The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Great Lakes Daily News: 23 May 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/


Report: Sewer systems fail to meet standards
----------------------------------------
City sewer systems around the Great Lakes are failing to meet federal Clean Water Act standards, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/23)


Farmers upset with opportunistic cranes
----------------------------------------
Once close to extinction, the eastern population of sandhill cranes has grown so dramatically they're becoming a problem in some places, giving rise to calls for a hunting season. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/23)


Congress fails to extend drilling ban in Great Lakes
----------------------------------------
A wildlife group is criticizing Congress for not extending the ban on Great Lakes drilling for oil and gas, though at least one petroleum geologist thinks some drilling is needed. Source: Business North (5/23)


Dunes jobs under review
----------------------------------------
A federal policy aimed at cutting the operational fat at U.S. national parks has zeroed in on the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/23)


Nonprofit works to clean up raucous island celebration
----------------------------------------
A private organization is seeking to turn Lake St. Clair's Gull Island, home of the notorious Jobbie Nooner party, into a family boater's paradise. Source: The Detroit News (5/23)


French ships skip Great Lakes for '05
----------------------------------------
Au revoir, Le Levant and Orion. The sexy blue-hulled French cruise ships that plied the Great Lakes last year have left for distant seas. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/22)


Daniels urges campers to narrow bug threat
----------------------------------------
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wants state residents to be on the lookout for an iridescent green beetle that poses a threat to the state's millions of ash trees. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (5/22)


Trawling trips give biologists an idea of amount of prey fish in lakes
----------------------------------------
Annual trawling expeditions conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey provide state management agencies with an index of the relative abundance of prey fish in the lakes. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/22)


Commuter rail comes to Duluth - briefly
----------------------------------------
A weeklong run by an aging, self-propelled railcar is costing Duluth taxpayers almost nothing while demonstrating the feasibility of light rail service in the area. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (5/22)


Battle joined on Smart Growth
----------------------------------------
Property owners who think Wisconsin's Smart Growth law is neither smart nor fair are thinking of selling or developing their land - exactly the building stampede the law is intended to avoid. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/22)


Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Great Lakes Daily News is a collaborative project of the Great Lakes
Information Network (www.glin.net) and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(www.glrc.org), both based in Ann Arbor, Mich.

TO SUBSCRIBE and receive this Great Lakes news compendium daily, see
www.glin.net/forms/dailynews_form.html

TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to majordomo@great-lakes.net with the
command 'unsubscribe dailynews' in the body of the message.

TO SUBMIT A NEWS STORY: www.glin.net/forms/news_form.html
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =