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May 16, 2008
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In the News Great Lakes compact passes in Wisconsin Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/15) Both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the Great Lakes compact Wednesday, sending it to Gov. Jim Doyle and putting pressure on the states that have not yet ratified it. Great Lakes bills differ on groundwater use Detroit Free Press (5/15) Michigan's House and Senate each passed bills Wednesday to protect Great Lakes water from diversion to thirsty outsiders in the future but stopped short of approving legislation required to implement the eight-state Great Lakes Regional Compact. Lamprey killing program underway Elliot Lake Standard (5/15) Sea lampreys are a pain for commercial fishermen and a literal thorn in the side of fish. The only weapon against the tube-shaped bloodsuckers is the Sea Lamprey Management Program (SLMP). Area steel mills may tap wind power Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/15) Northwest Indiana steel mills could be putting up wind mills in the coming years to reduce energy costs. The region has good potential to generate wind power, which could lower energy costs for steel plants and municipalities, according to the Hoosier Environmental Council. EDITORIAL: Pollution from the wind Ottawa Citizen (5/15) Some people think wind power is the perfect environmental energy but, like most things, it has its drawbacks, too. Wilderness Act introduced for Beaver Basin The Mining Journal (5/15) U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow introduced the Beaver Basin Wilderness Act Wednesday, which would permanently designate 11,739 acres as wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Salmon limit hike may help alewives Detroit Free Press (5/15) Randall Claramunt, a Department of Natural Resources research biologist, said chinook salmon numbers in Lake Michigan continued to decline in 2007, and so did the average size of the fish. Quebec adds new nature reserves CBC News (5/14) Ecologists in Quebec are welcoming a new provincial decree that creates 23 protected nature reserves containing 18,220 kilometers of land. The provincial government announced it will institute the protected nature zones to shield them from any industrial activity.
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