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Great Lakes Daily News: 12 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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New pipe routes sewage away from the Lakewalk
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The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District is complying with a state order to "control" sewage overflows in a popular area of Duluth's waterfront, but that doesn't mean the overflows will stop soon. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/12)


Wisconsin to join mercury lawsuit
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Wisconsin will join nine other states in filing a lawsuit against the Bush administration over federal mercury reduction rules that the states say don't go far enough. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/12)


COMMENTARY: Don't ignore harm done to wetlands by big agriculture
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If we want ducks to fill our skies again and clean wetlands to blanket our landscape, we need to work with the agricultural community to find alternative ways to farm that respect nature's design for the landscape. Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune (4/12)


States seek permission to kill problem wolves
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Some Midwest states are regaining permission to euthanize gray wolves that are killing domesticated animals. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/11)


Lake St. Clair water quality report offers 'call to action'
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A newly released federal report on improving water quality in Lake St. Clair is the most comprehensive of its kind, but has created barely a ripple of impact. Source: The Macomb Daily (4/11)


Watershed worries
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Parts of the Saginaw Bay watershed are in trouble, local groups say, with hot zones of impervious surfaces that drive harmful, unfiltered pollutants into the river and out into the bay. Source: The Bay City Times (4/10)


Emerald ash borer killing Pearson Metropark
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The Toledo area has become the front line in a near-frantic battle to keep the emerald ash borer from spreading throughout North America. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/10)


1986 'right to know' law helps neighbors keep track of chemicals
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Under a program rooted in one of the world's worst chemical disasters, Waukesha county maintains a database to make county residents aware of where hazardous chemicals exist and in what quantities. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/9)


Cost of Kyoto plan pegged at $10-billion
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The Liberal government will roll out its Kyoto implementation plan on Wednesday and acknowledges that it will cost at least $10-billion, twice the amount set aside for it in the budget. Source: The Globe and Mail (4/9)


Friends of the Apostles aim to protect Lake Superior's crown jewels
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In an era of tightening budgets for national parks and lakeshores, the Friends of the Apostle Islands are helping to pick up the slack. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (4/8)


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