GLIN NEWS: 24 March 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 24 March 2008
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> Great Lakes trade zone sought
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> A report from the Brookings Institution released Sunday argues that
> Canada and the U.S. should work together with the aim of creating a
> common market for commerce and labor. Source: The Windsor Star (3/24)
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> Stories of strange sightings on Great Lakes nothing new
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> Stories of strange sightings in the Great Lakes date back more than
> 200 years. Source: The Sault Star (3/24)
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> Great Lakes aquatic invasive species: What's happening now?
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> There are several orders and regulations in various stages regarding
> invasive species that have come into the lakes through the seaway.
> Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/24)
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> Ice hampers Lake Superior shipping
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> There's been an unusual amount of ice on Lake Superior this winter.
> Source: The Edmonton Sun (3/24)
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> Zebra mussels 20 years later
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> The invasive zebra mussel has disrupted food chains and caused
> billions of dollars in damage across the country. This year marks the
> twentieth anniversary of the discovery of zebra mussels. Source: The
> Environment Report (3/24)
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> St. Lawrence Seaway opened path for non-native species
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> A coalition of 90 regional, state, local and national groups have
> called for the Seaway to shut down until ballast water regulation can
> improve. Source: Duluth News Tribune (3/23)
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> EDITORIAL: With water, MI can boost economy and help the world
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> While we worry about what low levels in the Great Lakes may mean for
> boat launching, people in much of the world would die, or kill, for
> access to a body of water the size of Lake Huron at its shallowest
> point of the last century. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/23)
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> Questions arise over silt disposal in Maumee Bay
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> The Army Corps of Engineers' open-lake disposal of dredged silt in
> Maumee Bay is fueling growth of the toxic algae 'Lyngbya wollei.'
> Source: The Toledo Blade (3/23)
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> Plan to restore Michigan's sturgeon population
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> Researchers are studying what it might take to restore sturgeon to
> their former prominence. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (3/21)
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