GLIN NEWS: 15 May 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 15 May 2008
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> Great Lakes compact passes in Wisconsin
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> Both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the Great Lakes
> compact Wednesday, sending it to Gov. Jim Doyle and putting pressure
> on the states that have not yet ratified it. Source: Milwaukee Journal
> Sentinel (5/15)
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> Michigan passed bills to protect Great Lakes
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> Michigan yesterday became the fifth state to ratify plans for
> establishing a binding compact among Great Lakes states that aims to
> keep the region's water from being shipped or diverted to dry parts of
> the country. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/15)
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> Lamprey killing program underway
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> Sea lampreys are a pain for commercial fishermen and a literal thorn
> in the side of fish. The only weapon against the tube-shaped
> bloodsuckers is the Sea Lamprey Management Program (SLMP). Source:
> Elliot Lake Standard (5/15)
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> Area steel mills may tap wind power
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> Northwest Indiana steel mills could be putting up wind mills in the
> coming years to reduce energy costs. The region has good potential to
> generate wind power, which could lower energy costs for steel plants
> and municipalities, according to the Hoosier Environmental Council.
> Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/15)
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> EDITORIAL: Pollution from the wind
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> Some people think wind power is the perfect environmental energy but,
> like most things, it has its drawbacks, too. Source: Ottawa Citizen
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> Wilderness Act introduced for Beaver Basin
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> U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow introduced the Beaver Basin
> Wilderness Act Wednesday, which would permanently designate 11,739
> acres as wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Source: The
> Mining Journal (5/15)
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> Salmon limit hike may help alewives
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> Randall Claramunt, a Department of Natural Resources research
> biologist, said chinook salmon numbers in Lake Michigan continued to
> decline in 2007, and so did the average size of the fish. Source:
> Detroit Free Press (5/15)
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> Quebec adds new nature reserves
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> Ecologists in Quebec are welcoming a new provincial decree that
> creates 23 protected nature reserves containing 18,220 kilometers of
> land. The provincial government announced it will institute the
> protected nature zones to shield them from any industrial activity.
> Source: CBC News (5/14)
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