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Great Lakes Daily News: 17 May 2007
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The
Environment Report.

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Impact of VHS on small lakes unknown
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Of all the things fisheries personnel know about viral hemorrhagic septicemia, it's the unknown that bugs them the most. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/17)


Wisconsin DNR to expand emergency rules
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is expected to broaden emergency restrictions for anglers and boaters today to include the Lake Winnebago system after the discovery last week of a deadly fish virus. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/17)


Committee seeks input on water deal
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The Great Lakes Binational Executive Committee is seeking comments on its most recent review of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard (5/17)


Grant to help create Bratenahl preserve
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Twelve undeveloped acres that border a Lake Erie tributary and are a natural habitat for many plants and animals will be preserved forever thanks in part to a $1 million federal grant. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/17)


COMMENTARY: Let's use Florida as a bad example
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While we've created some ecological messes in Michigan, we can take comfort that at least we're not in Florida, where where short-sighted and corrupt political leaders turned blind eyes to impending threats for decades. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/17)


Algae used to monitor climate change
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Microscopic in size, algae goes largely unnoticed in the Great Lakes. But researchers are using them as part of an early warning system of the Great Lakes' health. Source: Pierce County Herald (5/16)


Lamprey control planned
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will treat the Shiawassee River and the Carroll Creek in eastern Michigan this week for sea lamprey, a parasite that can ravage fish in the Great Lakes ecosystem. Source: Midland Daily News (5/16)


EDITORIAL: Action needed on ballast water issue
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Standing on the sidelines will only ensure the Great Lakes' population of 183 invasive species grows and the health of the Great Lakes deteriorates. Source: Huron Daily Tribune (5/16)


UW power plant's coal dust is polluting lake, DNR warns
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A power plant operated by University of Wisconsin-Madison is allowing coal dust into the environment, polluting one of the city's prized lakes, state regulators say. Source: Janesville Gazette (5/16)


EDITORIAL: Unnatural boundaries
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It's time to move forward on water quality by creating a new partnership that would approach issues on the basis of the entire Milwaukee River watershed. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/12)


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