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Great Lakes Daily News: 17 July 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Who should be able to tap Great Lakes?
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The town of New Berlin, Wis. has been thwarted in its efforts to have Lake Michigan water piped outside the Great Lakes basin, but several other communities outside the basin have been receiving Lake Michigan water for years. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/17)


Explorer, state square off over shipwreck
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A dispute over what could be the Great Lakes' most historic shipwreck has taken an ugly turn, with both sides filing legal briefs and the state of Michigan trying to shut off fundraising for the exploration company that claims to have found the wreck. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/17)


Wind energy sweeping away wildlife?
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Wind energy is one of the fastest growing sources of new electricity in the United States. But some people are questioning the effect of wind turbines on bird populations. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (7/17)


New research center for ballast treatment
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A new research center is being established at the Port of Duluth-Superior to develop ballast water treatment systems to prevent the spread of invasive species. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (7/17)


Great Lakes ship hunters seeking history - or spoils
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For decades, Great Lakes ports have been home to "claim jumpers," unscrupulous shipwreck hunters who follow researchers out to a wreck site, claim to have been the first to discover it, and steal the glory. Source: Chicago Tribune (7/17)


Reserve Mining site is full of barrels of poisonous goo
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At a bluff overlooking Lake Superior crews are unearthing black and yellow grease, old tires, conveyor belts, metal and other industrial waste left behind by Reserve Mining Co. taconite plant. Source: Duluth News Tribune (7/16)


Oswego River off the list of polluted waterways
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The Oswego River, which empties into Lake Ontario in upstate New York, will be the first U.S. site removed from an international list of the Great Lakes' most polluted locations. Source: The Plain Dealer (7/16)


EDITORIAL: Big fish threaten our Great Lakes
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Over the years, our beautiful Great Lakes have sustained the presence of unwanted species such as the zebra mussel, the round goby and the smelly alewives - but this monstrous Asian carp is something else. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (7/16)


EDITORIAL: Great Lakes cleanup is vital
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The Great Lakes are a national resource and it is crucial that the U.S. Congress follow through with a promise to fund Great Lakes ecological protection. Source: South Bend Tribune (7/16)


Lake Superior Binational Program celebrates 15 years
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Lake Superior is the cleanest and healthiest of the five Great Lakes and through the Lake Superior Binational Program, citizens and organizations from around the lake's basin collaborate to make sure it stays that way. Source: Business North (7/16)


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