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

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Michigan's beach water-monitoring efforts uneven
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Even though Great Lakes public beaches are considered one of Michigan's biggest tourist draws, health officials and environmentalists say the state isn't doing enough to ensure that those waters are safe. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (5/30)


Whitefish spawning shows river's health
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Biologists have found evidence that whitefish are spawning in the Detroit River for perhaps the first time in 90 years. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/29)


Some want to tap wind on Great Lakes
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Wind energy advocates say offshore wind turbines on the Great Lakes would be a power-generation jackpot, but opponents fear the potential impact on the lakes' aesthetics, tourism and fishing. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/29)


Experts: Lake Erie fishing safe despite virus, perch die-off
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The Memorial Day weekend marks the traditional start of the Lake Erie fishing season, and wildlife experts say the fishing is safe despite recent scares involving a virus affecting sheepshead and a die-off of perch. Source: The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (5/29)


Summers on Erie: a cottage industry
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For thousands of families, Memorial Day weekend is the time they go home. To their second home on Lake Erie, that is. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/29)


FirstEnergy coal plant selected for key study
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A coal-fired power plant in Ohio is the first in the Midwest to be chosen to research a technique for limiting greenhouse gas emissions by injecting carbon dioxide deep into the earth. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/29)


Easing the ash borer's financial bite
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With about 15 million ash trees dead or dying due to the emerald ash borer, some people are trying to ease the loss by salvaging lumber from their dead trees. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/29)


Is goby die-off good news?
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Officials say a disease might be killing an invasive species of fish in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/29)


Welland Canal traffic is more than ship-shape
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If the statistics from the first six weeks are any indication, then this could be one of the busiest seasons in recent memory for the Welland Canal. Source: Buffalo Business First (5/29)


Interior secretary approved, sworn in
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Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to succeed Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior. Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (5/27)


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