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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News: 01 December 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/ Fox River and region face toxic past ---------------------------------------- The dredging of the Fox River is a first step in what promises to be one of largest cleanups of contaminated sediments ever in the US. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (12/1) Bush vows border fix ---------------------------------------- President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Paul Martin say they are committed to easing the mounting border congestion and will consider adding a bridge or a tunnel at the Windsor-Detroit crossing, the busiest between the two countries. Source: The Windsor Star (12/1) Cities sue U.S. Steel over air pollution ---------------------------------------- A class-action lawsuit has been filed against U.S. Steel demanding increased pollution controls and unspecified damages for residents whose health has been affected by emissions from the company's Great Lakes Works on the Detroit River. Source: The Detroit News (12/1) Massive waterworks planned ---------------------------------------- A massive multi-year, $350-million proposal to upgrade and expand the region's water system is ready to go, all that's left is for the federal and provincial governments to get on board with funding. Source: The London Free Press (12/1) Wisconsin PSC to appeal judge's ruling on Oak Creek power plant ---------------------------------------- The state Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to appeal a judge's ruling overturning its approval of plans to build two coal-fired power plants on the Lake Michigan shore in suburban Milwaukee. Source: The Journal Times (11/30) More dairy farms cited for pollution ---------------------------------------- Two large dairy farms in Huron County are among those cited for alleged water quality violations in a multi-state crackdown by the Environmental Protection Agency. Source: The Bay City Times (11/30) Barge sinks in Straits ---------------------------------------- The recent sinking of a 32-foot transportation barge in the Straits of Mackinac has prompted an investigation by the United States Coast Guard. Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (11/30) Conflicts rise as more hunting land winds up in private hands ---------------------------------------- The dream of owning land has changed the hunting landscape in Wisconsin over the last couple of decades, putting more pressure on public lands as fewer landowners allow other hunters to use their property. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/30) Ship carrying iron runs aground in Lake Michigan ---------------------------------------- A freighter with a cargo of iron ran aground Monday in Lake Michigan's Green Bay, about a half mile east-northeast of the Menominee River. Source: Duluth News Tribune (11/29) Pennsylvania shifting policy to protect streams ---------------------------------------- Pennsylvania has enacted a new, more stringent stream-protection policy to keep waterways from drying up because of longwall mine damage. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (11/28) 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News: 02 December 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/ Scientists dive in to explore Great Lakes water quality ---------------------------------------- Great Lakes beach managers and scientists, meeting this week in Parma, Ohio, are turning to algae, bird waste and sand to determine why water is contaminated. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/2) Liberals hedging on promise to shut coal-fired power plants ---------------------------------------- The Ontario government says it is considering keeping some of its coal-fired generating plants in reserve and ready to be fired up despite its pledge to shut them down by the end of 2007. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/2) EDITORIAL: Ruling marks failure to regulate, innovate ---------------------------------------- It's foolish to build a massive coal-burning complex - the state's biggest - in an air quality non-attainment area like southeastern Wisconsin when the pollution costs for coal are many times that of other fuels like natural gas or even gasified coal. Source: The Racine Journal Times (12/2) Waukesha offers to be water test case ---------------------------------------- With a daily need of 20 million gallons of fresh water, Waukesha officials intend to ask Gov. Jim Doyle early next year for his help in making this community of 66,000 a test case for diverting Great Lakes water. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/2) River Rouge sues polluting plant ---------------------------------------- Michigan's top pollution generator -- the U.S. Steel plant Downriver -- was sued Tuesday in federal court by the City of River Rouge and its residents who say toxic fallout from the company's operations is illegal and out of control. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/1) EDITORIAL: State must put more study into mega-farm waste ---------------------------------------- Enforcement of anti-pollution laws against concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) is beginning to grow. Source: Detroit Free Press (11/30) Ottawa investing in plan to monitor the planet ---------------------------------------- Federal officials are putting the final touches on a plan to spend at least $200 million as Canada's contribution to a global network that will keep tabs on the Earth's environmental health. Source: The Toronto Star (11/29) More exotic species invade area waters ---------------------------------------- Boaters in the midst of removing their crafts from Michigan's lakes are seeing signs of exotic aquatic species that are affecting everything from food chains to state tourism. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (11/29) DNR lauds Bayfield water system ---------------------------------------- When it opens in early 2006, Bayfield's new wastewater treatment system will be the cleanest plant in Wisconsin, virtually eliminating the discharge of pollutants into Lake Superior. