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Great Lakes Daily News: 18 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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$3.4M set for wetlands restoration
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A group of environmentalists, hunters, governments and private companies will spend $3.4 million to buy, restore or improve nearly 4,000 acres of sensitive Michigan wetlands. Source: Lansing State Journal (10/18)


Senate to mull logging on state land
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Environmentalists have accused Ohio lawmakers of trying to take advantage of increased demand for natural gas and oil drilling on state lands to step up logging in Ohio forests, parks, and nature preserves. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/18)


Sand mine company restoring dunes
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Anyone who drives a car in North America likely has an engine block molded from sand. Now, a sand mining company is taking an active approach to restoring its former mine sites for wildlife habitat. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/17)


Ten Threats: The beloved invader
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Once considered a pest, the invasive alewife has become the most popular of invasive species because it provides food for the sportfish brought in to control it. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/17)


Editorial: Don't sweep away Great Lakes cleanup
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A devastating hurricane season and its budget considerations make postponement of the Great Lakes restortation effort understandable. But delay shouldn't turn into derailment. Source: The Indianapolis Star (10/17)


Lack of vacation cottages hurts tourism along Lake Michigan
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A lack of cottages along Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline hurts tourism, but officials say they are looking to offer visitors more options than hotels and motels. Source: USA Today (10/17)


Nature preserve grows
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About two miles of rocky shoreline east of Cheboygan State Park on Lake Huron will be kept as a nature preserve for the endangered plants and animals that thrive there, including the piping plover and bald eagle. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (10/16)


Quebec sovereigntists demand control of St. Lawrence Seaway
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It's time for Quebecers to take control of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Bloc Quebecois House leader Michel Gauthier told a group of sovereigntists gathered for a workshop last weekend. Source: Ottawa Citizen (10/16)


Ontario to refurbish two Lake Huron reactors
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The Ontario government plans to refurbish two idle nuclear reactors on Lake Huron at a cost of at least $3 billion, marking its most ambitious project yet to address the province's electricity problems. Source: The Globe and Mail (10/15)


Iron ore shipments fall
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Iron ore shipments across the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway headed for Great Lakes basin steel mills declined 3.8 percent in July compared with a year ago. Source: Dultuh News Tribune (10/13)


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