GLIN NEWS: 23 April 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 23 April 2008
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> Isle Royale National Park bans bait in Lake Superior
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> Isle Royale National Park announced an immediate ban Tuesday on all
> organic bait in the waters of Lake Superior near the big island.
> Source: Duluth News Tribune (4/23)
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> Author says Great Lakes water supply at risk
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> Nearly four decades after the first Earth Day launched efforts to
> cleanse polluted lakes and streams, a new type of water war is
> spreading across the Great Lakes region and around the world. Source:
> Muskegon Chronicle (4/23)
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> Ports have deep needs, shallow pocketbooks
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> Dredging of critical portions of the shipping lane in the Port of
> Green Bay will begin in June with $1.46 million in funding secured
> last summer. Source: The Oshkosh Northwestern (4/23)
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> EDITORIAL: Earth Day brings new challenges
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> It is refreshing to see the renewed interest in doing what we can to
> keep our "house" in order. After all, it's the only one we have.
> Source: Bemidji Pioneer (4/23)
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> MNDOT holds meeting on problem of storm water infiltrating Lake Superior
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> Storm water infiltrating Lake Superior is a serious environmental
> concern and Tuesday night in a federally mandated meeting city and
> state experts from around the region gathered to discuss the problem.
> Source: Northland's News Center (4/23)
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> Judge rules MPCA must regulate Lake Superior ballast water
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> A Ramsey County judge has ordered the Minnesota Pollution Control
> Agency to regulate ballast water released by ships in Lake Superior to
> stop the spread of a feared fish-killing virus. Source: St. Paul
> Pioneer Press (4/22)
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> Questions are raised about nuclear fuel storage and dismantling Zion
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> Community activists concerned about storage of spent fuel at the
> Nuclear Power Station in Zion want more information from owner Exelon
> on its plan to have the plant dismantled by a contractor. Source:
> Chicago Tribune (4/22)
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> Court orders federal jurisdiction over possible "Griffin" shipwreck
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> A federal appeals court says the federal government should have
> authority over a Lake Michigan shipwreck that could be The Griffin, a
> 17th century vessel built by the French explorer La Salle. Source:
> WLNS-Lansing (4/22)
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> Coast Guard says no live-fire training on Lake Superior
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> The Coast Guard says it will not try to conduct live ammunition
> training on the Great Lakes this year. Source: New Richmond News (4/22)
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> Pesticide ban set to grow
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> Premier Dalton McGuinty marked Earth Day by announcing a province-wide
> ban on the sale and use of lawn and garden pesticides. Source: The
> Toronto Star (4/22)
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