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Great Lakes Daily News: 24 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Ten threats: Green lawns, dead lakes
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Americans use at least three million of tons of fertilizer on their lawns every year. But the same compounds that make for a lush, green lawn can make a stinky, slimy mess when they get washed into lakes and rivers. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/24)


Ten threats: Rethinking urban runoff
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The federal government is finding that the runoff from rainstorms washing off concrete and asphalt in cities and suburbs poses as big a threat to the Great Lakes as waste coming out of a factory pipe. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/24)


Sea lamprey resurgence
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A lot of fish in the western Great Lakes are showing signs of attacks by sea lampreys, after a leaky dam opened new breeding grounds to the parasite. Source: Earthwatch Radio (10/24)


Fen restoration unveils unique habitat
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Nestled between residential developments and Salt Creek on the east side of Portland, Ind., is a unique ecological habitat that is home to more than 200 plant and 400 insect species. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (10/24)


Ohio trying to promote historic shipwreck locations
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Ohio officials, lake historians and underwater archeologists are hoping to mark off parts of Lake Erie as "underwater trailways" guiding divers to historic shipwrecks without antagonizing property owners. Source: WTOL - Toledo (10/24)


Gas, oil drillers say new law would limit drilling
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The Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania is calling for a township ordinance to be overturned because it wrongly limits drilling. Source: The Observer-Reporter (10/24)


Keeping it clean
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Milwaukee-area taxpayers could spend billions to try to prevent all sewage dumping and still be stuck with unswimmable rivers and paltry improvements in water quality, say top regional planning and sewerage district officials. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/23)


Ashland and Washburn become first eco-communities in Wisconsin
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Two communities on Lake Superior's south shore have designated themselves as "eco-communities," pledging to be friendly to the environment and save money for taxpayers. Source: Business North (10/22)


Lake ferry to wrap up good year a bit early
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Despite a great year with a big increase in ridership, Lake Michigan's high-speed ferry service will cut its planned shipping season short for the second year in a row, ending operations Oct. 31. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (10/21)


Wisconsin researcher says frog deformities increase with use of fertilizers
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Heavy use of fertilizer has been found to boost the populations of a parasitic flatworm that has been linked to deformaties in frogs, according to a University of Wisconsin researcher. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (10/20)


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