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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Minnesota becomes first US state to require biodiesel
Wed Sep 28, 9:48 AM ET
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) - Minnesota will from Thursday demand that all diesel fuel sold in the US state be partly distilled from soybeans in a bid to take a bite out of the nation's appetite for crude oil.
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Nukes not out of the question for Ontarians
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A majority of Ontario voters support building new nuclear power stations in
Ontario, an SES Research/Osprey Media poll has found. Source: The Kingston
Whig-Standard (9/28)
Virus strikes lake trout in Warren hatchery
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Almost 1 million trout and eggs will be lost from the Allegheny National Fish
Hatchery in Warren after fish there tested positive for an untreatable,
contagious virus. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (9/28)
More than anger flows over when it comes to flooding
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Flooding, sewer and surface runoff to Lake Erie were all addressed at a heated
community meeting. Source: Morning Journal (9/28)
Stakes are big at Ohio roundtable on megafarms
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Life on the farm isn't what it used to be. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/27)
Mercury debate taints building of Weston plant
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The Pulliam power plant discharged more than 92 pounds of mercury among other
pollutants last year, as reported by its owner, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (9/27)
UR study suggests mercury in fish not dangerous
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Researchers still have found no significant evidence that mercury is affecting
childrens' abilities. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (9/27)
'Excuse me... May I spray?'
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Windsor homeowners will have to ask their neighbours' permission before applying
pesticides on their lawns, under a proposed bylaw that seeks to nearly ban
their use by 2009. Source: The Windsor Star (9/27)
Agency completes review of Minntac water request
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There's no decision on which direction to send water out of Minntac's taconite
tailings basin, though the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has completed its
environmental review of the issue. Source: Duluth News Tribune (9/27)
Lake Michigan Dunes findings to be presented at national conference
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A Calvin College junior who studied the activity of sand dunes at a Lake
Michigan beach has been invited to present her findings to the Geological
Society of America. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/26)
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ENN Presents Autumn 'Sky Tour' Podcast For the second time this year, ENN is bringing you a very special presentation: Sky Tour, a personal tour of the night sky, hosted by ENN publisher Jerry Kay and featuring Bing Quock of the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences as your tour guide. Former Prime Minister Proposes Australia as World's Nuclear Dump A former Australian prime minister has proposed that the country offer to store the world's nuclear waste in its vast desert interior and use the money earned on environment and social welfare programmes. Cocaine Is Killing Colombian Nature Parks Cocaine is killing the great nature parks of Colombia. Government spraying of coca plant killer is driving growers and traffickers out of their usual territory into national parks where spraying is banned. Here they are burning thousands of acres of virgin rain forest and poisoning rivers with chemicals. Penguins Find Peace in Falklands War Minefields There's a mating ritual going on in the minefield. Fortunately the would-be lovers are penguins, too light to detonate the deadly mines laid more than two decades ago during a war on the far-flung Falkland Islands. Los Angeles Study Finds Higher Pollution Death Risk The risk of dying from air pollution in parts of traffic-clogged Los Angeles appears sharply higher than previously believed, according to a study comparing the risks of living in affluent, beachfront neighborhoods to the hazy and fast-growing inland area. European Commission Includes Airlines in Pollution -Cutting Emissions Trading Plan The European Commission approved plans on Tuesday to include airlines in the EU's emissions trading program aimed at cutting carbon dioxide. Scientists Capture Giant Squid on Camera Japanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean -- the giant squid. Effect of Greenhouse Gases Rising, Government Says The effect of greenhouse gases on the Earth's atmosphere has increased 20 percent since 1990, a new government index says. Rita May Worsen Red Tide in South Texas While Hurricane Rita struck days ago and hundreds of miles away, the storm is still creating problems on the southern tip of Texas. Rita's path left South Texas hot and dry -- conditions ideal for one of the worst red tides in memory -- and swells from the storm have created fears that the toxic algae could spread. Malaysia Urges Neighbors To Do More on Haze Malaysia urged its neighbours on Tuesday to ratify an agreement to control air pollution in southeast Asia, a month after forest fires in Indonesia caused some of the worst haze in the region in eight years. Whale-Rich Mexican Sea Named World Heritage Site Hundreds of islands in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, a major whale breeding ground, have been declared protected areas by the United Nations, the government said Monday. Chile's Arid Atacama Desert Bursts into Rare Bloom The Atacama desert in Chile, so dry it is often described as moon-like, has been turned into a giant meadow of bright- colored flowers for as far as the eye can see. For many, it's a once in a lifetime sight. Rita Decimates the Louisiana Cattle Industry Illinois Hospital Goes 'Green' Crocodiles Rock on Former Brazil Dairy Farm
Agreement Reached to Acquire 102-Acre North Pasture Land Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Benefit from IPM New IPCC Report Confirms That CO2 Storage Could Play A Major Role In Combating Climate Change – But Only If Key Constraints Are Addressed Marin Board of Supervisors to Vote on a Letter Supporting Endangered Species Act Teacher Workshops on IPM Academic Standard Offered Throughout State Read all Non-Profit News
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Climate Change Transforming Alaska's Landscape -- Ancient Lakes And Wetlands Being Replaced By Forest
Ottawa, September 28, 2005 -- Lakes and wetlands in the Kenai Peninsula of south-central Alaska are drying at a significant rate. The shift seems to be driven by climate change, and could endanger waterfowl habitats and hasten the spread of wildfires.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
UW-Madison News Release--Endangered Species Symposium
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9/27/05
CONTACT: Gini Knight, meg@mailplus.wisc.edu
PRINCETON ECOLOGIST TO GIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT UW-MADISON SYMPOSIUM
MADISON - A prominent advocate for the protection of endangered species will be the keynote speaker Sept. 29 and 30 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's annual fall ecology research symposium.
