Group takes steps to improve spill alerts
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If chemical-spill response and protection is to succeed on St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, it needs international cooperation. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (10/22)


4 Ohio dairies accused of Clean Water Act breaches
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Four more Ohio dairies, all within the Lake Erie watershed, have been cited for violations of the Clean Water Act by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for extensive manure and wastewater management problems. Source: The Plain Dealer (10/22)


Kingston's industrial sewage bylaws lauded
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Kingston has some of Ontario's strictest sewage bylaws to guard against industrial waste flowing through sewage treatment plants and into the environment, the environment commissioner of Ontario says in a report released yesterday. Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard (10/22)


Low water levels hamper egg collection
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In Lake Michigan, the introduced coho salmon are genetically programmed to wait for a signal to begin their journey up their home river, but if spawning time comes and the river is dry, the fish will stay downstream, or worse; they won't enter the river at all. Source: The Journal Times (10/22)


Lakewalk, Baywalk extensions considered
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Duluthians may soon be able to take longer walks along Lake Superior, but that will only happen if the City Council decides to shell out money for two projects to extend the Lakewalk and Baywalk. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/22)


Exotics threaten Great Lakes food web, report says
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Invasive species appear to be killing off crucial segments of the Great Lakes food web, from large predator fish to tiny freshwater shrimp, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Source: The Associated Press (10/21)


Senator Feingold presses USDA to better protect Wisconsin waters
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U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is urging the USDA to amend its agreement with Wisconsin's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to better target resources aimed at protecting waters in environmentally sensitive areas of the state. Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection (10/21)


Hundreds of tires wash ashore
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Hundreds of tires have washed up on the shores of Lake Erie and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection wants to know why. Source: WPVI-TV (10/21)


Old cellphones, computers clog Ontario dumps
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Ontario landfills are brimming with one billion aluminum pop cans and mounds of discarded cell phones, computers and televisions, the province's environmental watchdog said Thursday as he pushed for an aggressive plan to deal with the problem. Source: The Toronto Star (10/21)


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