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Great Lakes Daily News: 15 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Michigan ready to stop invasive species
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With frustration mounting over the lack of federal action to halt the steady stream of invasive species into the Great Lakes from ballast water, Michigan officials are considering a plan to just do it themselves. Source: Booth Newspapers (4/15)


New system could alert for St. Clair River chemical spills
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Federal and Michigan agencies are being asked to approve and fund an emergency system to alert drinking water plant operators residents of chemical spills in the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/15)


Lighthouses listed as historic sites
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Two Lake Huron lighthouses have been determined to be eligible for listing as historic properties in the National Register of Historic Places. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (4/15)


U.S. may kill passport plan
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President Bush has ordered a review of his administration's plans to require all Canadians and Americans to present passports when entering the U.S. Source: The Windsor Star (4/15)


Waterfront trail may be completed by June
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The Hamilton Port Authority has approved spending and is donating a portion of its land to build the last components of the Hamilton Harbour Waterfront Trail, which connects to the Trans Canada Trail, the Lake Ontario Waterfront and the Desjardins Canal. Source: Stoney Creek News (4/15)


S.S. Badger to get face lift
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Battling to keep its hold on the newly competitive Lake Michigan ferry market, the parent company of the S.S. Badger has invested more than $100,000 in renovations to the 52-year-old vessel. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/15)


Michigan man fights to save ash trees
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The owner of a 40-acre farm on Harsens Island near the Canadian border has blocked the removal of his ash trees in an area that a national advisory panel has identified as a gateway for the emerald ash borer to move into uninfested areas of Canada, New York, and Pennsylvania. Source: Booth Newspapers (4/15)


Canadia farmers could receive $1-billion under Kyoto plan
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Canadian farmers could get federal financing totaling $1-billion for not plowing their fields and adopting other energy-saving practices under the government's Kyoto plan. Source: The Globe and Mail (4/15)


Unpredictable smelt befuddle dippers
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These are definitely not the good old days when it comes to smelt dipping throughout Michigan, and biologists are not predicting things will be any better this year as anglers return to popular haunts. Source: The Soo Evening News (4/14)


Pig farm strives to breathe easy with suburbs
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One Illinois pork producer has embraced an ages-old recycling method, compost, to eliminate odor and produce fertilizer. Source: Chicago Tribune (4/13)


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