David Wilcove, professor of ecology, evolutionary biology and public affairs at Princeton University, will give two free public lectures:
- "Can We Really Save America's Endangered Species?" 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, in 2241 Chamberlin Hall, 1150 University Ave.
- "Accountability in Conservation," 3:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 30, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State St.
As part of the symposium, professors from several UW-Madison academic departments will give presentations about their current ecological research from 1-3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 30, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium. They are Cameron Currie, bacteriology; Andrea Gargas, botany; Randy Jackson and Ed Luschei, agronomy; and Jack Williams, geography. The presentations are free.
Before joining the Princeton faculty in 2001, Wilcove was a senior ecologist at Environmental Defense, a nonprofit national advocacy organization, where he focused on developing economically and environmentally sound policies for protecting endangered species. He also worked on The Wilderness Society's successful campaign in the late 1980s and early '90s to preserve the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest.
He is the author of "The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America" (W.H. Freeman, 1999), and many other scientific and popular articles on conservation biology, endangered species and ornithology.
The ecology symposium is organized by the Madison Ecology Group, composed of faculty and academic staff members from throughout the campus, and co-sponsored by the University Lectures Committee, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and many university departments.
For more information, visit the ecology group's Web site at www.ies.wisc.edu/meg or contact Gini Knight, the symposium coordinator, at meg@mail.ies.wisc.edu.
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UW-Madison News Release--Former NSF Leader to Speak
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9/27/05
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FORMER NSF DIRECTOR TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON
MADISON - Rita Colwell, former director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will speak on "Water Pollution and Human Health" at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in a free public lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union.
Colwell headed the NSF from 1998-2004. The government-funded foundation's $5.5 billion annual budget provides competitive grants that account for about 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. The NSF awards about 10,000 new grants each year.
Colwell now chairs Canon US Life Sciences, Inc., and is a distinguished professor at the University of Maryland and at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Her interdisciplinary expertise bridges environmental science and medical epidemiology. Known for her landmark discovery of the role of marine plankton as reservoirs of Vidrio cholerae, the agent of epidemic cholera, she is developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues, including safe drinking water for both the developed and developing worlds.
Colwell's appearance here is the first of six Roy F. Weston Global Distinguished Sustainability Lectures planned at UW-Madison through next spring. Weston, an alumnus of UW-Madison, is the founder of Weston Solutions, Inc., an international environmental and redevelopment firm.
The Weston lecture series is sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (part of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies), the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy, and the Global Environmental Studies Research Circle.
For more information about the series, visit www.sage.wisc.edu/pages/news.html or contact the series coordinator, Claus Moberg, ccmoberg@students.wisc.edu.
