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Great Lakes Daily News: 18 January 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Waste released into metro Detroit waterways
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Millions of gallons of wastewater mixed with untreated sewage were released into Detroit-area waterways last week after the region was deluged by rain and melting snow. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/18)


Minnesota still losing wetlands
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Minnesota continues to lose thousands of acres of wetlands to drainage or filling, despite laws designed to achieve no net loss of those lands, according to two new state reports. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (1/18)


Carp barrier works out another snag
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Two federal agencies say they've worked out safety problems that might've caused delays at a new electric barrier designed to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (1/17)


Proposals would send Nugent water to other lakes
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Alternative plans developed by the Michigan DEQ are being offered to a Muskegon sand-mining company that wants to discharge wastewater directly into Lake Michigan. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (1/17)


The big boats are back
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Higher water levels and a growing construction industry helped Great Lakes shipping rebound in 2004, with a reported 19 percent increase in cargo hauled. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (1/16)


Tropical foliage makes lakeshore a paradise
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Though icy winds whip the Lake Erie coastline at Sandusky in the dead of winter, banana trees, palms and other tropical plants will flourish there come summer. Source: The Toledo Blade (1/16)


EPA plans taconite plant emissions standards
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After coming under fire from conservation groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to set limits on mercury and asbestos emissions from taconite plants. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/15)


Senator pushes relief for city's water dilemma
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New Berlin, Wis., is trying to avoid spending millions to meet a deadline for getting radium out of its water, planning instead to replace all its municipal wells with Lake Michigan water by 2007. Source: Greater Milwaukee Today (1/14)


Natural Resources Trust Fund hits a home run with dunes deals
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Thanks largely to money recently awarded by the Michigan Land Resources Trust Fund, two chunks of Lake Michigan dunelands are about to fall into public hands. Source: The Bay City Times (1/14)


Incredible lake rise perplexed oldtimers
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Lifelong anglers were baffled by the tremendous seiche that indundated Marquette Harbor in 1939, not knowing what could cause such a "tidal wave" on the Great Lakes. Source: The Mining Journal (1/14)


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