The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Support GLIN Daily News: http://www.glin.net/news/sponsor/
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Great Lakes Daily News: 14 March 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/


Yellow perch might be recovering from decimation in Lake Michigan
----------------------------------------
Yellow perch may be on the rebound in Lake Michigan, where recent surveys show that the 2005 class of perch, perhaps the lake's most popular native fish in terms of eating and angling, is the largest in more than a decade. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/14)


Granholm signs Canadian trash bills, asks for stricter measures
----------------------------------------
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation that would ban the importation of foreign trash, but Michigan can take that step only if Congress gives the state that authority. Source: Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (3/14)


Coast Guard study will look at effects of ship 'sweepings'
----------------------------------------
The U.S. Coast Guard is about to launch the first scientific study to determine whether a practice called "dry cargo sweeping," in which residual matter left after a ship is unloaded is swept overboard, is harming the Great Lakes. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (3/14)


Toll Road deal struck, but vote may be close
----------------------------------------
Indiana lawmakers predict close final votes today on Gov. Mitch Daniels' Major Moves plan, which would lease out the Indiana Toll Road in exchange for funds that would help support other road projects, including a planned extension of I-69 to Evansville. Source: The Indianapolis Star (3/14)


Milwaukee River cleanup moves ahead
----------------------------------------
A cleanup of PCB's and other industrial chemicals discovered in the Milwaukee River in the 1990s could begin next year, but won't be completed until 2016. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/13)


Shoreline areas to push historic attractions
----------------------------------------
Hoping to attract more high-income tourists, a federal Preserve America grant will help develop a "historic route" along 170 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (3/13)


Company drops bottled water lawsuits against Michigan
----------------------------------------
A water bottler Monday withdrew lawsuits against the state of Michigan over regulations that limited the company's ability to sell its product outside the Great Lakes drainage basin. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/13)


State, feds teaming up against cormorants
----------------------------------------
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is planning to expand efforts to control populations of the double-crested cormorant, a federally protected migratory bird that is causing problems in Northeast Michigan due to its growing numbers. Source: The Bay City Times (3/13)


Manufacturers aim to reduce use of toxins
----------------------------------------
Two Wisconsin companies have joined a new and growing Environmental Protection Agency program aimed at reducing the use of 31 toxic substances in manufacturing.Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/13)


Interior Secretary Gale Norton steps down
----------------------------------------
Interior Secretary Gale Norton has resigned, ending a controversial tenure viewed as largely favorable to energy and mining interests -- at the expense, critics say, of environmentally sensitive lands and a tradition of weighing science over politics. Source: The Detroit News (3/11)


Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Great Lakes Daily News is a collaborative project of the Great Lakes
Information Network (www.glin.net) and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(www.glrc.org), both based in Ann Arbor, Mich.

TO SUBSCRIBE and receive this Great Lakes news compendium daily, see
www.glin.net/forms/dailynews_form.html

TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to majordomo@great-lakes.net with the
command 'unsubscribe dailynews' in the body of the message.

TO SUBMIT A NEWS STORY: www.glin.net/forms/news_form.html
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =