GLIN NEWS: 21 May 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 21 May 2009

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Cleveland wants to use dry river muck to create industrial park in the Cuyahoga River valley
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Mounds of dried river muck would be dumped and leveled to help create a large industrial park in the Cuyahoga River valley, under a unique plan crafted by Cleveland officials. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/21)

Answer to manufacturing woes may blow in wind
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Trillium Power Wind Corp., which is developing wind-power projects on the Great Lakes, announced a partnership Wednesday with the Niagara Industrial Association in Ontario. Source: The St. Catharines Standard (5/21)


EDITORIAL: Mother Nature lowered lake levels; no boulders needed
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Nobody dumped boulders into the St. Clair River to slow the flow of water from Lakes Huron and Michigan, as Gov. Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, and this newspaper urged in 2007. Source: The Bay City Times (5/21)


Village of Cleveland fined for dumping human waste in creek
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The Village of Cleveland, Wis. has been ordered to pay $10,000 for allowing 40,000 gallons of human waste to discharge into Fisher creek in 2007. Source: Sheboygan Press (5/21)


EDITORIAL: Let's wait for new definition on wetlands
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's finds herself on the defensive as environmentalists attack her recommendation to return control of wetlands protection to the federal government. Source: The Port Huron Times-Herald (5/20)


Wind turbines becoming growth industry in Ohio
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Once consigned to Scandinavia, wind turbines have suddenly blossomed into a U.S. growth industry. And now Ohio projects -- from Lake Erie to western Ohio -- are proposed or planned. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/20)


Saving the Amsterdam Dunes
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In the southeast corner of Sheboygan County, Wis. sits 323 acres of rolling sand dunes, forest and wetlands representing one of the last major expanses of undeveloped - and unprotected - wilderness on the western shores of Lake Michigan. Source: Sheboygan Press (5/20)


Conneaut, Ashtabula ports get $2.75M in fed budget
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Lake Erie ports in Conneaut and Ashtabula could benefit from funding earmarked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in President Obama's budget, said U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Bainbridge Township. Source: The Star Beacon (5/20)


Port Stanley harbour focus of study
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After four years of talks about acquiring Port Stanley harbour, Central Elgin has decided it needs to see if the idea is feasible. The harbour has not been dredged since 2001 and ships can no longer visit the only deepwater port on Lake Erie's north shore. Source: London Free Press (5/20)

Compact fees worry public utilities
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A municipal water utilities lobbying group is raising concerns about new fees Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle is proposing to fund staff to oversee the implementation of the Great Lakes water compact. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/19)

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