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Great Lakes Daily News: 03 March 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes confab presses pollution issue
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The Great Lakes Commission urged Congress on Wednesday to keep environmental concerns on the front burner during its 109th session while outlining the group's ecological and economic priorities for the coming year. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (3/3)


EPA warns Ohio anglers to monitor consumption of fish
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As spring approaches, Ohio anglers will begin pulling equipment out of basements and garages to prepare for the spring fishing season, but one often-overlooked piece of information is the EPA guidelines for consumption of fish. Source: The Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune (3/3)


Group's challenge boosted by N.Y. ruling
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A New York court ruling has bolstered the confidence of one of Ohio's largest environmental groups that believes its challenge of a new state rule regarding manure discharges will be successful. Source: The Toledo Blade (3/3)


Study sought of drain in lakes
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Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller said Wednesday that she will seek $2.5 million in funding to study whether a federal dredging project on the St. Clair River has indeed created a massive amount of riverbed erosion that is costing Lakes Michigan and Huron almost a billion gallons of water per day. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/3)


Indiana remains slow to protect its farmland
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As Indiana's farmland gives way to development -- the state lost almost 466,000 acres of farmland from 1997 to 2002 -- efforts to preserve Hoosier soil through federal grants and state legislation have been ineffective. Source: The Indianapolis Star (3/3)


Rower will attempt to cross Lake Superior
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With Lake Superior covered in ice any thoughts of summer seem distant, but in late July rower Ian Harvey of Belfast, Northern Ireland, will try to row 400 miles from Duluth to Port Iroquois, Mich. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/3)


Pair find a 7-foot, 6-inch sturgeon near Niagara Falls
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Most Midwestern fishermen familiar with sturgeon, those living fossils of the Great Lakes basin, have heard that they can grow big, but how about seven feet, six inches, 235 pounds, and a girth of 38 inches? Source: The Toledo Blade (3/3)


Testing the waters
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Four area water aficionados gathered recently gathered to sample six waters -- five bottled, one tap -- from Minnesota and lands beyond, rating samples on their odor, flavor, mouth feel and aftertaste. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/2)


Public, environmentalists rally against dredging spoils site
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Residents opposed to plans to pile contaminated Saginaw River dredgings at a site in Frankenlust Township continued to press government officials at public hearing Tuesday. Source: The Bay City Times (3/2)


Trash fee increase could stem the flow of garbage imports
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Last month, Michigan Democrats unveiled a package of bills that would raise the state fee on trash dumped into landfills from 21 cents a ton to a whopping $7.50 a ton, an increase intended to make Michigan an unattractive place for Canada and other states to ship their garbage. Source: The Bay City Times (3/2)


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