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Bush Urges Americans To Cut Back on Unnecessary Travel To Conserve Gas President Bush urged Americans on Monday to cut back on unnecessary travel to make up for fuel shortages caused by Hurricane Rita as he prepared to take his seventh trip to the Gulf Coast. Bush said the government was ready to release fuel from its emergency oil stockpile to alleviate high prices. China Tiger Trade Would Doom Species, WWF Says A reopening of Chinese business in tiger parts could doom the species to extinction and undermine efforts to curb other illegal wildlife trade, the Worldwide Fund for Nature warned on Monday. UN Recommends Capture, Storage of Carbon Dioxide Underground To Prevent Global Warming Existing technology should be used to capture and store carbon dioxide underground to prevent emissions and curb global warming, experts suggested in a comprehensive report released by the United Nations. On Beyond Organic Radio: Natural Pet Care Nearly 40 percent of US families house at least one dog, according to the American Humane Society. For anyone with a pet, spending time in a vet’s office can be a stressful experience – stressful both for the animal and the owner. Mississippi Fears Post-Katrina Rebuilding Could Ruin the Variety of the Coastline A month after Hurricane Katrina smashed fishermen's shacks, casinos and historic mansions alike, civic leaders in Mississippi are turning their attention to rebuilding, and are wondering this: Will the coast be restored in all its variety? Or will it give way to strip malls and walls of high-rise condos? Scientists Conduct Wind Energy Projects In an effort to make the country less dependent on foreign oil, experimental wind energy projects are underway at opposite ends of Georgia. No One Can Say If Warming Caused Katrina, Rita Scientists say it's not easy to tell if global warming caused hurricanes Katrina and Rita but Monday they forecast more unpredictable weather as Earth gets hotter. Decision to Remove Causeway Sparks Debate A Douglas administration decision to remove the Missisquoi Bay causeway over Lake Champlain has sparked a debate over how that will affect habitat for the spiny soft shell turtle. Cattle Feared Dead Along Flooded Louisiana Coast The Army used Blackhawk helicopters to search for thousands of cattle feared stranded in high water Monday amid reports that more than 4,000 may have been killed in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. Feds Cut Back Habitat for Snowy Plover The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced that West Coast beach-front critical habitat for the threatened western snowy plover will be cut back by nearly 40 percent, continuing a Bush administration policy of reducing habitat protections for threatened and endangered species to reduce economic losses. Invasive Mosquito Species Found in Midwest A species of mosquito common in the eastern U.S. and capable of carrying the West Nile virus has made its way to the Midwest for the first time, a finding made by a college undergraduate, Washington University officials said Monday. Utah Firms Find Being Environmentally Conscious Is Good Business
Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Benefit from IPM New IPCC Report Confirms That CO2 Storage Could Play A Major Role In Combating Climate Change – But Only If Key Constraints Are Addressed NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; Marin Board of Supervisors to Vote on a Letter Supporting Endangered Species Act; Letter Urges Representative Woolsey and Senators Boxer and Feinstein to Protec Teacher Workshops on IPM Academic Standard Offered Throughout State Former President Clinton Endorses Biodiesel; Clinton Encourages Biodiesel Education and Use of Fuel in Hurricane Katrina Clean-Up Read all Non-Profit News
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Consultant floats idea: Add to Chicago parks' harbors
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Demand for lakefront boat slips in Chicago could increase as much as 50 percent
over the next 20 years -- a need that could be met with a number of new
harbors, a consultant says in a new report. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (9/27)
Port Clinton marina plan gets $1.25M
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Port Clinton's plans for a large municipal marina got a boost yesterday when the
Ohio Controlling Board approved a $1.25 million grant toward construction of a
breakwall needed to protect the proposed facility from Lake Erie storms.
Source: The Toledo Blade (9/27)
EDITORIAL: Wisconsin: Dumping ground for the Upper Midwest
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It’s time for the Wisconsin Legislature to do something about the tons of
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota garbage entering the state. Source:
Green Bay Press-Gazette (9/27)
Protect Lake Superior with a rake
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Duluth officials are providing residents with a free rake and asking them to
voluntarily adopt a storm drain as part of continuing efforts to keep polluted
runoff from entering local streams and Lake Superior. Source: Duluth News
Tribune (9/27)
Indiana sheds light on sewage
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As of Monday, the Department of Environmental Management began posting records
of sanitary overflows on its Web site and will update them every Friday.
Source: The Indianapolis Star (9/27)
Quebec village says yes to proposed LNG terminal
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A Quebec village near the site of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal to
be built by Petro-Canada and pipeline giant TransCanada Corp. has voted 57.2
percent in favour of the project. Source: Canada East (9/27)
Ohio proposing increase in fish limits
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The Ohio Division of Wildlife will hold a public hearing Thursday to explain why
it wants more liberal yellow perch and walleye bag limits in 2006. Source: The
Plain Dealer (9/27)
DEQ orders owner to fill illicit canal in Old Mission Peninsula
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has ordered a waterfront
property owner to fill a 152-foot canal it says he dredged without permission
into Grand Traverse Bay's Old Mission Peninsula. Source: Detroit Free Press
(9/26)
Rain brings sewage dump
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Sunday's heavy rain prompted the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to
dump a large but unspecified volume of raw sewage into local streams and Lake
Michigan, district officials announced Monday. Source: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (9/26)
Central Elgin to enter port talks
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The Municipality of Central Elgin will begin immediate negotiations to assume
ownership of Port Stanley harbour and establish a Lake Erie ferry service to
Cleveland, Ohio. Source: St. Thomas Times-Journal (9/26)
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Monday, September 26, 2005
UW-Madison News Release--new study offers promise
CONTACT: Lisa Brunette, (608) 263-5830, la.brunette@hosp.wisc.edu
CAN POMEGRANATES PREVENT PROSTATE CANCER? A NEW STUDY OFFERS PROMISE
MADISON - The juice of the pomegranate, say researchers at University of Wisconsin Medical School, shows major promise to combat prostate cancer - the most common invasive cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men.
