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Great Lakes Daily News: 28 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Harbour a step closer to being taken off environmental 'hot spot' list
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Hamilton Harbour is one step closer to being removed from the International
Joint Commission's Areas of Concern list. Source: Hamilton Mountain News
(10/28)


Grant may tackle well water woes
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A private firm has applied for a grant to study the causes and environmental
planning solutions for groundwater contamination in Manitowoc County. Source:
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (10/28)


Pheasants abound in Ohio counties
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Several counties in northwest Ohio will offer some of the best hunting prospects
for ring-necked pheasants and cottontail rabbits when the upland game seasons
open next Friday. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/28)


A mandate with money to remake the waterfront
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As Buffalo and Erie County continue to fight for more relicensing money from the
state Power Authority, a new group already is at work, armed with at least $7
million a year from the Niagara Power Project and a mandate to remake the
waterfront from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. Source: The Buffalo News (10/27)


Development delayed as complaints considered
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A rezoning request for 36 acres was tabled by the Township Planning Commission
at the suggestion of the developer's representative. Source: The Grand Rapids
Press (10/27)


Mercury level high
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A new study released by U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-10th, says coal-fired plants are
a major source of air pollution and mercury contamination in Lake Michigan.
Source: Palatine Countryside (10/27)


Fall flight Birds take off for annual trek
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The autumn migration is on for winged creatures from hummingbirds to greater
sandhill cranes, killdeer, warblers, eagles, woodcock and Canada geese. Source:
The Jackson Citizen Patriot (10/27)


Changes to Environmental Protection Regulations
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The Ontario government has directed conservation authorities across Ontario to
amend their local flood plain (or hazard land) regulations to include
protection for wetlands, valley lands and lake shores within their watershed
jurisdictions. Source: Stirling Community Press (10/27)


What Bay City has to say matters to U.S., Canadian leaders
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The International Joint Commission on the Great Lakes is revising the 1972 Great
Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States. It is
gathering public comments at 7 p.m. at Bay City Hall. Source: The Bay City
Times (10/26)


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