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Great Lakes Daily News: 09 March 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Wisconsin raises wind farm concerns
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Wisconsin officials raised numerous concerns Tuesday about the potential harm to birds and bats from a proposed wind farm next to the Horicon Marsh. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/9)


What's at stake along Great Lakes shoreline?
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Legal arguments in the so-called Great Lakes beach-walking case, presented Tuesday to the Michigan Supreme Court, offered a confusing maze of arcane doctrines, complex theories and conflicting case law. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/9)


New group aims to bring city, county leaders together
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Nearly two years since a raid on Chicago's DuPage Water Commission coffers created ill will between county and municipal leaders, a new joint committee is expected to promote cooperation. Source: Chicago Daily Herald (3/9)


5 island facilities receive EPA discharge permits
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Five facilities on South Bass Island that operate small wastewater treatment systems have been issued discharge permits by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Source: The Toledo Blade (3/9)


Windmills in Lake Michigan
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Wind farms along the shores of Lake Michigan could produce a lot of electricity and a lot of opinions. Source: Earthwatch Radio (3/9)


EPA seeks stiffer rules on lead in water
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Water utilities would have to conduct stricter testing for lead in drinking water and provide clearer warnings to the public under changes proposed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Source: Washington Post (3/8)


Residents monitor waterways
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The "Adopt-A-Stream" program offered by the Clinton River Watershed Council trains volunteers to help monitor the health of the Clinton River, its tributaries and Lake St. Clair. Source: The Detroit News (3/8)


Dewine pushes lakes bill
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Federal legislation has been introduced that would create a multi-year grant program that would aid state and municipal governments in projects important to the long-term future of the Great Lakes region. Source: The Fremont News-Messenger (3/8)


Ohio Indian trail from the past discovered
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Ohio historians are working to identify the actual route of the Sandusky-Muskingum Indian Trail, the major north-south thoroughfare for Native Americans in Ohio from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Muskingum River. Source: The Marietta Times (3/5)


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