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April 2008
GOP lawmakers fight linking Great Lakes Compact, budget repair Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30)
Lake Michigan ferry service begins May 3 WZZM-Grand Rapids (4/30)
Ohio's Fisher urges OK of Great Lakes compact The Toledo Blade (4/30)
Michigan DEQ plans cutbacks in water permits The Grand Rapids Press (4/30)
Water pollution discharge rule draws scrutiny Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/30)
Court backs bird cull The Windsor Star (4/30)
Tribes' walk around Lake Michigan draws attention to water pollution The Grand Rapids Press (4/30)
Twin Ports area environmental groups sue the U.S. Coast Guard KUWS-Ashland (4/30)
EDITORIAL: Watershed moment Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30)
Owner, city at odds over value of land Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30)
1,000-volt shocks help DNR research river walleye in U.P. The Detroit News (4/30)
Profiling a lake's 'nasty' invaders The Windsor Star (4/29)
Sick loons may be out-of-state visitors Traverse City Record-Eagle (4/29)
EDITORIAL: Time for Senate, president to act on invasive species The Sheboygan Press (4/29)
Tabled lake-level plan heats debate Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/29)
Michigan DNR proposes raising salmon bag limit The Mining Journal (4/29)
DTE targeted over pollution The Detroit News (4/29)
Mid-Michigan residents to Great Lakes study officials: 'Help us with our problems' The Bay City Times (4/29)
Bid to stop mine in Michigan's U.P. gets hearing The Detroit News (4/29)
COMMENTARY: New reefs will help an ancient fish thrive again in river Detroit Free Press (4/28)
Scientists wade into water level worries The Port Huron Times-Herald (4/28)
Construction sites mucking up rivers The Environment Report (4/28)
Interview: Economics and environment The Environment Report (4/28)
Canada slow to turn to offshore wind The Globe and Mail (4/28)
Lamprey numbers increasing The Tillsonburg News (4/28)
Indians: 'Our water is not for sale' The Muskegon Chronicle (4/28)
How low will lake levels go? The Muskegon Chronicle (4/28)
Relic hunter wants Canada's help in shipwreck case Canwest News Service (4/28)
House OKs Coast Guard legislation Cheboygan Daily Tribune (4/28)
EDITORIAL: Lake Erie, we must keep it clean by approving the Great Lakes Compact The Plain Dealer (4/27)
Lake Erie breezes have businesses interested The Morning Journal (4/27)
EDITORIAL: Weigh pluses, minuses of offshore turbines The Sheboygan Press (4/27)
It's time for bass catch, release Detroit Free Press (4/27)
U.S. House passes ballast water treatment standards The Muskegon Chronicle (4/25)
Feds pump in $2.9 million to clean up Niagara River NiagraThisWeek.com (4/25)
Wisconsin developers have plans for wind turbines in Lake Michigan The Muskegon Chronicle (4/25)
Ontario rejects IJC plan 2007 on water levels The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (4/25)
Alien species rampant on H2O Highway Canwest News Service (4/25)
Proposal would increase salmon catch limit The Grand Rapids Press (4/25)
Private boaters may need to get EPA discharge permits The Plain Dealer (4/25)
Bush threatens to veto rules on ships' ballast water Detroit Free Press (4/24)
Builders urged to give Great Lakes some space The Toronto Star (4/24)
Great Lakes security checks scrapped Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (4/24)
Lakes' pact gets support from Toledo mayor and Fisher The Toledo Blade (4/24)
Ballast water vote expected Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/24)
Wind farms proposed on water Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/24)
Ont. opposes plan for regulating levels of Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence The Canadian Press (4/24)
Sea lamprey chemical treatment on South Sandy Creek will go on Watertown Daily Times (4/24)
City acts to deodorize Simon Lake NorthernLife.ca (4/24)
Isle Royale National Park bans bait in Lake Superior Duluth News Tribune (4/23)
Author says Great Lakes water supply at risk Muskegon Chronicle (4/23)
Ports have deep needs, shallow pocketbooks The Oshkosh Northwestern (4/23)
EDITORIAL: Earth Day brings new challenges Bemidji Pioneer (4/23)
