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Great Lakes Daily News: 25 February 2008
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and The Environment Report.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Great Lakes Compact stalls
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Great Lakes state governors are calling on state lawmakers to settle their differences over a plan to protect the lakes from large scale water diversions. Source: The Environment Report (2/25)
Public to have say on Muskegon Lake cleanup
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The Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership wants community feedback on its plan to clean up longstanding pollution problems and restore wildlife habitat in the lake. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (2/25)
FCC ordered to protect birds
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A court is ordering the Federal Communications Commission to find ways to keep birds from crashing into radio, TV and cell phone towers. Source: The Environment Report (2/25)
Sarnia mayor applauds cleanup funding
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Canadian federal government funding of $3.3 million to help clean up the St. Clair River is an important step toward cleaning up the body of water. Source: The London Free Press (2/24)
DEP: Data outdated
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The nation's top public health agency ignored the results of a government study of pollution near the Great Lakes, possibly because much of the data in the report is bad. Source: Erie Times-News (2/24)
Minnesota lawmakers take on fish disease fight
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Minnesota legislators have taken their first look at what would be the Great Lakes' toughest law in regulating when and how ships could dump ballast water into Lake Superior. Source: Detroit Lakes Tribune (2/24)
Photographer's vision takes a turn to the abstract
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A Muskegon photographer and former chairman of the Muskegon River Watershed Council, Gale Nobes displays the beauty of the natural world in "Lake Michigan Dunescapes.'' Source: The Ann Arbor News (2/24)
'Great Lakes, Great Lady': Miller activist Lee Botts still going strong at 80
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Turning 80 on Monday, Lee Botts was honored Thursday at a celebration of her life, "Great Lakes, Great Lady," which took place high above Chicago in the Sears Tower. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (2/24)
Canada's water crisis 'escalating'
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Canada's fresh water is facing serious challenges, including the looming menace of climate change. Source: The Vancouver Sun (2/23)
What late freeze of Lake Erie means
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Lake Erie is now completely covered by ice, according to the National Ice Center. Source: Erie Times-News (2/23)
Across the bay, on a school bus wearing skis
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For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, a windsled is a kind of school bus. Source: The New York Times (2/22)
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Great Lakes Daily News: 25 February 2008
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For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Great Lakes Compact stalls
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Great Lakes state governors are calling on state lawmakers to settle their differences over a plan to protect the lakes from large scale water diversions. Source: The Environment Report (2/25)
Public to have say on Muskegon Lake cleanup
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The Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership wants community feedback on its plan to clean up longstanding pollution problems and restore wildlife habitat in the lake. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (2/25)
FCC ordered to protect birds
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A court is ordering the Federal Communications Commission to find ways to keep birds from crashing into radio, TV and cell phone towers. Source: The Environment Report (2/25)
Sarnia mayor applauds cleanup funding
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Canadian federal government funding of $3.3 million to help clean up the St. Clair River is an important step toward cleaning up the body of water. Source: The London Free Press (2/24)
DEP: Data outdated
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The nation's top public health agency ignored the results of a government study of pollution near the Great Lakes, possibly because much of the data in the report is bad. Source: Erie Times-News (2/24)
Minnesota lawmakers take on fish disease fight
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Minnesota legislators have taken their first look at what would be the Great Lakes' toughest law in regulating when and how ships could dump ballast water into Lake Superior. Source: Detroit Lakes Tribune (2/24)
Photographer's vision takes a turn to the abstract
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A Muskegon photographer and former chairman of the Muskegon River Watershed Council, Gale Nobes displays the beauty of the natural world in "Lake Michigan Dunescapes.'' Source: The Ann Arbor News (2/24)
'Great Lakes, Great Lady': Miller activist Lee Botts still going strong at 80
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Turning 80 on Monday, Lee Botts was honored Thursday at a celebration of her life, "Great Lakes, Great Lady," which took place high above Chicago in the Sears Tower. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (2/24)
Canada's water crisis 'escalating'
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Canada's fresh water is facing serious challenges, including the looming menace of climate change. Source: The Vancouver Sun (2/23)
What late freeze of Lake Erie means
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Lake Erie is now completely covered by ice, according to the National Ice Center. Source: Erie Times-News (2/23)
Across the bay, on a school bus wearing skis
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For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, a windsled is a kind of school bus. Source: The New York Times (2/22)
Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
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