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Great Lakes Daily News: 06 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Michigan high court decision muddies beach rules
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Nearly two months after Michigan's highest court rendered its decision, the debate over beach access marches on. Source: The Detroit News (10/6)


U.S. passport plan draws fire
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Prodded by the Canadian embassy, a growing number of U.S. border politicians is pushing for the U.S. government to drop its plan to require passports to cross the Canadian border. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/6)


Gyspy moths prevalent on Superior's north shore
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A record number of gypsy moths have been caught in trapping program along the north shore of Lake Superior, raising concerns that the tree pests are spreading. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/6)


EDITORIAL: Cleaner air in Indiana depends on each of us
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The air in central Indiana is getting cleaner, but further progress will require that individuals there and in other urban areas across the nation become more involved. Source: The Indianapolis Star (10/6)


Leaders gather to head off efforts to tap their water
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Facing a dwindling supply of healthy municipal water for drinking, fire protection and development, Waukesha is looking to Lake Michigan as a future primary source. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/6)


Detroit bridge choices narrowed
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Two controversial bridge routes for a proposed Detroit-Windsor border crossing have been eliminated from contention, narrowing the field to seven options. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/6)


States take on feds over environment
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Dozens of states, frustrated over federal actions or inaction on the environment, are trying to fill the gap with their own green initiatives - or are filing lawsuits to block federal changes they say would weaken existing environmental regulations. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (10/6)


Fisheries will reduce salmon to make them bigger
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Fish biologists are about to launch an effort to bolster the health of Lake Michigan's two top predators, chinook salmon and lake trout, by slashing salmon stocking 25 percent next year. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (10/5)


EDITORIAL: That sinking feeling
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Thunder Bay, Ontario, has tremendous potential as a tourist mecca, but there aren't enough waterfront attractions to serve a huge U.S. pleasure boating market itching for new destinations. Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (10/5)


Damming the flow of drugs into drinking water
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Roughly 100 pharmaceuticals have now been identified in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters throughout Europe and the United States, some of which have been linked to disturbing ecosystem changes. Source: Environmental Health Perspectives (10/1)


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