GLIN NEWS: 25 April 2008

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> Great Lakes Daily News: 25 April 2008
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> U.S. House passes ballast water treatment standards
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> The U.S. House of Representatives approved the bill requiring
> freighters to disinfect ballast water beginning next year. Source: The
> Muskegon Chronicle (4/25)
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> Feds pump in $2.9 million to clean up Niagara River
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> The feds will pour $2.9 million into cleaning up the Niagara River and
> Lyons Creek. Source: NiagraThisWeek.com (4/25)
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> Wisconsin developers have plans for wind turbines in Lake Michigan
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> Three developers are floating plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines
> in Lake Michigan. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (4/25)
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> Ontario rejects IJC plan 2007 on water levels
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> The Ontario government has joined environmentalists and New York State
> officials in rejecting the International Joint Commission's Plan 2007
> for managing water levels along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence
> River. Source: The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (4/25)
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> Alien species rampant on H2O Highway
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> New measures requiring ocean ships to flush ballast tanks with sea
> water and research at the University of Windsor on other control
> measures will be effective in killing invasive systems that might
> otherwise enter the H2O Highway. Source: Canwest News Service (4/25)
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> Proposal would increase salmon catch limit
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> DNR is proposing to raise salmon catch limits to five fish from three.
> Source: The Grand Rapids Press (4/25)
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> Private boaters may need to get EPA discharge permits
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> Millions of Great Lakes boaters will need to get water discharge
> permits from the EPA by the end of September unless Congress or the
> courts take action. Source: The Plain Dealer (4/25)
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> Sea lamprey chemical treatment on South Sandy Creek will go on
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> Although about 1,500 walleye pike were found dead in Little Sandy
> Creek last week because of a chemical treatment for sea lampreys,
> plans for treatment of South Sandy Creek today will proceed. Source:
> Watertown Daily Times (4/24)
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> City acts to deodorize Simon Lake
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> The City of Greater Sudbury will lease to purchase a new technology to
> reduce algae and odour in Simon Lake in Walden, ON. Source:
> NorthernLife.ca (4/24)
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