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Great Lakes Daily News: 22 February 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Officials seek funding for silt-to-mine proposal
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Despite anticipated budget cuts, Toledo-area officials still hope to get several million state and federal dollars to pay for showing how abandoned strip mines in southeastern Ohio could be filled with silt from western Lake Erie. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/22)


Group puts pressure on to save aquarium
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Fish enthusiasts pleaded Monday for a reprieve for the 101-year-old Belle Isle Aquarium, arguing that cost of operating it is a small price to pay for preserving the educational and cultural institution. Source: The Detroit News (2/22)


A cleaner coal-fired power plant
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Coming soon to the Midwest: a new kind of cleaner, coal-fired power plant that will be more efficient and pollute less than traditional coal plants. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (2/21)


Officials set to reveal South Bass illness study
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Officials from the Ohio Department of Health and other state agencies are expected to release their preliminary findings tomorrow on the cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened more than 1,400 visitors to South Bass Island last summer. Source: The Toledo Blade (2/21)


73% of region still undeveloped, report says
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Despite the march of urban sprawl across the southeastern Wisconsin landscape, 73 percent of the seven-county area remains undeveloped, according to a new study of the region's land use patterns. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/21)


International review of Devils Lake diversion recommended
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Manitoba's bid for an international review of the Devils Lake water diversion project has received a boost from the eight U.S. states that are part of the Great Lakes Commission. Source: The Bismark Tribune (2/21)


Area's rails, roads carry potentially lethal loads
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Railway cars and semi-trucks move through Northeastern Wisconsin neighborhoods daily, carrying chemicals and other hazardous materials that, if exposed, could poison the air. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette (2/20)


Is this ferry the right one?
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Mayor William A. Johnson Jr. is intent on buying the Spirit of Ontario at an upcoming foreclosure auction, dedicating staff and plenty of money to prepare for the sale, but many people are wondering why. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2/20)


Gray wolf survey to get under way this week
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Biologists and researchers will comb the north woods of Michigan's Lower Peninsula for the gray wolf beginning Monday. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/20)


Tap water faces taste test
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City officials say a three-month problem last summer with musty-tasting water from Hemlock Lake might be related to zebra mussels. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2/19)


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