Tuesday, September 27, 2005

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Great Lakes Daily News: 27 September 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Consultant floats idea: Add to Chicago parks' harbors
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Demand for lakefront boat slips in Chicago could increase as much as 50 percent
over the next 20 years -- a need that could be met with a number of new
harbors, a consultant says in a new report. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (9/27)


Port Clinton marina plan gets $1.25M
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Port Clinton's plans for a large municipal marina got a boost yesterday when the
Ohio Controlling Board approved a $1.25 million grant toward construction of a
breakwall needed to protect the proposed facility from Lake Erie storms.
Source: The Toledo Blade (9/27)


EDITORIAL: Wisconsin: Dumping ground for the Upper Midwest
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It’s time for the Wisconsin Legislature to do something about the tons of
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota garbage entering the state. Source:
Green Bay Press-Gazette (9/27)


Protect Lake Superior with a rake
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Duluth officials are providing residents with a free rake and asking them to
voluntarily adopt a storm drain as part of continuing efforts to keep polluted
runoff from entering local streams and Lake Superior. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (9/27)


Indiana sheds light on sewage
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As of Monday, the Department of Environmental Management began posting records
of sanitary overflows on its Web site and will update them every Friday.
Source: The Indianapolis Star (9/27)


Quebec village says yes to proposed LNG terminal
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A Quebec village near the site of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal to
be built by Petro-Canada and pipeline giant TransCanada Corp. has voted 57.2
percent in favour of the project. Source: Canada East (9/27)


Ohio proposing increase in fish limits
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The Ohio Division of Wildlife will hold a public hearing Thursday to explain why
it wants more liberal yellow perch and walleye bag limits in 2006. Source: The
Plain Dealer (9/27)


DEQ orders owner to fill illicit canal in Old Mission Peninsula
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has ordered a waterfront
property owner to fill a 152-foot canal it says he dredged without permission
into Grand Traverse Bay's Old Mission Peninsula. Source: Detroit Free Press
(9/26)


Rain brings sewage dump
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Sunday's heavy rain prompted the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to
dump a large but unspecified volume of raw sewage into local streams and Lake
Michigan, district officials announced Monday. Source: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (9/26)


Central Elgin to enter port talks
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The Municipality of Central Elgin will begin immediate negotiations to assume
ownership of Port Stanley harbour and establish a Lake Erie ferry service to
Cleveland, Ohio. Source: St. Thomas Times-Journal (9/26)


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