GLIN NEWS: 19 May 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 19 May 2009

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Feds won't list coaster brook trout as threatened

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday it will not list Great Lakes coaster brook trout under the Endangered Species Act. Since 2006, the agency has been reviewing a petition by two Michigan environmental groups that sought federal protection for the native fish. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/19)





Great Lakes scientists soliciting research topics from the public

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As last-minute preparations were made at the University of Toledo Monday for one of the largest biennial gatherings of Great Lakes scientists, two federal research agencies tried to get a better handle on what the public expects now that the nation's president is from the Great Lakes region. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/19)





History, public access concerns for Galloo Island

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Members of the public asked Monday that the construction of Galloo Island Wind Farm include attempts at increasing public access and preserving history on the island. The comments came during two public hearings on the project at the Hounsfield Public Safety Building. Source: Watertown Daily Times (5/19)





COMMENTARY: Paying for real progress: Federal funds can help Great Lakes to thrive

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We have long maintained that restoring and protecting the Great Lakes is a matter of economic and environmental importance for our entire nation. President Obama's proposed 2010 budget offers hope that the federal government may be stepping up to the plate with a multi-year effort for the Great Lakes. Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (5/19)





Great Lakes rip currents subject of Duluth conference

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When summer finally arrives and Lake Superior warms up enough to wade in, swimmers on Duluth's Park Point beach should know about a danger lurking off shore. Rip currents, the sometimes deadly pull of water away from beaches, will be the subject of a day-long conference in Duluth on June 4. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/19)





Why songbirds stop in Toronto for a tune-up

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Instead of skirting Canada's largest city, chirping birds by the tens of thousands hone in on the place as though following a compass. A magnetic formation running deep beneath Toronto might explain why songbirds head straight here on their spring migration. Source: The Toronto Star (5/19)





'Big pipe' called bad for Halton

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Halton Region council is considering building a "big pipe" that will provide water and sewage services to tens of thousands of potential new residents southwest of Georgetown, in a municipality serviced today by wells and a stream-based sewage treatment plant. Source: The Toronto Star (5/19)





Witness it: Sleeping Bear Dunes' historic lighthouse to shine again

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For more than a century the elegant South Manitou Island Lighthouse guided ships over the treacherous Manitou Passage beside Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes. On May 30, its lamp will be relit to shine once again. Source: MyNorth (5/19)





Bioblitz takes stock of Indiana Dunes

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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is rich in plant and animal species. Over the weekend, thousands of school kids, scientists and volunteers set out to count them. It's a 24-hour frenzy known as, the bioblitz. Source: Chicago Public Radio (5/18)





Beach clean-up events highly successful

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The Park Department is expanding its beach management program to include techniques which have proved to be successful in other Great Lakes communities, to improve the health of our water and coastline. Source: The News-Dispatch (5/18)





Climate change driving Michigan mammals north

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Some Michigan mammal species are rapidly expanding their ranges northward, apparently in response to climate change, a new study shows. The work, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Ohio's Miami University, appears in the Global Change Biology journal. Source: Digital Journal (5/14)

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