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/29) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Work begins on Great Lakes cleanup plan ---------------------------------------- Leaders from Great Lakes cities, states and Indian tribes will sit down today in Chicago with federal officials to commit themselves to protecting and restoring the Great Lakes, moving one step closer to a multibillion-dollar cleanup. Source: Booth Newspapers (12/3) Fox River PCB cleanup ---------------------------------------- Limited invitations were sent out for a meeting today at which future details of the PCB cleanup in the Fox River and bay of Green Bay will be discussed. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (12/3) Ohio proposes ending submerged land leasing ---------------------------------------- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is looking to eliminate a program in which the state charges Lake Erie residential property owners to lease often-submerged property to erect docks or other structures. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/3) Cougars may prowl Michigan ---------------------------------------- Long though hunted to extinction in in these parts, mountain lions have been spotted in Sleeping Bear Dunes and elsewhere in the Midwest. Source: The Detroit News (12/3) Waukesha plan worries some ---------------------------------------- Efforts by the city of Waukesha to tap Lake Michigan water are being assailed by environmentalists as an attempt to circumvent a Great Lakes water conservation policy that is still being written. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/3) Gander shows that walleye is zander ---------------------------------------- Some Twin Cities restaurants that list walleye on their menus may be pulling a bait and switch on their customers, serving instead a relative from eastern Europe. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (12/3) Nugent Sand pipeline case in legal limbo ---------------------------------------- A prolonged battle over Nugent Sand's plan to build a wastewater discharge pipe through a Lake Michigan dune has become a procedural war between lawyers for the company and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (12/2) Freighter refloated after going aground in bay of Green Bay ---------------------------------------- A freighter with a cargo of iron that ran aground in Green Bay this week has been refloated, thanks to a change in wind direction. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/2) Proposed policy change would weaken sewage treatment ---------------------------------------- The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to make a final decision next month on whether cities should be allowed to release partially treated sewage during heavy rainfalls despite concerns the policy would increase the incidence of waterborne disease. Source: Scripps Howard News Service (12/1) 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News: 06 December 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/ Tribal governments demand role in Annex 2001 ---------------------------------------- Tribal and First Nation governments from the Great Lakes region say they're being left out of negotiations to craft a sweeping new framework for regulating Great Lakes water. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/6) Roadblocks to closing toxic waste loophole ---------------------------------------- The Clean Harbors facility near Sarnia, Ontario is the only place in North America that still dumps toxic waste straight into the ground without any kind of pretreatment. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/6) Harbor auction sparks concern ---------------------------------------- Transport Canada has edged closer to selling Port Stanley harbour to the highest bidder, a possibility residents fear could leave the harbor controlled by Americans or Europeans. Source: The London Free Press (12/6) EDITORIAL: Michigan may need its own mercury limits ---------------------------------------- The Bush administration is showing more signs of equivocation on reducing mercury from coal-fired power plants, making it important that Michigan act on its own. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/6) Chinese crab threatens St. Lawrence ---------------------------------------- Marine scientists are on high alert after a single Chinese mitten crab, one of the most invasive species in the world, was found in the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City this fall. Source: The Montreal Gazette (12/5) Canadian shipping industry at crossroads ---------------------------------------- Hit by declining cargo tonnage, rising costs, and fierce and "unfair" competition, the owners of the Canadian Great Lakes fleet are calling for help. Source: The Toronto Star (12/5) West Michigan's air quality improves in recent years ---------------------------------------- Air quality in western Michigan has improved in recent years, a change officials attribute in part to manufacturers cleaning up smokestack emissions and the state's manufacturing decline. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/5) Leaders vow joint effort to protect Great Lakes ---------------------------------------- Dozens of government and tribal leaders have promised to collaborate in protecting and preserving the Great Lakes, though some participants say more money and a clear strategy are needed. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (12/4) EDITORIAL: Great Lakes' water must be protected ---------------------------------------- The Great Lakes Basin Water Resources Compact could give a simple majority of Great Lakes governors the power to authorize water diversions without Ontario's concurrence. Source: The Toronto Star (12/4) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Minntac considers new route for unwanted water ---------------------------------------- A new option for the 7.2 million gallons of unwanted water a day from the Minntac taconite plant is to send the water south to eventually flow into Lake Superior, but the problem is that the water contains sediments and sulfates. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/7) COMMENTARY: Port Authority comes through with bond OK ---------------------------------------- On Friday, the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, for the first time in its 26-year history, sealed a deal to sell bonds to finance a construction project along the Detroit River. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/7) Local residents defeat Rabaska natural gas project at site near Quebec City ---------------------------------------- Partners in the Rabaska natural gas terminal project say they will not give up on the Quebec City region despite a major setback eliminating one potential site along the St. Lawrence River. Source: Canadian Press (12/7) A closer look at mercury hair tests ---------------------------------------- Health officials are experimenting with another way to gauge the level of mercury in people who eat a lot of fish. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/6) Shipping channel slated for dredging ---------------------------------------- As part of a federal spending bill approved last month, the Corps of Engineers will receive money reserved for projects on the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair in order to ensure the heavily traveled commercial shipping lanes are kept at safe depths. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (12/6) Restored Lake Huron light to open for tours ---------------------------------------- A mile offshore in northern Lake Huron, the newly restored DeTour Reef Light - fresh from a two-year, $1 million restoration project - will offer tours in 2005. Source: The Mining Journal (12/6) Wisconsin to vote on acquiring scenic farmland for all to enjoy ---------------------------------------- On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Board will decide whether to spend $1.5 million to acquire 223 acres of farmland to be added to the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/4) ODNR offers 'simplified' rules for coastal management ---------------------------------------- Seeking to improve its coastal management program, the Ohio DNR has proposed elimination of the submerged lands lease requirement for docks and other improvements to residential property along the state's Lake Erie coast. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (12/4) Bay Harbor health advisory extended ---------------------------------------- Three months after advising the public to avoid an area of caustic waste seepage along Little Traverse Bay at Bay Harbor, local health officials have extended the advisory to a second area where seepage has been detected along the resort's shoreline. Source: Petosky News-Review (12/3) Army Corps wages war on Asian carp ---------------------------------------- Federal leaders, on Thursday, gave a tour of the construction site where a permanent electric barrier is to be built that should prevent Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan. Source: The Daily Herald (12/3) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Cuyahoga County to buy piece of Whiskey Island ---------------------------------------- Cuyahoga County, Ohio, plans to spend $6.25 million to buy 62 acres of Whiskey Island and convert the land into a lakefront park. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/8) Council pursues analysis of ferry plan ---------------------------------------- Rochester City Council plans to hire a private firm to review the city's plans to purchase and operate the Spirit of Ontario high-speed ferry. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/8) Canadian pollution up a lot since '95 ---------------------------------------- Canada, and especially the greater Toronto area, is far more polluted than it was a decade ago, says a report being released today. Source: The Toronto Star (12/8) Royal Group faces fine for polluting St. Clair River ---------------------------------------- A subsidiary of Royal Group Technologies Ltd. has been charged with violating Ontario environmental laws for spilling vinyl chloride into the St. Clair River. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/8) Lake Michigan riverboat workers set strike date ---------------------------------------- Riverboat workers at four of the five Lake Michigan casino boats have approved a strike in mid-January if a contract is not completed. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (12/8) EDITORIAL: Global trade affects natural world ---------------------------------------- The recent discovery of the invasive Chinese mitten crab in the St. Lawrence River is an example of how global trade can impact the natural world. Source: The Toronto Star (12/8) EDITORIAL: Commitment of cooperation needed for lakes ---------------------------------------- When dozens of government and tribal leaders promised last week to join forces in protecting and preserving the Great Lakes from pollution, invasive species and other environmental dangers, we hope they mean it, and we hope they find a way. Source: The Fremont News-Messenger (12/7) Ontario ports band together to lobby province ---------------------------------------- The Provincial Marine Transportation Association has recently been founded by leaders of several ports, including those in Thunder Bay, Windsor, Niagara and Toronto to promote the marine transportation industry. Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (12/7) Fingerprinting, sensors to tighten northern borders ---------------------------------------- American border guards at northern crossings will start fingerprinting foreign visitors by the end of the year as the Department of Homeland Security clamps down on the Canadian border. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/7) Davis-Besse changes are still needed ---------------------------------------- Though FirstEnergy Corp. meets minimal performance standards to run Davis-Besse nuclear plant, the company has acknowledged that it has a long way to go before it will dazzle federal regulators to the degree it did in the 1990s. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/7) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Michigan approves $3.9 million for Ottawa County to purchase land for park ---------------------------------------- Spring Lake Township conservationists and county parks officials hit the jackpot Wednesday when a state board awarded a $3.9 million grant to purchase 500 acres of a wooded dune area adjacent to P.J. Hoffmaster State Park. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (12/9) Landfill legislation expected to pass ---------------------------------------- Legislators yesterday completed work on a bill that backers say will provide additional funding to county health boards to inspect and oversee construction and demolition debris landfills. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/9) Martinsville files lawsuit over water cleanup costs ---------------------------------------- City officials want to install a filter to protect the municipal water supply, which faces contamination from a chemical suspected of causing cancer. Source: The Indianapolis Star (12/9) EDITORIAL: Solutions will need to wait for another report ---------------------------------------- Yet another gaggle of Great Lakes representatives are working on a plan for bringing Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario back to their maximum potential, but results are at best a year away. