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GLIN NEWS: 26 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 26 October 2004

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

Lakes Radio Consortium.



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Ontario a swath of unprotected green

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Most of southern Ontario's greenlands remain relatively unprotected from

development, according to a study conducted on behalf of the Neptis

Foundation, an urban research group with a mandate to make the public aware

of policy issues. Source: The Toronto Star (10/26)





Steel shakeout imminent

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The mega-combination of Ispat Inland Inc. and International Steel Group Inc.

on Monday has inspired both hope and fear among suppliers, mayors and others

concerned about the regional economy of northwest Indiana. Includes links to

additional coverage in Tuesday's paper. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times

(10/26)





Big mercury reductions are affordable

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Steep reductions in mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in the

Great Lakes region can be achieved without sharp increases on household

utility bills, according to a new report by the National Wildlife

Federation. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/25)





Plan to poison lakes stirs caustic debate

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A plan to poison a pair of Minnesota lakes to eliminate carp and other

"rough" fish to clear the way for gamefish and improve water quality is

drawing criticism from area residents. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/25)





Oswego wind energy proposal trapped in limbo

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Last year's talk of building offshore power-generating wind turbines in Lake

Ontario has fallen silent. Source: The Palladium Times (10/25)





Gypsy moth numbers drop by almost half

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Gypsy moth populations in most Wisconsin counties dropped dramatically this

year, possibly due to a combination of last spring's weather and widespread

spraying of a bacterium to kill the moth's caterpillars. Source: Milwaukee

Journal Sentinel (10/25)





Reviving grasslands' booming voice

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is proposing an ambitious plan

to revive the greater prairie chicken, famous for its drumming sounds and

ritualistic fighting during the mating season. Source: Milwaukee Journal

Sentinel (10/25)





Selling the family farm to developers

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Nationally, farmland is lost at a rate of more than 9,000 acres a day,

especially in the Great Lakes region, where farmland is rapidly being

developed into homes, office parks and shopping centers. Two-part series;

follow link to Part Two. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/25)





Migration linked to squirrel deaths

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Biologists are looking at natural migration as a possible cause of the

drownings of numerous squirrels that washed up on Lake Michigan beaches near

Grand Haven last week. Source: The Holland Sentinel (10/24)





No time to lose in battling zebra mussels

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Without immediate federal action, invasive species could devastate the Great

Lakes for decades to come, destroying the region's $7 billion fishing

industry, a National Wildlife Federation report says. Source: Booth

Newspapers (10/22)





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