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Great Lakes Daily News: 18 May 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Multistate tree-skinning effort aims to close beetle's gateways
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The Ohio Department of Agriculture is skinning 2,000 ash trees in northwest Ohio. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/18)


Concordia lakeshore project approved
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A university plan calls for spending $8 million to control erosion and provide beach access. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/18)


COMMENTARY: Cormorants: The heart of the problem
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The cormorant is just one of many natural predators that eats some of the same fish, birds or mammals that anglers and hunters pursue. Source: ESPN Outdoors (5/18)


Pipeline work starts
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Water from Lake Huron should be flowing out of Strathroy, Ontario, taps by the end of the year via a new Lake Huron pipeline system. Source: The Strathroy Age Dispatch (5/18)


Aging sewer systems fouling Great Lakes
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Sewage is fouling the Great Lakes and other waters in the region because many municipal waste treatment systems are failing to stop overflows. Source: The Washington Post (5/17)


Granholm urged to oppose new mine
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Support from Gov. Jennifer Granholm is being sought to fight a controversial nickel mining proposal near Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Source: The Mining Journal (5/17)


Heavy rains raise water levels in Lake Erie
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Last month's heavy rain helped contribute to a higher water level in Lake Erie that is affecting beachgoers, recreational boaters and freight shipping in Ohio. Source: WTOL - Toledo (5/17)


COMMENTARY: The devil to pay: Averting their eyes from scandal
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The state of North Dakota is on the verge of pumping polluted water into the province of Manitoba, a clear violation of the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty. Source: National Post (5/17)


Canada proposes to list 43 more species at risk
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Among others, the Canadian government has proposed listing white beluga whales, found in the St. Lawrence Estuary, as threatened on the Species at Risk List. Source: Environment News Service (5/16)


EDITORIAL: Devils Lake/Rice must seek bilateral review
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As early as next month, North Dakota may be ready to start lowering Devils Lake by pumping excess water into Canada. Source: Star Tribune (5/16)


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