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Great Lakes Daily News: 07 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes plan all washed up
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Hit with hurricane sticker shock, the Bush administration is pulling back from an ambitious $20 billion plan to restore and protect the world's largest source of freshwater. Source: Chicago Tribune (10/7)


Beach safety lacking: inquest
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An inquest into the August 2004 drowning of an eight-year-old has concluded that Ontario must start regulating beach safety to prevent similar deaths in the future. Source: London Free Press (10/7)


Search continues for Toledo Shipyard partner
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The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has not yet found a replacement for Manitowoc Marine Group to operate at the Toledo Shipyard, but officials report there is plenty of interest. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/7)


Weather wary
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Higher-than-average water temperatures in Lake Erie have some expecting heavy snows this winter, though forecasters say it's no sure thing. Source: Erie Times-News (10/7)


Air advisory a reminder that more work is yet to be done
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Despite a contention by some that poor air in Wisconsin's Manitowoc County comes from pollutants blown in from large cities, air quality specialists at the WDNR and health officials say the county needs to clean up its own act. Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (10/7)


U.P. aims to prevent ash borer spread
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Michigan officials are promising an aggressive effort to prevent the emerald ash borer from spreading in the Upper Peninsula. Source: Traverse City Record Eagle (10/7)


Catch the color show this weekend
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Gale-force winds and heavy rain took their toll on the Northland's fall colors this week, but it's not too late to see some of the season's last displays of yellow, crimson and orange. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/7)


NYDEC didn't even know liquid manure pit even existed
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The existence of a massive liquid manure pit on a northern New York farm wasn't known until the sand walls holding back the waste broke last August, spilling millions of gallons of manure into a river. Source: WSTM-TV3 (10/7)


Island marina expansion subject of public hearing
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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a public hearing next week on plans by the state to expand its marina and camping facilities on Middle Bass Island. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/7)


Lake Michigan resource dead in the water?
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If the Great Lakes Annex 2001 agreement passes as it's constructed now, a wastewater provision will make it too costly for Wakesha, Wis. to draw the water it wants from Lake Michigan. Source: Greater Milwaukee Today (10/5)


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