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Great Lakes Daily News: 20 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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New name for lake group, but same goal
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Founded in 1970 as the Lake Michigan Federation, the organization's name now is the Great Lakes Alliance, but its mission to work on policy issues affecting the Great Lakes remains the same. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/20)


Steelhead release casts the Clinton in new light
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Once a symbol of pollution, the Clinton River receives increasingly more trout to attract anglers. Source: The Detroit News (4/20)


Ohio's 21st scenic byway hugs Lake Erie
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The Lake Erie Coastal Trail, Ohio's 21st scenic byway, will replace the current Lake Erie Circle Tour, hugging Lake Erie and leading to attractions like the Marblehead Lighthouse. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/20)


Tax sharing in water deal between Milwaukee and Waukesha suburbs?
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Waukesha County Executive Daniel Finley has suggested that a permanent tax revenue sharing program should be part of a deal for water between Waukesha County suburbs and Milwaukee. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/20)


Brown County Water pipeline bids come in $2M below estimates
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Bids opened for Contract G of the Central Brown County Water Authority pipeline project were more than $2 million below engineering projections. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (4/20)


Chicago makes top 10 of 'greenest' U.S. cities
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Chicago has been named one of the top 10 "greenest" U.S. cities -- and Mayor Daley said Tuesday he wants his town to be No. 1 on that list. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (4/20)


New study finds danger riding in ship water tanks
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According to a five-year study by the University of Michigan and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, freighters that enter the lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway with no "ballast on board" routinely carry thousands of viable organisms in muddy water that sloshes around in empty ballast tanks. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (4/19)


More Lake Michigan beachfront closed because of contamination
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The public health department has closed another mile of Lake Michigan beach in Bay Harbor after finding a fourth area of highly caustic seepage. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/19)


McGuinty urges action on border delays
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty pushed U.S. officials to move faster to break chronic congestion at Canada's busiest border point, saying it's imperative to security and trade. Source: The Toronto Star (4/19)


Border bridges group criticizes passport plan
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Great Lakes bridge and tunnel operators Friday warned that the imposition of a passport requirement on travel between the United States and Canada "will end the spur-of-the-moment family vacation...to the Niagara Region." Source: The Buffalo News (4/16)


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