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Great Lakes Daily News: 26 April 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Residents claim wetlands mistreated
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About a month after residents spent $35,000 for a well to help raise the level of a Michigan lake, they say one of their neighbors is filling in the wetlands that help feed water into it. Source: The Detroit News (4/26)


Sewage district will post signs at dumping points
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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District will soon post signs at 180 points along the lakefront, rivers and other waterways where sewage is dumped during rainstorms. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/26)


Some success in non-native beetle fight
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The Asian Longhorned Beetle rapidly kills hardwood trees and has plagued Chicago for some time, but officials now report that progress is being made in the fight against it. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/25)


Wolves make comeback
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The endangered wolf population is growing in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, which excites some people, but upsets others. Source: Earthwatch Radio (4/25)


In Wisconsin, tilting at windmills is a serious matter
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Plans to erect a huge wind farm just east of one of the largest and most important wetlands in the Midwest is generating a controversy over the threat the giant windmills may pose to migrating birds. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (4/25)


Alewive die-off sparks worries for salmon
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the amount of alewives in Lake Michigan dropped nearly 70 percent last year, which could spell trouble for the salmon that feed on them. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/25)


Community struggles with fate of ore docks
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The ore docks at Two Harbors, Minn. may not be elegant, but they are historic -- and some consider them to be in danger. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/24)


COMMENTARY: Trash one foreign 'invader' Michigan seems to like
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Zebra mussels, gobies, fleas and other foreign aquatic species need to be kept out, but apparently it's ok to let in garbage from other states and Canada that's filling Michigan landfills. Source: Booth Newspapers (4/24)


Commercial, sport fishermen at odds
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Wisconsin sport anglers are objecting to a rule change that allows commercial fishermen to place whitefish nets in an area of Lake Michigan where they had previously been banned. Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (4/23)


Michigan Democrats announce hearings for water protection bills
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Democrats in the Michigan Senate will begin holding meetings across the state next month to build public support for a number of environmental bills, including legislation that would regulate large-scale water diversions from the Great Lakes. Source: The Detroit News (4/23)


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