GLIN NEWS: 03 April 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 03 April 2008
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> Lakes forecast: Tension high, and Michigan partly to blame
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> Climate change and more droughts in coming decades could add to
> pressure to ship Great Lakes water to thirsty regions, at the same
> time global warming could cause the lakes to shrink, creating a
> nightmare scenario, said Peter Annin, author of an influential book on
> the politics of Great Lakes water. Source: Detroit Free Press (4/3)
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> Protect Canada's water, Ottawa urged
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> Warning that most Americans see Canada as that "great green sponge up
> north," four organizations plan to issue a plea today to the
> Conservative government to protect the nation's water before it's too
> late. Source: Toronto Star (4/3)
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> Despite muck, DEQ won't list Saginaw Bay as 'impaired'
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> Saginaw Bay isn't impaired by algae, the state Department of
> Environmental Quality has decided. Source: The Bay City Times (4/3)
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> EDITORIAL: Lt. Gov. Fisher's wrong answer on Great Lakes water
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> Some good should come from Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher's foolish statement
> about Ohio's most precious asset - its bountiful supply of fresh
> water. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/3)
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> EDITORIAL: Win-win water sales
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> Milwaukee and the communities of Waukesha County all could benefit
> from the sale of Lake Michigan water by Milwaukee Water Works to those
> communities. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/3)
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> Wisconsin cracking down on 'infected bait'
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> How often have you walked over to the bushes at the boat ramp after
> fishing your favorite northwoods lake and dumped the remaining night
> crawlers? What's the harm? After all, crawlers are essential to
> renewing topsoil. Source: Southtown Star (4/3)
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> Lake Superior down more than usual in March
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> Lake Superior dropped one-half-inch more than usual in March, a sign
> that a dry winter is causing the big lake to decline again after
> several months of upswing. Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/3)
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> 'Phenomenal' for birds of prey
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> If you want to see the greatest congregation of migrating hawks in the
> spring, just go to the Lake Ontario shoreline, in particular, Braddock
> Bay Park in Greece. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/3)
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> Judge delays cormorant cull
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> A federal judge in Toronto has put the brakes - temporarily - on a
> proposed cull of cormorants on Middle Island, prompting two animal
> protection groups opposing the cull to claim a minor victory. Source:
> The Windsor Star (4/2)
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