GLIN NEWS: 15 May 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 15 May 2009

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Congress pushed to OK Great Lakes aid

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Representatives of Great Lakes industry, environment, government, and policy groups yesterday called on Congress to approve President Obama's $3.6 trillion budget plan because it contains a provision to set aside $475 million to restore the lakes. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/15)





Obama wants to pump $475M into Great Lakes cleanup

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A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes. Source: The Associated Press (5/15)





Corps of Engineers blasted for woeful investment in dredging Great Lakes

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The US Army Corps of Engineers' allocation of funds from the stimulus bill for dredging the Great Lakes was "woefully inadequate and a mistake in judgment," the chairman of a key appropriations subcommittee said earlier this week. Source: Dredging News Online (5/15)





EPA: Private Crestwood wells not polluted

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Testing by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency found no contamination of private wells located near the polluted Crestwood well that recently was shut down. Source: The Southtown Star (5/15)





Chicago Park District set to add two new high-profit harbors

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Barring unforeseen problems with needed approvals, construction could begin next spring on two city harbors that would expand the number of mooring spaces for recreational boaters by about 20 percent and bring in more tourism dollars, Chicago Park District officials say. Source: Chicago Tribune (5/15)





Travel ban placed on fish, bait, eggs

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Much to the chagrin of bait dealers and anglers, the Ohio Department of Agriculture tightened restrictions on transporting fish, bait fish and fish eggs this week to prevent the expansion of the VHS fish virus. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/15)





Group disputes report that asbestos at Lake Michigan beach safe

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A study testing the level and danger of asbestos at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion found that recreational use of the beach does not present a health hazard, but opponents of that conclusion spoke out at a public hearing Thursday. Source: The Daily Herald (5/15)





Brig Niagara will sail

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The Flagship Niagara League will assume day-to-day management of the historic U.S. Brig Niagara, a square-rigged brig that sails from Erie, league officials said Thursday. Source: Erie Times-News (5/15)





$40M plan for Illinois sewer district

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Trustees of the North Shore Sanitary District have approved a $40.7 million capital improvement plan for the coming year. Leading the top of the list is the repair of a 6,000-foot weakened section of the 5.6-mile Waukegan underground forcemain. Source: Lake County News-Sun (5/15)





Rising Lake Michigan levels swallowing up beaches

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Lake Michigan's water level rose 4 inches in April, 11 inches higher than last year, according to government data. Every one inch rise in lake levels equates to 10 inches of lost beach, according to government data. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (5/14)





Michigan adds 69 species to endangered list

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Dozens of plants and animals have joined the list of species that may disappear from Michigan, including several freshwater mollusks and a bird called the Cerulean warbler. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/13)

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