GLIN NEWS: 08 May 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 08 May 2009

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EPA elaborates -- a little -- on Great Lakes cleanup plans
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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson talked with reporters Thursday afternoon about her agency's 2010 budget plans, and she mentioned the $475 million for Great Lakes cleanup and restoration. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/8)


COMMENTARY: Asian carp pose threat to our waters
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A young man was riding a new personal watercraft on the Illinois River on Tuesday when an airborne Asian carp knocked him overboard. Illinois officials are pretty sure it is the first time firefighters had to rescue someone after a collision with a flying carp. Source: The Port Huron Times Herald (5/8)


Breathing new life into Don River
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Plans revealed Thursday by Waterfront Toronto outline a large, multi-use community along the edges of a restored Don River and its mouth between Keating Channel and Lake Ontario. Source: The Toronto Star (5/8)


EDITORIAL: Do your part to limit spread of fish virus, tree pest
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Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS for short, is a virus deadly only to fish that has been found in Lake Michigan and the Lake Winnebago system. If we don't take the right steps when fishing or boating, VHS can hopscotch its way into places where it could never reach naturally. Source: Sheboygan Press (5/8)


Bald eagles 'fooling around' at Cootes
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Birdwatchers want to know if bald eagles with a new nest in Ontario's Cootes Paradise plan to raise a family this year or are just fooling around. Source: The Hamilton Spectator (5/8)


Michigan groups get wind energy grants
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Three Michigan groups received grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to be used to help the wind energy industry get up and running. Source: Michigan Radio (5/8)


EPA Pumps Budget $$ into Water Infrastructure, Great Lakes
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For the first time in eight years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency budget has not been cut, it has been increased. The EPA administrator released the agency's $10.5 billion budget blueprint for fiscal year 2010, which "takes significant strides to ensure that our air, land, and water are safe and clean." Source: Environment News Service (5/7)


Groups press to see report on lake level
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Pressure is mounting to stop the clock on a public comment period for a controversial study into mysterious water losses from Lakes Michigan and Huron. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/7)


Army Corps of Engineers to dredge harbor
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today started a two-month long dredging project at the Rochester Harbor, according to the Monroe County Department of Transportation. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (5/7)


DNR assumes management of Minnesota's wolf population
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Minnesota's wolves have been removed from the federal endangered species list, allowing the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to manage the state's wolf population. Source: Isanti-Chisago County Star (5/7)


Bad water on minds, not agenda in Crestwood
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A week after federal agents raided Crestwood government offices for a criminal investigation into the secret use of a polluted well, village officials turned tonight to more routine matters such as parking lot repairs and police car purchases. Source: Chicago Breaking News (5/7)


Program helps sturgeon survival
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If you happen upon the Black River in Cheboygan County any time this month, don't be surprised to see people wrestling huge fish, or a small crowd gathered on the banks watching. Source: The Detroit News (5/6)


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