With more than 230,000 new cases of prostate cancer expected to be diagnosed this year alone in the U.S. and the outlook poor for patients with metastatic disease, researchers are looking for new strategies to combat the disease. Earlier research at Wisconsin and elsewhere has shown that the pomegranate, a fruit native to the Middle East, is rich in anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity and is effective against tumors in mouse skin. In fact, pomegranate juice has higher anti-oxidant activity than do red wine and green tea, both of which appear promising as anti-cancer agents.
The UW research team aimed to find out if the extract from pomegranates would not only kill existing cancer, but help prevent cancer from starting or progressing. Using human prostate cancer cells, the team first evaluated the fruit extract's effect, at various doses, on those cells cultured in laboratory dishes. They found a "dose-dependent" effect - in other words, the higher the dose of pomegranate extract the cells received, the more cells died.
The research team then progressed to tests in mice that had been injected with prostate cancer cells from humans and developed malignancies. The 24 mice were randomly divided into three groups. The control group received normal drinking water, while the animals in the second and third groups had their drinking water supplemented with .1 percent and .2 percent pomegranate extract respectively. The doses for the mice were chosen to parallel how much pomegranate juice a typical healthy human might be willing to eat or drink daily.
The results were dramatic: the mice receiving the higher concentration of pomegranate extract showed significant slowing of their cancer progression and a decrease in the levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a marker used to indicate the presence of prostate cancer in humans. The animals that received only water had tumors that grew much faster than those in the animals treated with pomegranate extract.
"Our study - while early - adds to growing evidence that pomegranates contain very powerful agents against cancer, particularly prostate cancer," says lead author Dr. Hasan Mukhtar, professor of dermatology in the UW Medical School. "There is good reason now to test this fruit in humans - both for cancer prevention and for treatment."
The next step in the evaluation of pomegranates for cancer prevention and treatment is to conduct tests in humans, according to Mukhtar.
The other members of the research team are Arshi Malik, Farrukh Afaq, Vaquar Adhami, Deeba Syed and Sami Sarfaraz, all research scientists in the department of dermatology. The Wisconsin research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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UW-Madison News Release--marine toxins provide insight
CONTACT: Ivan Rayment, (608) 262-0437, ivan_rayment@biochem.wisc.edu
STRUCTURES OF MARINE TOXINS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AS CANCER DRUGS
MADISON - Vibrantly colored creatures from the depths of the South Pacific Ocean harbor toxins that potentially can act as powerful anti-cancer drugs, according to research findings from University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists and their Italian colleagues.
The research team has defined the structure of the toxins and provided a basic understanding that can be used to synthesize pharmaceuticals, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
"We've determined how this class of toxins interacts with actin," an important protein responsible for cellular structure and movement, says Ivan Rayment, a professor of biochemistry in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences who worked with John Allingham, a postdoctoral fellow, on the study. "We're adding to fundamental understanding which will be taken up by others to simplify chemical synthesis of what could potentially be powerful cancer treatments."
The toxins, which are produced naturally by organisms that exist symbiotically on deep-sea sponges, work by disrupting the activity of actin, an abundant protein that gives structure to eukaryotic cells. "Actin forms long chains, or filaments, that are essential for cellular locomotion, division and growth," explains Allingham. "Because cancer cell masses grow faster than other cells in the body, actin provides an excellent target for drugs that could inhibit such rapid growth."
Adds Allingham: "These marine toxins can knock out the lynchpins in these long chains or cap their ends and kill cancer cells. Moreover, initial work shows that even a low dose of these toxins can bring a significant response."
