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Great Lakes Daily News: 29 September 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes Research Facility in the works
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Diving deeper into research on the Great Lakes, the University of Michigan is
working with five Ann Arbor-based organizations that study the lakes to create
a consolidated research center, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman said Wednesday
before the Great Lakes Commission. Source: The Ann Arbor News (9/29)


Toronto garbage Windsor bound?
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Southern Ontario politicians reacted angrily to the secret plan of Toronto-area
municipalities to dump their garbage at public and private landfills across the
province--including the Windsor-Essex regional landfill--if the Michigan border
is closed. Source: The Windsor Star (9/29)


Coast Guard, Mounties team up
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Joint effort aims to stem smuggling on waterways. Source: The Detroit News
(9/29)


Dredge added to speed PCB cleanup
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A third hydraulic dredge will be added to the cleanup of PCB-contaminated
sediment from Wisconsin's Little Lake Butte des Morts next month to get the
project back on schedule. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (9/29)


Lake Michigan salmon running small but plentiful
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Anglers from near and far cast their lines in Lake Michigan during the annual
salmon run, which occurs from mid-September through the end of October. Source:
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (9/29)


EDITORIAL: Keep us posted on status of waterways
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Indiana environmental regulators have taken an important step in posting on the
Internet records of spills from sanitary sewers into ditches, creeks and
rivers. Source: The Indianapolis Star (9/29)


Lake Michigan yellow perch on the rebound
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Good news for anglers: the Wisc. DNR has increased the daily bag limit next
spring, and fisheries crews doing survey work in southern Lake Michigan have
found a bumper crop of young perch. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (9/29)


Ohio dredging near Lake Erie shoreline
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Portage River and Metzger Marsh are being dredged to allow better access for
recreational boaters. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/28)


Bay City hosts tall ships next year
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The American Sail Training Association invited Bay City to again be a favored
world port for the Tall Ships challenge in 2006. Source: The Bay City Times
(9/28)


$200k in grants for Indiana greenways, blueways
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Partnering with NIRPC on the greenway/blueway initiative is the Openlands
Project, which has secured more than 50,000 acres of land in the Chicago region
for public parks, forest preserves, land/water corridors and gardens. Source:
Chesterton Tribune (9/23)


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