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Great Lakes Daily News: 31 May 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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General cargo booming, dredging concerns growing
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General cargo business at the Port of Toledo continues to boom, but inadequate channel dredging could put the boom at risk. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/31)


Wind project planned in Lake Ontario
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A Toronto company wants to erect more than 140 massive wind turbines down the middle of Lake Ontario in what would become the largest wind farm in North America. Source: The Toronto Star (5/31)


New beach opens access to Lake Michigan
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Fifty local, regional, state and federal dignitaries gathered on Tuesday at a former toxic waste site to turn the first shovels of sand for a new Lake Michigan public beach. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/31)


Experts say fish kill no cause for worry
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Reports of yellow perch found dead in Lake Erie won't put a dent in the area's sport fishing business, experts agree. Source: The Ashtabula Star Beacon (5/31)


Device sniffs out possible manure spills
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A new water-quality sensing device could help keep better track of manure spills that might otherwise go unnoticed. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/30)


Four Lake Superior water areas added to Wisconsin's impaired list
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Wisconsin is adding 45 lakes, streams and beaches to its impaired waters list for the federal government, while taking seven off the list. Source: Business North (5/30)


Funding seeks to control cormorant population
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Legislation recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives is appropriating $300,000 toward the control of the double-crested cormorant population in Michigan and Ohio. Source: Gaylord Herald Times (5/30)


Toledo plans terminal to receive Great Lakes cruise ships
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Toledo city officials are hoping to lure more tourist dollars with a terminal that will receive Great Lakes cruise ship passengers. Source: The Detroit News (5/27)


Lake Superior stamp issued
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A U.S. stamp dedicated to Lake Superior has been issued as part of a new stamp series featuring "40 Wonders of America: Land of Superlatives." Source: The Mining Journal (5/27)


NY governor proposes legislation to enact Great Lakes Compact
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Gov. George Pataki has introduced legislation to formally enact the Great Lakes -St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact into New York State law. The Compact is an outcome of the Annex 2001 Implementing Agreements, signed by the states and provinces in December 2005. Source: NewsWatch 50 - WWTI (Watertown, NY) (5/25)


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