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Great Lakes Daily News: 30 March 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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A scourge of the '70s returns to Great Lakes
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Spindly aquatic algae, once foul-smelling icons for Great Lakes pollution, are
back. Source: The Christian Science Monitor (3/30)


Michigan high court asked to stop bottling firm from diverting groundwater
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Michigan's Supreme Court is being asked to settle a groundwater dispute that
legal experts view as a landmark for efforts to keep Great Lakes water from
being diverted by pipeline or exported by tankers outside of the region.
Source: The Toledo Blade (3/30)


COMMENTARY: A bright spot on a wasteland in Toronto
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Toronto is the proud owner of two urban wastelands. Both are man-made disasters
in the city's east end. Both belong to the waterfront. Source: The Globe and
Mail (3/30)


Sampling of Ohio's Plum Brook to be extended
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Residents who live in the vicinity of Ohio's Plum Brook should know by late
April where most of the creek's radioactive secrets lie. Source: The Toledo
Blade (3/30)


Mishap sends partially treated sewage into lake
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A mishap sent an estimated 800,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into Lake
Michigan at the Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Milwaukee on
Wednesday. Source: Chicago Tribune (3/30)


Green Bay residents can expect higher water bills
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Green Bay residents should expect their water to get a bit more costly beginning
Friday, partly due to a new $32 million pipeline to Lake Michigan. Source:
Green Bay Press-Gazette (3/30)


EDITORIAL: Congress misses the boat on invasive species
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As the St. Lawrence Seaway opens for its 47th season, huge sea going vessels
will begin plying the Great Lakes - possibly carrying unintended cargo that
presents a serious threat to our way of life. Source: Traverse City
Record-Eagle (3/29)


EDITORIAL: Lawmakers are obligated to put the lakes first
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Armed with new evidence of the damage that clearing shoreline vegetation can do
to Great Lakes fish species, the state's environmental watchdog agencies should
immediately clamp down on beachfront owners who want to do any substantial work
to their beaches. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (3/29)


House committee votes to ban Asian carp
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The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to ban imports of Asian carp, a
fish that officials from Great Lakes states fear will wreak havoc on the lakes'
ecosystems. Source: Star Tribune (3/29)


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