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Great Lakes Daily News: 28 March 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Manistique River may come off list
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The Manistique River may soon be removed from a list of Great Lakes "Areas of Concern," the most polluted areas in the Great Lakes basin. Source: Escanaba Daily Press (3/28)


EDITORIAL: Beach Reapers
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Research along Saginaw and Grand Traverse Bays has found indisuputable harm to fish when beachfront property owners plow down shoreline vegetation when it emerges during low-water years. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/28)


Cutter maintaining waterways
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The original U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw has been busy preparing for the initial influx of commercial shipping this season in a final hurrah before its decommissioning in June. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (3/28)


Federal cutbacks draining funds for the Port of Green Bay
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Cutbacks in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could affect operations at the Port of Green Bay, federal and county officials have said. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (3/28)


Conference sees hope in Great Lakes compact
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Thanks in part to a recently signed agreement among the eight Great Lakes states, proper conservation, protection and use of Great Lakes waters may be a much more distinct possibility. Source: Greater Milwaukee Today (3/28)


Spawning a new idea
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Hundreds of miles of river habitat could be opened up to walleyes and other fish if they could get around just three of 315 dams in the Saginaw River watershed. Source: The Bay City Times (3/27)


Food chain broken, salmon may starve
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With the foundation of the Lake Michigan food chain eroding, anglers and biologists are concerned the lake may go the way of Lake Huron, where the salmon fishery has virtually disappeared due to a lack of food. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (3/27)


Anglers crave camaraderie, the thrill of walleye catch
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With the spring walleye migration under way, thousands of fishermen are headed to the Maumee River from almost every state in the union. Source: The Toledo Blade (3/27)


Report: Mich. factories, sewage plants break rules
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The biggest factories and sewage treatment plants in Michigan and the rest of the country regularly break government limits on how much pollution they can pour into lakes and rivers, according to a new report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Source: The Detroit News (3/27)


Benzene from auto emissions drives Indiana's cancer danger
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A USEPA study has found that benzine, whose main source is auto exhaust, is the biggest contributor to cancer risk among airborne pollutants in northwest Indiana. Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (3/26)


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