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

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Beach walking debate not over
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Nearly two months after Michigan's Supreme Court rendered its decision, the
debate over beach access marches on. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (9/23)


Reclaiming wetlands takes work
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Forty four acres of wetlands are being restored through the Habitat for Healthy
Water program established by Ducks Unlimited and ten conservation partners to
improve water quality. Source: The Plain Dealer (9/23)


Panel waters down waterfront issues
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The Cheboygan County Planning Commission on Wednesday backed down from making
major changes in development standards for waterfront property by nixing most
of the three zoning ordinance amendments the panel had proposed. Source:
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (9/23)


Volunteers can help replanting program take seed
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Collecting the seeds of the plants that once covered the tallgrass and
lakeplains prairies, oak savannas and dune regions of southern Michigan is a
time-consuming chore, and the DNR would like the public to join the effort at
nine state parks and recreation areas. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/23)


Processing plant: a plum or a plague?
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Mayor Larry Di Ianni and, it would seem, a majority of city council are eager to
negotiate a deal with Maple Leaf Foods to relocate its Burlington hog
processing plant to the Glanbrook prestigious Business Park, upwind of the old
City of Hamilton. Source: Stoney Creek News (9/23)


Sheriff's new catamaran to make work on lake easier
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Monroe County sheriff's officials showed off the department's newest marine
vessel Thursday — a 31-foot catamaran designed to handle the sometimes-rough
waters and large waves of Lake Ontario. Source: Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle (9/23)


Huge gathering of monarchs an encouraging sign
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A phenomenal clustering of migrating monarch butterflies - up to several
thousand a night - occurred over a succession of evenings recently in a grove
of trees at a residence in Jerusalem Township. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/23)


Festival aims to hook Cleveland youth on fishing
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As an instructor for the state Division of Wildlife's "Hooked on Fishing, Not on
Drugs" program, Norman has introduced more than 1,000 young people to fishing.
He dreams of reviving a fishing culture in city neighborhoods, and Saturday he
may reel in his biggest catch yet. Source: The Plain Dealer (9/23)


Big, green invaders gaining root-hold on Lake Huron's Mackinac Island
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Mackinac Island could be on the verge of being overrun by an exotic European
import. The culprit is the Norway maple. And the Lake Huron island's signature
horses may have played a crucial role in planting the encroaching seeds.
Source: AScribe Newswire (9/22)


Call to the colors
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The brilliant oranges, mustard yellows and Bordeaux reds of fall foliage provide
some of the most spectacular scenery in Ohio and Kentucky. Source: The
Cincinnati Enquirer (9/22)


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