Friday, June 11, 2004

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Great Lakes News: 11 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/

Ferry under a new cloud
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With less than a week before the Spirit of Ontario starts service, there
remains a stumbling block that could scuttle Rochester's newest tourist
attraction. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (6/11)


COMMENTARY: Waterway system depends on environmentally safe solutions
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Sustaining our Great Lakes waterway system requires win-win solutions --
those that possess both economic and environmental benefits. Source:
Detroit Free Press (6/11)


$1B in roadwork for Ontario highways
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The Ontario government is embarking on a $1-billion bid to fix the
province's highways that will create more than 20,000 construction jobs
across the province, sources said Thursday. Source: Canadian National Post
(6/11)


Free fishing reels in local anglers
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Avid anglers will have company Saturday and Sunday on Michigan waters, and
fishing stores are reeling in the benefits. Source: The Port Huron Times
Herald (6/11)


Weekend of water fun in Washburn June 17-20
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Kayaking, sailing, rowing, hiking and motoring on or near Lake Superior are
all part of the Inland Sea Kayak Symposium, a 15-year-old event taking place
in Washburn June 17-20. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (6/11)


EDITORIAL: Action on lakes' troubles should not be delayed
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Members of Congress at a congressional forum this week began pushing for
real action to head off growing problems with the Great Lakes, and to them
we say, "Amen." Source: Port Clinton News Herald (6/10)


Effort to increase sturgeon gets a boost
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About 200 yearling lake sturgeon were released Thursday into the Milwaukee
River at Lime Kiln Park with the goal of restoring a spawning population of
this fish in the river, a state wildlife official said. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (6/10)


World sailing duo comes ashore in Port Huron
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A German couple on a six-year journey along the world's waterways will be
embarking soon for lakes Huron, Michigan, Superior and Lake Huron's Georgian
Bay. Source: The Port Huron Times Herald (6/10)


Odor returns to Milwaukee's beaches
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The odor that people have complained about for years at Lake Michigan
beaches in Milwaukee is back. Source: Yahoo News (6/9)

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