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Great Lakes Daily News: 22 January 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The
Environment Report.

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Temp's down, surf's up
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Ice coats the water's edge and a bitter wind blows more than 25 mph. It's a near-perfect day to go surfing on the Great Lakes. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (1/22)


Local man helps make maritime history fun
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If you want a true naval adventurer, cast your gaze to a Lake Erie hero, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the subject of a new display at the Erie Maritime Museum. Source: Erie Times-News (1/21)


Great Lakes shipping levels down in '07
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The Lake Carriers' Association is reporting that cargo movement on the Great Lakes declined 5.2% in 2007 from the previous year. Source: Crain's Cleveland Business (1/21)


Meeting to focus on water withdrawal rules
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State legislators from western Michigan will appear at a town hall meeting to discuss water withdrawal rules being debated in the state Capitol. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (1/21)


Great Lakes are in peril
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A member group of the League of Women Voters is working to raise awareness of threats to the Great Lakes, including new water export and diversion schemes, toxic pesticides, invasive species, raw sewage and loss of wetlands. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (1/20)


Quebec's nuclear future rests on fate of aging Gentilly-2 power plant
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Quebec's state-owned energy utility is hinting it wants to give its badly aging nuclear plant an overhaul, but in so doing could revive hopes and fears about the future of atomic power in the province. Source: The Canadian Press (1/20)


COMMENTARY: Fishing decline a concern
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The Great Lakes are losing anglers at a startling rate and fish managers are struggling for ways to fix it. Source: South Bend Tribune (1/20)


Ashtabula marinas receive Ohio Clean Marinas certification
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The Ashtabula Yacht Club and Sutherland Marine were two of 11 Lake Erie marinas certified to be Ohio Clean Marinas under a state-sponsored program in 2007. Source: The Ashtabula Star-Beacon (1/19)


Conservancy to buy 140 acres along Lake Huron
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A 140-acre piece of Lake Huron shoreline property has been saved from bulldozers and land developers thanks to the efforts of a landowner, a consortium of environmental groups and a federal grant. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (1/15)


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