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Great Lakes Daily News: 26 May 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Beach polluted? Check the flags
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Chicago beaches open for the summer Friday with covered garbage cans, barking
dogs and other efforts aimed at reducing the number of swimming bans--including
a new policy that will keep water open despite elevated bacteria levels.
Source: Chicago Tribune (5/26)


Lamprey are target of DNR crews
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel recently treated the Whitefish and
Rapid Rivers and some of the tributaries in Michigan with chemicals to kill sea
lampreys. Source: Escanaba Daily Press (5/26)


Virus ID'd as culprit in 2005 fish kills
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A virus strain responsible for the deaths of sheephead in Lake Ontario last year
was as the cause of the massive die-off of freshwater drum, or sheephead, in
western Lake Erie, a state biologist said yesterday. Source: The Toledo Blade
(5/26)


American Niagara Falls to dwindle to trickle
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According to an innovative new study in futuristic geology, the United States is
going to lose its side of Niagara Falls, giving Canada -- if it still exists,
that is -- a rock-solid hold on the honeymoon market -- of the next millennium.
Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (5/26)


Mercury concerns on the Range
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New industries proposed for the Iron Range in Minnesota are stirring an old
concern. Mercury pollution has already forced fish consumption advisories in
area lakes including Lake Superior. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (5/26)


Bill could open state forests to logging, mining
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Proposed bills in the Michigan Legislature could open state forests to logging
and mining if not specifically protected. Source: The Oakland Press (5/26)


DNR asking fishermen to keep watch
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The goal of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Anglers Monitoring
Network is to keep bad things from happening to the neighborhood. Source: The
Port Huron Times-Herald (5/26)


Great Lakes research forum scheduled
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The North American Society for Oceanic History will meet jointly with members of
the Canadian Nautical Research Society and the Society for Nautical Research to
present "Charting the Inland Seas: Recent Studies in Great Lakes Research."
Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (5/26)


Team resumes search for plane lost in 1950
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A search has resumed in Lake Michigan for a near-forgotten Northwest Airlines
DC-4 that crashed in a storm 56 years ago and took 58 lives. Source: Chicago
Tribune (5/25)


Tom Ridge center opens in Erie after decade of planning
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After nearly a decade of planning and construction, the $31 million Tom Ridge
Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park opens to the public today.
Source: Centre Daily (5/25)


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