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April 30, 2009 - Port of Green Bay going ahead with dredging projects Lack of federal funds won't delay work, Haen says: The Port of Green Bay is forging ahead with a trio of projects, despite not being in line for funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the port director said. April 28, 2009 - Environmental Groups Applaud NYS Senate for Urging Congress to Approve $475 Million for Great Lakes: In an effort to secure the economic investment necessary to create jobs and restore the Great Lakes, a resolution (J-1604) introduced by Senator Antoine Thompson (D-Buffalo) was passed today urging Congress to appropriate the $475 million called for in President Barack Obama's budget for Great Lakes restoration. April 28, 2009 - Army Corps shocks shipping industry by rejecting lock project: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it will not spend federal stimulus money to build a half billion-dollar boat lock on the eastern edge of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. April 27, 2009 - Great Lakes sinkholes a window to ancient life: Bacteria at bottom of Lake Huron's Thunder Bay recalls period of 300 million years ago. Scientists studying submerged sinkholes in the Great Lakes off the coast of northern Michigan have stumbled onto something they never expected to find: life-forms akin to those found in some of Earth's most extreme environments.

April 27, 2009 - Sea lamprey control planned for local rivers, creeks: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to sections of Carp Lake River, Black Mallard, Mulligan Creek and Grace Creek in Emmet and Presque Isle counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. April 26, 2009 - Rain gardens a great way to conserve water: SYCAMORE - On a rainy day, more than 700 gallons of water will run off the average roof with every inch of rainfall - enough to fill 14 bathtubs. That is the message that the DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District wants to get out. The district recently held a workshop on how to set up rain gardens, which are shallow, landscaped areas planted with wildflowers and other native plants that soak up rain water from a building's roof. April 22, 2009 - U.S. to clear way for offshore wind farms: WASHINGTON- The Interior Department has finalized sweeping rules that clear the way for the first offshore wind turbines to be erected along the Atlantic Coast, the most aggressive move yet from an administration that hopes to shift the nation's offshore energy goals from oil to wind power.

April 22, 2009 - Spinning the bottle: the war over packaged water_Everyone agrees that we deserve a safe, reliable and affordable supply of drinking water. After that, it gets complicated. April 22, 2009 - New invasive mussels thrive in Lake Erie: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection biologist Jim Grazio holds a group of live zebra mussels at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center on July 25. April 21, 2009 - Environment commissioner laments lack of federal water strategy: OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says the Conservative government has made negligible progress on a national water strategy it promised more than two years ago.

April 20, 2009 - Congressional Debate Determines Future of Michigan's Waterways: Ann Arbor, MI - Restoration of the Great Lakes is in the hands of Congress, which is considering the Clean Water Restoration Act to secure safeguards for wetlands, lakes and streams. The legislation restores protections that had been placed in doubt by Supreme Court rulings; environmentalists claim those rulings left the waterways vulnerable to pollution and destruction.

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