GLIN NEWS: 06 March 2008

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> Will the boat float?
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> Ferry service between Rochester and Toronto could make a return in
> 2009 - or be dismissed long term - depending on the outcome of an open
> call for private operators to be issued today. Source: Rochester
> Democrat and Chronicle (3/6)
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> EDITORIAL: Uneven burden: Great Lakes get billions in local funds
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> Local governments in the region are stepping up to the plate to ensure
> the future of the Great Lakes, but the federal government needs to do
> its share as well. Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (3/6)
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> Lawton: Legislature must OK Great Lakes Compact
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> Wisconsin legislators must move quickly to pass the Great Lakes
> Compact to block communities from outside the region from accessing
> the lakes' water, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton has said. Source: Manitowoc
> Herald News (3/6)
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> Alma under consideration as "Center of Energy Excellence"
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> The proposed Great Lakes Energy Research Park in Alma, Mich. is one of
> several locations under consideration to be named a state "Center of
> Energy Excellence." Source: Mt Pleasant Morning Sun (3/6)
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> Hope fading in bid to let Natural Resources Board name DNR secretary
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> Time may be running out for an effort to restore authority to the
> Wisconsin Natural Resources Board for hiring and firing the secretary
> of the state's Department of Natural Resources. Source: The Capital
> Times (3/6)
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> Lake Superior drops normal amount for February
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> Lake Superior declined by its usual amount in February, remaining
> below its long-term average but above last year's level at this time.
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> Duluth News Tribune (3/5)
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> Fish are struggling for food in Lake Huron
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> Prey fish like rainbow smelt and bloaters are providing some new food
> for chinook salmon and lake trout in the open waters of Lake Huron,
> but there is still an overall prey shortage. Source: The Bay City
> Times (3/5)
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> Wisconsin GOP legislators look to hamstring Great Lakes Compact
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> If the Great Lakes Compact is to be amended, the entire process would
> begin anew with negotiations among eight states and two
> provinces-eight years of work that none are eager to duplicate.
> Source: Twin Cities Daily Planet (3/5)
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> COMMENTARY: Bioenergy ready to boom, and Midwest along with it
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> America could someday derive as much as one-half of its transportation
> fuels from biomass such as crop wastes, leaves and wood. And the
> Midwest could be the epicenter of this future energy production.
> Source: The Capital Times (3/5)
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> Storm surfers catch a wave on Lake Ontario
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> While most Torontonians cringed and cursed at a masochistic Mother
> Nature when they heard that yet another winter storm was approaching,
> surfing enthusiasts went out on Lake Ontario. Source: CP24-Toronto (3/5)
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