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Great Lakes Daily News: 06 July 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
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Suit blames DNR for lynx deaths
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Animal-welfare groups sued the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on
Wednesday, claiming that at least 12 lynx have died or been injured since 2002
because of lax standards in the state's trapping programs. Source: St. Paul
Pioneer Press (7/6)


Here he comes to save the beach
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The City of Chicago has contracted dog handlers to apply one of the world's most
obsessive dog breeds to chasing off the sea gulls, whose droppings are believed
to contribute to E coli counts closing beaches. Source: Chicago Tribune (7/6)


COMMENTARY: Opening beach won't be simple, but it is overdue
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Opening the long-closed Durand-Eastman beach in Rochester, N.Y., won't be as
simple as setting out some buoys and hiring a few lifeguards. But Lake Ontario
is a great natural asset and making it more accessible is a no-brainer. Source:
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (7/6)


Federal funds to fight radium
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Waukesha, Wis. city officials will use $750,000 in federal funds to help combat
the city's problem with radium in the water. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(7/6)


Fish caught locally flunk mercury test
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A recent report found that in 66 of 145 Illinois lakes, rivers and streams that
were studied, the average mercury concentrations exceeded the U.S. EPA's safe
limit of .13 parts per million for women of average weight who eat fish twice a
week. Source: Morton Grove Champion (7/6)


Stiffer laws may not cut drunken boating
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Last month, legislators began considering a law that would lower the
blood-alcohol limit on the water to 0.08 - matching what it now is on Michigan
roads. Local law-enforcement officials aren't sure if it will make a
difference. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (7/6)


New York’s canal system crippled by record flooding
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This week Gov. George E. Pataki surveyed the major devastation on the Erie Canal
at one of seven locks in the New York State Canal System severely impacted by
the heavy flooding this past week. Source: The Little Falls Evening Times (7/5)


Agency says gray wolves on the rise
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The Upper Peninsula's gray wolf population rose again over the past year but the
growth rate was down, a state wildlife official says. Source: Detroit Free
Press (7/5)


Duluth divers put wrecked ships back together
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Lake Superior provides the simple answer to why scuba diving is popular in the
Northland — shipwrecks. Source: Duluth Budgeteer News (6/30)


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