Prior to the study published in PNAS, it was known that the marine toxins affect several forms of cancer - but not how they worked, says Rayment. The recent findings will enable the toxins to be synthesized in a lab instead of harvested from the depths of the ocean floor, meaning that the drugs can be engineered to be as effective as possible. "In order to chemically synthesize a better drug, it is a good idea to know how the natural compound works," he says. "Scientists who study natural products take their cues from what nature has already done. We're adding deep biochemical meaning to this area."
He adds that synthetic chemists hope that actin-based drugs might one day rival the success of Taxol, a powerful drug derived from a natural product that keeps breast-cancer cells from dividing.
"Actin-based drugs have not yet been used as successful drugs as have those that target microtubules, like Taxol, in part because we haven't understood how to target actin," Rayment explains.
Rayment and Allingham collaborated with Angela Zampella and Maria Valeria D'Auria at the Universita degli Studi di Napoli in Naples, Italy. The work was supported in part by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship, a grant from the National Institutes of Health and the state of Wisconsin.
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Suburbs in the city
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A popular new neighborhood in Detroit looks more like a suburb than an urban area, which raises the question of what a city should be. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (9/26)
Environmental superheroes
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Drama is a unique way to connect children with their textbooks, which is why a play on the achievements of Rachel Carson is making the rounds of elementary schools. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (9/26)
EDITORIAL: No drilling in Lake Erie
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Natural gas prices are expected to rise brutally this winter, but state and federal lawmakers should not be stampeded into reversing the ban on drilling for gas and oil in Ohio's portion of Lake Erie. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/25)
Biologists fear danger for chinook fishery
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Sharp declines in the numbers of alewives, which make up much of the food base for chinook salmon, and other factors have biologists concerned about a possible crash in populations of the gamefish. Source: South Bend Tribune (9/25)
Six-county group aims to restore grasslands
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An organization covering six central Wisconsin counties has set an ambitious goal of protecting thousands of additional acres of grasslands and a threatened bird that calls the habitat home. Source: Marshfield News-Herald (9/25)
Why you're going to love being inspected by U.S. customs
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At the spanking-new U.S. Customs facility at the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, the 75-foot-long main desk is built with wood debris from the Independence, the first steamship ever to sail on Lake Superior. Source: Soo Today (9/25)
Steamship Mather sails with a tug and a push
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With its 96-year-old captain once again at the helm, the freighter-turned-museum William G. Mather moved to its new berth over the weekend just north of the Great Lakes Science Center. Source: The Plain Dealer (9/25)
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Group wages David-and-Goliath battle to build historic fort replica
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A nonprofit group says it has been stymied for more than four years in its attempt to build a life-size replica of the Abbe Francois Picquet's 1749 Fort LaPresentation on the St. Lawrence River. Source: New York Newsday (9/24)
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Suburbs in the city
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A popular new neighborhood in Detroit looks more like a suburb than an urban area, which raises the question of what a city should be. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (9/26)
Environmental superheroes
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Drama is a unique way to connect children with their textbooks, which is why a play on the achievements of Rachel Carson is making the rounds of elementary schools. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (9/26)
EDITORIAL: No drilling in Lake Erie
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Natural gas prices are expected to rise brutally this winter, but state and federal lawmakers should not be stampeded into reversing the ban on drilling for gas and oil in Ohio's portion of Lake Erie. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/25)
Biologists fear danger for chinook fishery
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Sharp declines in the numbers of alewives, which make up much of the food base for chinook salmon, and other factors have biologists concerned about a possible crash in populations of the gamefish. Source: South Bend Tribune (9/25)
Six-county group aims to restore grasslands
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An organization covering six central Wisconsin counties has set an ambitious goal of protecting thousands of additional acres of grasslands and a threatened bird that calls the habitat home. Source: Marshfield News-Herald (9/25)
Why you're going to love being inspected by U.S. customs
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At the spanking-new U.S. Customs facility at the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, the 75-foot-long main desk is built with wood debris from the Independence, the first steamship ever to sail on Lake Superior. Source: Soo Today (9/25)
Steamship Mather sails with a tug and a push
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With its 96-year-old captain once again at the helm, the freighter-turned-museum William G. Mather moved to its new berth over the weekend just north of the Great Lakes Science Center. Source: The Plain Dealer (9/25)
10 trips to peek at leaves
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From the Great Lakes to lazy rivers to historic villages, it's easy to findfall colors on scenic drives around the Midwest. Source: Akron Beacon Journal (9/25)
Group wages David-and-Goliath battle to build historic fort replica
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A nonprofit group says it has been stymied for more than four years in its attempt to build a life-size replica of the Abbe Francois Picquet's 1749 Fort LaPresentation on the St. Lawrence River. Source: New York Newsday (9/24)
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