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/9) National security in peril, report says ---------------------------------------- A Senate report says Canadians are relying on luck when it comes to national security and defence, and a lack of surveillance on the Great Lakes is one of the concerns. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/9) EDITORIAL: Ontario gets tough with river polluters ---------------------------------------- For some time, the Blue Water Area waited to see the Ontario government take tougher action to address St. Clair River chemical spills, and now, this community appears to have gotten just that. Source: The Times Herald (12/9) DNR grants review of power plant air permit ---------------------------------------- State environmental regulators Wednesday granted the Sierra Club's request for a hearing to review their approval of a coal-fired power plant in north-central Wisconsin. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/9) Rescuers prep for ice fishers ---------------------------------------- The annual migration of anglers off the shores of lakeside communities onto Lake St. Clair may not come for a couple of weeks, but departments are preparing for the possibility of rescues this winter by testing new equipment. Source: The Detroit News (12/8) Award to help animal world ---------------------------------------- The Indianapolis Zoo will announce today that it is establishing a $100,000 international conservation prize to recognize people who work to protect and save animals and to spotlight the importance of preserving endangered species. Source: The Indianapolis Star (12/8) Power from the people -- Racine alderman wants to form public utility ---------------------------------------- Racine Alderman Pete Karas hopes to raise $100,000 in six months to get started on a bold plan to unhook thousands of homes in the Racine area from We Energies by creating a new local government enterprise to build electricity generators. Source: The Racine Journal Times (12/7) 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. 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Shipping is up in Cleveland, Great Lakes ---------------------------------------- Shipping tonnage is up at the Port of Cleveland and on the Great Lakes this year, and local shipping industry representatives say it could be an early sign that the economy is headed upward. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/10) U.S.-Canada tunnel pays off ---------------------------------------- Today is the 10th anniversary of the second, modern tunnel connecting Port Huron and Sarnia, and major businesses couldn't imagine life without the 1.1-mile-long commercial link. Source: The Detroit News (12/10) Freighter food: From the galleys of the Great Lakes ---------------------------------------- The Kitchen Sisters descend into the galleys of the vessels that travel the Great Lakes to explore the watery world of freighter food. Source: National Public Radio (12/10) EDITORIAL: Pollution solution ---------------------------------------- Though it's old news that areas like the Rochester Embayment, where the Genesee River meets Lake Ontario, collect pollutants that pose an environmental hazard, a recent study revealed that people living near the embayment are up to 20 percent more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory diseases. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/10) COMMENTARY: Bailing out a rusting giant ---------------------------------------- In a competitive environment, Stelco's management and its unions are playing a misguided game of chicken, and it seems to have become too big to be allowed to fail. Source: National Post (12/10) Keeping busy on walleye ---------------------------------------- From the rocks along the Cleveland shoreline to the piers and breakwalls of western Lake Erie, the night bite for walleye is keeping anglers casting this winter. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/10) Water group may offer loans to extend pipes ---------------------------------------- Supporters say the proposed loan program would help the DuPage Water Commission achieve its goal of getting Lake Michigan water to as many county residents as possible. Source: Daily Herald (12/10) Training ship revamp will cost $3.9 million ---------------------------------------- When the Great Lakes Maritime Academy's training ship returns from a Wisconsin shipyard in May, it will have $3.9 million in improvements, courtesy mostly of U.S. taxpayers. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (12/9) Water bid could be a difficult journey ---------------------------------------- Milwaukee suburb Waukesha is welcome to seek Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle's help in its bid to get Great Lakes water before a new set of rules is adopted, but Doyle warned that the process makes it very difficult. Source: The Waukesha Freeman (12/9) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ EPA finalizing sewage blending policy ---------------------------------------- The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a policy that will allow sewage treatment operators to send largely untreated sewage directly into rivers and lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/13) EDITORIAL: Protecting the Great Lakes ---------------------------------------- President Bush's words about improving water quality and preventing further degradation represent only a symbolic success until the cleanup includes specifics about how much money is needed and how to equitably split the bill. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (12/13) Toledo called key to destroying ash borer ---------------------------------------- Toledo is now seen as the "gateway" to other parts of North America for emerald ash borers - those tiny, metallic-green Asian beetles that biologists view as one of the worst pests ever to burrow their way through this continent's tree bark. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/13) EDITORIAL: Waukesha's water play ---------------------------------------- Waukesha officials have offered to be a test case for Great Lakes water diversion but the suspicion is that they're hoping to sneak by before a new agreement on regulating such diversions can be concluded. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/13) Outlying counties warned about water ---------------------------------------- A new report warns of potential groundwater shortages unless developers change their ways as new subdivisions push outward from Chicago. Source: Chicago Tribune (12/13) Environment chief picked for HHS post ---------------------------------------- President Bush has chosen Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Leavitt to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, leaving a post he has held for only one year. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (12/13) Lake Michigan showing signs of vulnerability ---------------------------------------- Lake Michigan has been engineered into a system focused on producing a maximum amount of sport fish, most of which are not native to its waters. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/12) Program aims to halt release of exotic fish ---------------------------------------- A new national campaign called "Habitattitude" is aimed at educating consumers about the pitfalls of releasing non-native fish and plants. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/12) Battle line drawn in water wars ---------------------------------------- Most of the projected population growth in the south Lake Michigan area will occur in areas least able to support more groundwater withdrawals and outside the basin boundary for obtaining lake water. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (12/12) Prized Upper Peninsula land shielded from development ---------------------------------------- Two recent land acquisitions have secured the long-term preservation of land on the Keweenaw Peninsula, including Hunter's Point. Source: The Detroit News (12/11) 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. 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Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (12/14) Stormwater runoff raises new development questions ---------------------------------------- Directing stormwater into municipal sewers that empty into Lake Michigan could become the key for some Northwest Indiana communities to unlock access to Great Lakes water. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (12/14) U.S. pest experts fight spread of emerald ash borer ---------------------------------------- Cutting down ash trees in a 10-kilometre-wide path stretching from western Lake Erie through northwestern Ohio is one option being considered for halting the emerald ash borer. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/14) Niagara reaches beyond tourism ---------------------------------------- While a booming tourism and recreation industry is a welcome change from the doldrums of the early 1990s, there is a growing realization that Niagara Falls needs to add greater depth to its local economy. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/14) Director of Ohio EPA to leave office in January ---------------------------------------- Chris Jones, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, has resigned after six years in that position. Source: Ohio News Network (12/14) New PVC plant worries environmental groups ---------------------------------------- The expansion of a PVC plant along Lake Erie is worrisome to some environmentalists, due to the emissions created in production and potential health problems that may result. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/13) Coaster brookie initiative explained ---------------------------------------- The current status of Lake Superior coaster brook trout is one of concern, and the time frame for re-establishing the fish in the Marquette area is long-term. Source: The Mining Journal (12/12) On Strawberry Creek, salmon get help making small fry ---------------------------------------- Thousands of Lake Michigan chinook salmon return to their artificial spawning grounds each fall near Sturgeon Bay, marking both the end and beginning of a life cycle spun by human hands. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/12) Government relying on industry to protect water supplies ---------------------------------------- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new voluntary guidelines that rely on industry to secure drinking water supplies and wastewater treatment plants against attack. Source: Environmental News Network (12/10) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ New rules to protect Ontario's water ---------------------------------------- The Ontario government has imposed tough new rules on those who take water from the ground and is taking stronger measures to protect watershed-based sources, Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky announced Tuesday. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/14) Subdivision told it's unlikely to get water from lake ---------------------------------------- A standing-room-only crowd that packed the Wauconda Township offices Monday learned it is unlikely that a subdivision would get Lake Michigan water to solve problems with contaminated well water, a process that would take years and cost millions of dollars. Source: Chicago Tribune (12/14) Hungry salmon downsizing as food disappears ---------------------------------------- The alewife population in Lake Huron has crashed and is dropping like a rock in Lake Michigan, and scientists say that's bad news for salmon, which feast almost exclusively on alewives. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (12/14) Lorain's port considering ferry service ---------------------------------------- Lorain, Ohio, waterfront planners envision an excursion or ferry service from the Black River to the Lake Erie islands, Cleveland and other ports, possibly even Canada. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/14) Audubon society cheers congress for bird law ---------------------------------------- The National Audubon Society is praising Congress for strengthening protections for American migratory birds. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/13) Wintry waves lure surfers ---------------------------------------- Warnings to thrill-seekers to stay off Lake Michigan piers weren't heeded Sunday, as daredevils spent the afternoon trying to catch waves -- up to nearly two stories high. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (12/13) Indiana towns shut out while Chicago suburbs flourish ---------------------------------------- The water treatment plant in Lowell, Ind., uses six different wells to provide water for the town because Lowell's request to access Lake Michigan water was denied. