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GLIN NEWS: 28 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 28 October 2004

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Illinois residents push for lake water

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Residents in four Illinois subdivisions want Lake Michigan water for their

homes, claiming that the well water they presently get contains radium and

contaminants that exceed EPA water quality standards. Source: Libertyville

Review (10/28)





Liberals to stem sprawl, protect key land

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Land development in a vast stretch of land around Ontario's Golden Horseshoe

will be permanently halted in an effort to stop urban sprawl, the

provinicial government is expected to announce today. Source: The Toronto

Star (10/28)





COMMENTARY: Let's get snakehead

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Last Friday ended the intensive governmental effort to find more snakeheads

in Lake Michigan, but biologists will depend on fishermen to do the work for

them through the winter. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (10/27)





Cleanup fund not cleaned out

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Ramsey County, Minn., officials have found an additional $1.3 million in

pollution cleanup funds to apply to contaminated sites around St. Paul.

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (10/27)





Ontario introduces fast pollution fines

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Polluters in Ontario could face swift financial penalties of up to $100,000

a day under new legislation that would give environment ministry officials

the power to mete out penalties just days after a spill occurs. Source: The

Toronto Star (10/27)





Proposal restricts appeals on dams

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The Bush administration has proposed giving dam owners the exclusive right

to appeal Interior Department rulings about how dams should be licensed and

operated on American rivers. Source: The Washington Post (10/27)





COMMENTARY: Gulls gone mild

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Observations on a lifetime of interactions with herring gulls, the

web-footed noisy scavengers that add so much nautical character and flavor

to the Great Lakes. Source: The Appleton Post-Crescent (10/27)





Ash borer eats into wood supply for area residents' fireplaces

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Michigan and Ohio homeowners dreaming of winter nights before a log-burning

fireplace might be out of luck, as the emerald ash borer has put a crimp in

the supply of firewood. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/26)





DNR seeks 228 acres at Lulu Lake

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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board is being asked to spend $1.35 million

add a new tract to the Lulu Lake State Natural Area, considered the most

biologically diverse of any land in southeastern Wisconsin. Source:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/24)





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