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Great Lakes Daily News: 11 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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EDITORIAL: Restoring the Great Lakes
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Restoring the Great Lakes should be a priority for Indiana, because of the drinking water, tourism dollars and recreation opportunities the lakes provide. Source: The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (10/11)


Federal rules interfere with drug disposal effort
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Although researchers continue to gather evidence showing the ubiquity of pharmaceutical-laced water and its potential ill effects on wildlife, federal regulations make environmentally friendly disposal difficult, if not impossible. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/11)


Trash mountain to melt away
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A man-made mountain of concrete slabs, trees, lumber and tons of tires will be purged from a scenic spot along the Clinton River to make way for retail stores, offices and maybe a public walkway. Source: The Detroit News (10/11)


Milwaukee group wants better sewage dumping notice
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After belatedly learning that Milwaukee and South Milwaukee dumped relatively small amounts of concentrated sewage into local waterways during a late September storm, a group of local environmentalists is questioning the adequacy of the public notifications of such events. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/11)


Predicting new invaders
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As a significant threat to the Great Lakes, scientists are putting a lot of time and effort into figuring out which new foreign creatures might next invade the Great Lakes. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/10)


Making waves at Montreal's Old Port
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According to an environmental consultant, Montreal needs a big splash of an idea to break through the psychological barrier that is keeping people out of the rivers and lakes that surround this island city. Source: The Montreal Gazette (10/10)


Possible shipping fleet sale
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For the second time in the last several weeks, Oglebay Norton -- a well-known Great Lakes shipping line -- is apparently entertaining sale of its vessels to an unknown bidder. Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (10/10)


pH levels better at Bay Harbor
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Progress is being made in collecting leachate that seeped into Lake Michigan near Michigan's Bay Harbor Resort causing contamination problems. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (10/9)


Ashtabula County goes wild
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With a new Wild and Scenic River designation, Ohio's largest county is enjoying an economic turnaround thanks to tourism and its environmental assets. Source: The Plain Dealer (10/6)


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