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (12/13) Port setting money aside for Whiskey Island fight ---------------------------------------- The Cuyahoga Port-Authority voted Friday to continue its battle to own a piece of Whiskey Island by earmarking $245,000 for legal fees. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/11) EDITORIAL: Keep Crystal River parcel among preserved land ---------------------------------------- The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund has distributed $30 million, led with commitments to prime dune areas near Saugatuck and Grand Haven. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/11) 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. 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Source: The Detroit News (12/16) Climate change affecting wildlife ---------------------------------------- Many North American wildlife species face an uncertain future, changing habitat, shifting home ranges and extinction because of global climate change, a Wildlife Society report says. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/16) Gates probe begins in mystery gas spill ---------------------------------------- Excavations starting this week will unlock the mystery of a gasoline spill into the Erie Canal, discovered late Wednesday morning. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/16) COMMENTARY: Save waters before fish grow scarce ---------------------------------------- In the next few months you might see a lot of stories in newspapers and on television about the impending collapse of major oceanic fish stocks, but scientists have been warning that it has been coming for decades. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/16) Lawsuit challenges fertilizer rules ---------------------------------------- A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to mow down city and county ordinances banning the use of lawn fertilizers containing phosphorus. Source: Wisconsin State Journal (12/16) Sandusky wants to lure ferry ---------------------------------------- City officials hope money from the Sandusky Transit System can help lure a new ferry line to downtown Sandusky. Source: The Morning Journal (12/16) Emerald ash borer impacts Iosco County ---------------------------------------- It is no secret that the Green Menace -- also known as the Emerald ash borer (EAB) -- has been discovered in Greenbush Township, but what was not so well known is that this discovery is impacting lands in Iosco County. Source: Oscoda Press (12/15) Coal-plant case taken directly to high court ---------------------------------------- Electricity rates for businesses and residents will go up significantly unless the Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees quickly to hear an appeal of a court decision that blocked construction of two coal plants in Oak Creek. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/15) Solution for arsenic in drinking water? ---------------------------------------- Researchers from the University of Illinois have discovered a way to remove arsenic from drinking water at its source. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/13) 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. 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Ferry foreclosure looming ---------------------------------------- Lawyers will be in federal court this afternoon to hammer out a foreclosure schedule for the Spirit of Ontario ferry, which may include setting a date to auction off the $42.5 million ship to repay creditors. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/17) Dredging helps to clean Trenton Channel, image ---------------------------------------- The environmental cleanup of Trenton Channel -- the first to be paid for in part through federal Great Lakes Legacy Act funding -- should improve environmental health and rejuvenate a region that is trying to shake its factory image. Source: The Detroit News (12/17) Chicago's Water Dept. called bribery haven ---------------------------------------- Chicago Mayor Daley's Water Department operated as a "racketeering enterprise,'' raking in more than $500,000 in bribes for at least a decade, a federal grand jury charged yesterday. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (12/17) Sheen of gasoline flows along Erie Canal ---------------------------------------- New York officials have ramped up their investigation of the pipeline spill into Erie Canal, saying that the potential amount spilled could be as large as 29,400 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/17) $5 million could revive steel project ---------------------------------------- With the international and domestic steel market in boom times, the Iron Range Resources board on Thursday night unanimously approved a $5 million loan to help develop a 2.4 million-ton-per-year steel mill near Nashwauk. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/17) Ohio State researching how people affect Lake Erie ---------------------------------------- Armed with a four-year federal grant, a team of Ohio State researchers will create mathematical models to describe the dynamics of Lake Erie, by incorporating physics, biology, chemistry, economics and other research. Source: Newsday (12/16) Township urged to reject groundwater ordinance ---------------------------------------- Muskegon Township officials were urged Wednesday not to approve a proposed groundwater protection ordinance immediately, because that could prevent cleanup of pollution suspected to be leaking into Little Black Creek. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (12/16) Incineration an option, study says ---------------------------------------- Getting anywhere close to the Toronto's ambitious goal of diverting 100 percent of its waste away from landfill is impossible unless the city considers burning its garbage, a new report says. Source: The Globe and Mail (12/16) Setting a watermark for a toxic chemical ---------------------------------------- The debate over perchlorate in the water supply of at least 20 states is coming to a head fast, and several parties, including the Pentagon, may not like the result. Source: BusinessWeek Online (12/15) Minnesota plant to make clean power from turkey droppings ---------------------------------------- Turkey leftovers will take on a whole new use after a Minnesota company finishes construction of a power plant that will be fired by the birds' droppings. Source: Reuters (12/15) 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. 