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Great Lakes Daily News: 06 May 2005
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Shoreline contamination cleanup to begin
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The cleanup of highly caustic water that has collected along the shoreline of Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay is expected to begin next week. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/6)


'Fish for free' highlights this weekend's activities
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The fish are biting all around the area, and Ohioans won't need a license this weekend to catch them. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/6)


Advisory replaces beach closing warnings from IDEM
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A single high-bacteria reading was enough last year to shut down swimming for a day at several Lake Michigan beaches, but this year, it will lead to an "advisory" instead of an automatic beach closing, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management says. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/6)


Detroit port could soon be bustling
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The defunct Detroit Marine Terminal that was headed for the auction block will soon be resurrected as a modern port complex with 200 new employees handling boat, rail and truck traffic, says the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/6)


Power Authority pressed to compensate for ice boom
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Buffalo and Erie counties may have grounds to seek millions of dollars in new funding that they can use for an undeveloped waterfront if the ice boom strung across Lake Erie at the source of the Niagara River is found to be responsible for the longer winters. Source: The Buffalo News (5/6)


Carp continue to get no respect
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Interest in carp could get a boost June 5-10, when the first World Carp Championship is held in the United States on the St. Lawrence River in New York. Source: Akron Beacon Journal (5/6)


Lake water levels continue to rise
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Rising lake levels, though good for boaters and the shipping industry, conceal submerged logs and other hazards that were exposed two years ago when Great Lakes water levels neared record lows. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (5/5)


Northeast agencies work with Great Lakes to fight sea lamprey
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Fish and wildlife officials from Vermont, New York and Quebec formally joined forces with Great Lakes scientists Thursday to fight sea lamprey in Lake Champlain. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/5)


Bills may prevent next wave of invasive species
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Legislators hope ballast water treatment legislation passed Wednesday in Lansing will prevent the next invasive species from causing trouble in the Great Lakes, further harming the environment and raising costs for utilities and other services. Source: The Bay City Times (5/5)


Artist to help preserve Lake Superior shoreline
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A 10-year member of the North Woods Conservancy board in Calumet, Robert Leland Pence will visit the Copper Country mid-summer to commit to canvas a tiny spit of Lake Superior shoreline he hopes to help preserve. Source: The Daily Mining Gazette (5/4)


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