GLIN: [dailynews] 3 September 2010

On 9/3/2010 1:55 PM, GLIN Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: September 3, 2010
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EDITORIAL: Obama fails to defend Great Lakes
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One of the most important court cases concerning the health of the Great Lakes basin will resume Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Chicago. It is a matter better addressed by government policy rather than a ruling from the bench. Source: Port Huron Times Herald (9/3)


Cruise lines bringing back voyages on Great Lakes
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The 423-passenger Columbus, built in the late 1990s specifically for the Great Lakes, will return after a three-year absence. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer (9/3)


Great Lakes historians gather at UWS next week
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Great Lakes historians gather at the University of Wisconsin-Superior for three days of meetings and presentations when the university's Jim Dan Hill Library and its Lake Superior Maritime Collection host the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History's annual conference Sept. 9-11. Source: Superior Telegram (9/3)


Lake trout not recovering in Lake Michigan
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A recent study by the Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor shows virtually no lake trout are breeding in northern Lake Michigan. Source: Interlochen Public Radio (9/3)


Death of the 'Doughnut': How quaggas are casting a pall on the Lake Michigan fishery
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The quagga mussel has been found in all of the Great Lakes, introduced by ocean-going vessels when they dump their untreated ballast water. In addition to clinging to hard surfaces like the more famous zebra mussel, the quagga also burrows into soft lake bottoms. Source: PhysOrg.com (9/3)


Environmental coalition awards Great Lakes grants
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The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition says the grants announced this week will help 12 conservation groups participate in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/3)


Teens spend week sailing across Lake Michigan
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The Semester for the Great Lakes program is a four-month long program that challenges high school teens to engage their peers in discussions and action about sustainability of the Great Lakes. Source: Libertyville (IL) (9/2)


New online travel maps for Great Lakes states
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A new  travel website is helping drivers in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin navigate the highways near the shores of Lake Michigan, and it's just in time for the rush of Labor Day traffic. Source: WXYZ Detroit (9/2)


Michigan Tech maps spread of invasive reed in Great Lakes basin
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MTRI's goal is to map the likely extent of Phragmites in each Great Lakes coastal basin-the land occupied by a lake, its shoreline and the areas near shore that drain into the lake-by 2011. Source: Michigan Tech News (9/2)


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