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Source: Detroit Free Press (12/20) Great Lakes pollution cleanup program underfunded ---------------------------------------- Money promised for a new federal fund designed to clean up pollution hotspots along the Great Lakes is coming in much smaller amounts than Congress originally pledged. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/20) Water manager gets year in jail for Walkerton deaths ---------------------------------------- The former manager of Walkerton's utilities commission has been jailed for one year for his role in the 2000 tainted-water tragedy, while his foreman brother was sentenced to nine months of house arrest. Source: National Post (12/20) Water funding plan floated ---------------------------------------- An unusual coalition of environmental, business and farm groups has proposed an ambitious plan to raise $80 million a year to clean up contaminated lakes and rivers by charging most Minnesotans an extra $36 a year on their water bills or property taxes. Source: Star Tribune (12/20) Sea of change ---------------------------------------- Beneath the shimmering surface of the Great Lakes, a mounting number of invasive species are wreaking an ecological havoc that scientists are having a hard time understanding, let alone stopping. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/19) Taconite's rebound helps shipping, rail industries ---------------------------------------- A surge in steel mills' demand for taconite pellets has made 2004 a year of stark contrast for many people in the Great Lakes transportation business. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/19) Bush creates panel on oceans, Great Lakes ---------------------------------------- President Bush has created a cabinet-level committee to oversee the nation's ocean and Great Lakes policies, but some environmentalists are concerned that the initiative could be underfunded and eventually ineffective. Source: Chicago Tribune (12/18) Ohio ranks worst for bad air ---------------------------------------- After six months of science-based review later, the verdict of U.S. EPA is that Ohio leads the nation in terms of counties with unhealthy levels of sooty particulate matter floating in the air. Source: The Toledo Blade (12/18) Australia offers Rochester $40 million loan for high-speed ferry ---------------------------------------- One of major creditors of Lake Ontario's idled high-speed ferry wants to loan Rochester $40 million to buy the vessel and return it to service. Source: Newsday (12/17) Environmental groups file brief in Great Lakes beach case ---------------------------------------- Two environmental groups have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to let the public walk along private beaches adjacent to the Great Lakes. Source: Booth Newspapers (12/17) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Erie Canal cleanup winds down ---------------------------------------- Cleanup efforts have nearly been completed for a spill that released approximately 30,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel from an underground pipe into the Erie Canal last week. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/21) Few species thrive in a water tainted by humans ---------------------------------------- While Illinois waters are cleaner than they were 30 years ago, many are still damaged, resulting in an aquatic culture where only the most adaptable survive. Source: Chicago Daily Herald (12/21) Few flaws found in Rochester plan for ferry ---------------------------------------- The Rochester City Council is expected to vote today on a plan to create a nonprofit corporation to buy and operate the troubled high-speed ferry. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/21) Ohio's bald eagle population soars ---------------------------------------- Ohio wildlife biologists are seeking help in tallying the state's bald eagle population, which was up to 372 last year from less than a dozen 25 years ago. Source: WTOL-TV (12/21) Funds for Great Lakes initiative in question ---------------------------------------- President Bush's initiative to develop a plan to protect and restore the Great Lakes ecosystem might require his administration to put up some money to match its pro-environment rhetoric. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (12/21) COMMENTARY: Waukesha water debate pours down on Doyle ---------------------------------------- Water rights and conservation concerns -- centered in and beneath Waukesha -- are looming as major public policy and political issues in southeast Wisconsin. Source: OnMilwaukee.com (12/21) More trees lost in ash borer battle ---------------------------------------- More aggressive measures are being called for to halt the invasive emerald ash borer, which is extending its reach into parts of Indiana and Ohio, killing millions of ash trees. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (12/20) Niagara icewine harvest called largest ---------------------------------------- With temperatures plunging well below zero, Niagara wineries have kicked off this season's icewine harvest, which looks to be the largest on record. Source: The St. Catherines Standard (12/20) Shipwreck hunters worry about preserving history ---------------------------------------- After locating the Benjamin Noble, a freighter that sank in 1914, dive team members decided to do what was necessary to protect the wreck from looting. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/19) Planners OK new lakefront vision for Cleveland ---------------------------------------- A waterfront treated like the city's back door would become a gateway for Cleveland to connect to its greatest asset - Lake Erie - under a newly adopted master plan. Source: The Plain Dealer (12/18) 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News: 22 December 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/ A new push to clean up the Great Lakes ---------------------------------------- A collaborative restoration effort -- unprecedented in its scale and bureaucratic complexity -- has been launched to address the ecological woes of the Great Lakes. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (12/22) Rochester backs ferry bid ---------------------------------------- Rochester is ready to jump into the ferry business and make a bid to rescue the Spirit of Ontario. