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Great Lakes Daily News: 17 May 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Bird paradise in jeopardy
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Development threatens critical habitat of the St. Louis River estuary, where the combination of heavily forested uplands, open beaches on Lake Superior and miles of varied marshland provide a veritable hotel, restaurant and summer home for millions of birds each year. Source: St. Paul Pioneeer Press (5/17)


Spring early due to global warming
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Signs of spring are coming earlier to the Great Lakes and the rest of the world as global warming has rushed spring forward by an average of nearly 10 days in just 30 years, according to a new Stanford University study. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/17)


Will native plant survery cut the mustard?
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Garlic mustard tastes pretty good, but it's leaving a bad taste in the mouths of forestry experts who say the nonnative species is creeping north and choking out native plant life. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/17)


Ferry slips off blocks at maintenance site
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Lake Ontario's high-speed ferry appears to have suffered little damage after it slipped off the blocks supporting it in dry dock. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (5/17)


MPCA faces whistle-blower complaint
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A Minnesota Pollution Control Agency research scientist has filed a whistle-blower complaint against the agency, saying she was harassed for raising concerns about troublesome chemicals used by 3M Co. in such popular consumer products as Scotchgard. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/17)


The poop on feeding waterfowl
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Tossing crumbs to geese and ducks is bad for the birds and the environment. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (5/17)


Report: region tops list of dirtiest power plants
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According to a new report by an environmental advocacy group, some of the nation's "dirtiest" power plants can be found right here in the Great Lakes region. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/16)


Site for silt gets $1.3 million
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The state of Michigan will pour $1.3 million into the purchase and construction of a disposal site for dredging spoils from the Saginaw River, clearing the way for the removal of decades of built-up silt from the clogged waterway. Source: The Saginaw News (5/16)


High-tech canoe will take students back in time
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Engineering and history are converging at Lawrence Technological University, where students are putting the finishing touches on a computer-designed canoe that will help commemorate a battle fought 250 years ago this summer. Source: The Detroit News (5/14)


France 1, Michigan 0: The fight for the Griffin shipwreck
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A man who believes he may have discovered the wreck of the first European trade ship on Lake Michigan is getting support from France as he seeks salvage rights to the Griffin, a vessel that disappeared in 1679. Source: Cyber Diver News Network (5/12)


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