GLIN NEWS: 01 April 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 01 April 2008
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> Ohio's Fisher visit raises possibility of selling Great Lakes water
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> Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher said yesterday the Great Lakes region may have to
> decide in less than a decade whether to sell water to other parts of
> the country that need it. Source: The Toledo Blade (4/1)
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> Fighting the VHS fish virus
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> There are urgent new efforts to keep a virus that's deadly to many
> kinds of fish out of Lake Superior. Source: Minnesota Public Radio (4/1)
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> Hovercraft service proposed for Port of Rochester
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> Two Canadian businessmen have submitted a proposal to city leaders to
> provide a new ferry service between Rochester and Toronto. Source:
> WHAM-Rochester (4/1)
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> Water revenue could rise
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> At least $4.3 million in yearly revenue is available to Milwaukee
> Water Works if Waukesha and most of the eastern tier communities of
> Waukesha County decide over the next few years to purchase wholesale
> quantities of Lake Michigan water. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
> (3/31)
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> Ships continue on way after collision in Mackinaw Straits
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> The U.S. Coast Guard continues to probe a collision that occurred
> Friday when a freighter went to the assistance of another vessel mired
> in ice in the Straits of Mackinaw. Source: The Sault Star (3/31)
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> Local nonprofit awarded $13,300
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> Friends of the St. Clair River Watershed, a nonprofit based in Port
> Huron, was given $13,300 by the Michigan Clean Water Corps to conduct
> testing of area waterways. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (3/31)
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> Gobies in Lake Erie - New trap being developed
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> A group of researchers is working to limit the spread of an invasive
> species that is causing problems in the Great Lakes. Source: CD98.9 -
> Norfolk (3/31)
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> Who owns our water?
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> A decade ago this month, a Canadian businessman got the OK to start
> shipping Lake Superior water to Asia -- 160 million gallons a year,
> tanker by tanker. The Canadian government quickly rescinded approval.
> Source: The Plain Dealer (3/30)
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> COMMENTARY: Border protection policy is fishing for more work
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> Unless the border patrol is prepared to track the movements of a
> significant percentage of the boats on our waters, this latest plan is
> simply another government boondoggle. Source: Detroit Free Press (3/30)
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