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/22) Suitors line up for Stelco ---------------------------------------- The bidding war for Stelco Inc. heated up again yesterday as two more parties revealed they are eyeing the steelmaker, which is expected to emerge from bankruptcy protection early next year. Source: National Post (12/22) EDITORIAL: Minnesota's water cleanup plan deserves legislative support ---------------------------------------- A coalition of 60 environmental, farming and business organizations throughout Minnesota agree that Minnesota lakes need to be cleaned up and they've come up with a plan to do it; now the governor and state Legislature need to pay attention. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (12/22) Cutter coming along ---------------------------------------- A new icebreaker for the Great Lakes is taking shape along the Lake Michigan shoreline at Marinette, Wis., in preparation for the October date it will report for duty at Cheboygan, Mich. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (12/22) Barren site to beckon visitors ---------------------------------------- The last mile of undeveloped shoreline on the U.S. mainland of the Detroit River is slated to become the entryway for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. Source: The Detroit News (12/22) Dioxin levels puzzling ---------------------------------------- New tests showing that dioxin levels spiked 21 times higher than anything previously recorded along the Saginaw River have left scientists puzzled. Source: The Saginaw News (12/21) Port of Indiana sets record in November ---------------------------------------- Port of Indiana officials say the record-breaking November shipping surge is a result of higher volumes of grain, steel and limestone shipments. Source: Chicago Business (12/21) COMMENTARY: Doyle's leadership role key in Waukesha water debate ---------------------------------------- Waukesha, Wis., is pushing hard for an out-of-basin diversion from Lake Michigan, putting Gov. Jim Doyle in a difficult political position. The entire Great Lakes basin is watching. Source: wispolitics.com (12/20) Two ports: Port Huron and Sarnia have similar waterfront goals ---------------------------------------- The two groups developing ports Huron and Sarnia are taking very different paths toward creating what they consider reinvigorated waterfronts. Source: The Port Huron Times Herald (12/19) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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TO SUBMIT A NEWS STORY: www.glin.net/forms/news_form.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Great Lakes Daily News: 23 December 2004 A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium. ** Note: GLIN Daily News will not be published Dec. 24-Dec. 31. Postings will resume on Monday, Jan. 3. Happy Holidays! For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Cut mercury levels, agency says ---------------------------------------- Minnesota pollution regulators on Wednesday said mercury falling on Minnesota lakes must be cut at least 93 percent before all fish are safe to eat for everyone -- but they stopped short of proposing regulations to help meet that goal. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/23) New York ferry loan lost at sea ---------------------------------------- Under the city's plan to buy the high-speed ferry, the state likely can kiss a $6.6 million loan goodbye - and if the ship is sold to an operator elsewhere in the world, a total of $14 million in state money could just sail away. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (12/23) Intervention in Lake Michigan creates dilemmas ---------------------------------------- On the surface, Lake Michigan is one of the world's biggest popular fishing destinations, but under the surface, the lake has been engineered by humans into a system focused on producing maximum numbers of sport fish, most of which are not native to its waters. Source: The Holland Sentinel (12/23) Blackout bonus ---------------------------------------- In August 2003, eight states and the province of Ontario lost electricity when power plants and electrical grids shut down, and researchers at the University of Maryland saw a unique opportunity to find out how much air pollution originates at power plants. Source: Earthwatch Radio (12/23) Early freeze leaves fishermen on thin ice ---------------------------------------- The arctic temperatures earlier this week have caused a thin layer of ice to form over parts of Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay, but it's not necessarily a sign of an early start to ice fishing season, anglers say. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (12/22) Saving water doesn't pay ---------------------------------------- City commissioners got a tutorial on how water and sewer rates are set after two commissioners complained new rates for 2005 do not promote water conservation. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (12/22) Bowling Green has a program to get rid of ash trees ---------------------------------------- While the tree-killing pest has not been spotted in Bowling Green, workers plan to cut down 113 ash trees that are in the public right of way next month and then plant a like number of non-ash trees this spring. Source: Toledo Blade (12/22) Mich. farmers advised to heed federal pollution laws ---------------------------------------- The Michigan Farm Bureau adopted its first policy resolution on air pollution this month, warning that state or federal regulators may require farms to comply with clean air laws that originally were designed for factories and power plants. Source: Detroit Free Press (12/22) EDITORIAL: All area residents have a role in protecting lake ---------------------------------------- Last week's Associated Press report on research into the human impact on Lake Erie should provide a message to all of us that even the small things we do can have an impact on our greatest natural treasure. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (12/21) City hopes for help on Lakeshore erosion project ---------------------------------------- With assistance from the Great Lakes Cities Initiative and the recently formed Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, Mayor Jerry Irby hopes funding for a long-planned anti-erosion project along Lakeshore Boulevard will become a reality. Source: The Mining Journal (12/20) Did you miss a day of Daily News? 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