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Great Lakes Daily News: 07 February 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Thirsty city waits for water diversion law
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Waukesha, Wis. is at the front of the line among cities waiting for Great Lakes governors and their counterparts in Canada to complete a legal agreement that will determine how water from the Great Lakes will be used and who gets to use it. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/7)


Exploring a Great Lakes salt mine
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In the Midwest, many road departments get the mountains of salt they use each winter from a mine deep under Lake Erie. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/7)


Lakes cleanup cash offered
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The Bush Administration is proposing $50 million to clean up contaminated sediment in Great Lakes harbors and connecting channels, but the measure appears unlikely to get through Congress intact. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/7)


COMMENTARY: Toronto's greenbelt, one size does not fit all
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Everyone in Ontario, it seems, is in favor of the proposed new sprawl-curbing greenbelt around the Golden Horseshoe, but when it comes to the details there is a falling-out. Source: The Toronto Star (2/7)


London braces for ash borer
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London, Ontario has a $3-million plan to deal with the inevitable arrival of the emerald ash borer, involving a massive cull of ash trees that will only slow the beetle's march. Source: The London Free Press (2/7)


Clinton River swims in fish
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Southeast Michigan's much-maligned, coffee-colored Clinton River, known more for bacteria pollution and logjams, is becoming a hot spot for trout and salmon fishing. Source: The Detroit News (2/6)


Danger may lurk in wolf ruling
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Conservation groups were overjoyed when a federal judge ruled that the gray wolf should be put back on the endangered species list in most states, but one biologist frets that their victory might come back to bite them. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/6)


Ice sheets put a lid on lake-effect snowfall
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February is the month when the spread of the winter ice packs reaches its farthest extent, forming a cap that--if wide enough--can put a dent in lake-effect snows. Source: Chicago Tribune (2/6)


Foundation plans concert series to benefit Great Lakes
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Here comes Great Lakes Aid -- a planned series of concerts in U.S. and Canadian cities to raise money for environmental projects that will benefit the Great Lakes. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/5)


Port of steel: Imports boost Port of Milwaukee
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Sparked by an increase in imported steel shipments due to tight domestic supplies, the Port of Milwaukee experienced its busiest year in a decade in 2004. Source: The Milwaukee Business Journal (2/4)


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