GLIN: [dailynews] 07 October 2010

On 10/7/2010 2:23 PM, GLIN Daily News wrote:

Great Lakes Daily News: October 7, 2010
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Feingold wants Canadian ban on drilling in Great Lakes
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U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is urging members of the joint U.S.-Canadian commission that oversees the Great Lakes to support banning Canadian oil and gas drilling operations in the Great Lakes. Source: WDIO-TV - Duluth, MN (10/7)


EDITORIAL: Study carp, but keep them out of lakes
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Canadian and U.S. scientists will study whether Asian carp are liable to invade the Great Lakes and destroy the fish populations. The 18-month study will begin as the carp threaten to enter Lake Michigan through rivers and canals in and around Chicago. Source: Watertown Daily Times (10/7)


Issues continue at Duncan Bay
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The latest chapter in a series of oil and diesel fuel spills at Duncan Bay generated a response from the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday. Helicopter fly-overs and the hiring of an environmental-response team to begin cleaning up a beach at Cheboygan State Park were on the Coast Guard's "to do" list. Source: Cheboygan Daily Tribune (10/7)


Some fishy stories from Essex County
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University of Windsor biology professor Lynda Corkum has written the region's first fish field guide called Fishes of Essex County and Surrounding Waters. The 493-page, spiral bound guide can help the reader identify 102 fish species in the Lake Huron-Lake Erie corridor. Source: The Windsor Star (10/7)


Do wind turbines make sense in Allegan County? Holland BPW using towers to test conditions
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High above a cornfield in Allegan County's Overisel Township, a nearly 200-foot-tall steel tower is collecting information on wind speed and other weather data in what could be the first step toward construction of wind turbines to supply power for the Holland Board of Public Works. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (10/7)


U.S.-Canada agency ponders deeper lakes
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A commission that oversees waters shared by the U.S. and Canada wants a panel of 100 scientists to look at the effects of artificially raising the levels of Lakes Michigan and Huron 4 to 20 inches to make up for past dredging and future climate change. Source: Detroit Free Press (10/6)


Fall brings increased marine freight movement in Thunder Bay
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Shipping and freight passing through the Port of Thunder Bay increased slightly in September over the monthly totals recorded last year. Source: Northern Ontario Business (10/6)


Fall colors approach peak in Milwaukee, northern Wisconsin
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The leaf-watching season is in full swing in the northern half of the Wisconsin and they're approaching their most colorful in the Milwaukee area, though it could be a few more weeks before most leaves turn in the southern part of the state. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (10/4)


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