MNDOT holds meeting on problem of storm water infiltrating Lake Superior Northland's News Center (4/23)
Parched U.S. states could start 'water wars' and seek Great Lakes water: experts The Canadian Press (4/23)
Great Lakes Compact vote expected next week New Richmond News (4/23)
Wind farms generating energy may boost Michigan's economy The Detroit News (4/22)
EDITORIAL: Clear water has real value The Buffalo News (4/22)
New Lakeshore plans unveiled Leelanau Enterprise (4/22)
Mackinaw ends ice season, gears up for buoy duties Cheboygan Daily Tribune (4/22)
Great Lakes virus may be culprit for local fish kill Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/22)
The greening of the presidency The Northwest Indiana Times (4/22)
Judge rules MPCA must regulate Lake Superior ballast water St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/22)
Questions are raised about nuclear fuel storage and dismantling Zion plant Chicago Tribune (4/22)
Court orders federal jurisdiction over possible "Griffin" shipwreck WLNS-Lansing (4/22)
Coast Guard says no live-fire training on Lake Superior New Richmond News (4/22)
Pesticide ban set to grow The Toronto Star (4/22)
Ten threatened rivers The Environment Report (4/21)
Selling Earth Day The Environment Report (4/21)
West Michigan Underwater Preserve would feature Lake Michigan shipwrecks Gazette News Service (4/21)
Zebra mussels put snag in walleye fishing Belleville Intelligencer (4/21)
Climate change may threaten Lake Superior wolves FOX News (4/21)
Miller votes for reauthorization of BEACH Act Huron Daily Tribune (4/21)
COMMENTARY: Let's make this Earth Day a day when action begins Star Tribune (4/21)
EDITORIAL: Keep cleanup funds coming Detroit Free Press (4/21)
Canada's water crisis 'escalating' Canwest News Service (4/21)
Divers discover shipwreck in Lake Michigan WTVG-Toledo (4/21)
Great Lakes watchers implanting ID codes in fish The Canadian Press (4/20)
Lake basin states face similar challenges The Northwest Indiana Times (4/20)
NY State DEC investigates cause of walleye fish kill The Syracuse Post-Standard (4/20)
What do pollution numbers mean? The Northwest Indiana Times (4/20)
Great Lakes under microscope The Cincinnati Enquirer (4/20)
Wisc. Congressional panel hears of Great Lakes needs The Associated Press (4/19)
EDITORIAL: Lakes' water not for sale Traverse City Record Eagle (4/18)
St. Lawrence has strength: experts The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (4/18)
Truly spring The Syracuse Post-Standard (4/18)
Chicago tests water for drugs Belleville News-Democrat (4/18)
COMMENTARY: Lake Erie walleye too busy to bite The Toledo Blade (4/18)
Beach cleanup help needed The Muskegon Chronicle (4/18)
Army Corps may change plans to dredge Saginaw River The Bay City Times (4/17)
EDITORIAL: A bottom-line argument for cleaning up the Great Lakes Duluth News Tribune (4/17)
Lac du Flambeau given more control over water quality WKBT-La Crosse (4/17)
River makes at-risk listing Watertown Daily Times (4/17)
Great Lakes water level hearing is Friday Green Bay Press Gazette (4/17)
Preserve ships' shapes, group urges The Kingston Whig-Standard (4/17)
Officials hopeful, skeptical about hovercraft service WHAM-Rochester (4/17)
Entrepreneur sees coal gas plant rising in Alma Tri-Cities Business Review (4/17)
DEQ: Dow-Lafarge partnership has positive environmental impact The Bay City Times (4/17)
Cleveland's location could mean billions if U.S. cleans up Great Lakes The Plain Dealer (4/17)
Canadian shore has room Detroit Free Press (4/17)
COMMENTARY: Water's not a never-ending resource The Hamilton Spectator (4/17)
Saginaw/Midland water pipeline healthy The Saginaw News (4/16)
EDITORIAL: Keep up the fight against invasive species The Sheboygan Press (4/16)
Draft plan would ban shoreline wind farms The Windsor Star (4/16)
Great Lakes cleanup would generate billions, study says Detroit Free Press (4/16)
EDITORIAL: Need broader approach to Great Lakes borders Battle Creek Enquirer (4/16)
Minnesota pressing toward ballast regulation Duluth News Tribune (4/16)
Scientists coming to Bay City to discuss low water levels The Bay City Times (4/15)
River needs additional cleaning Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/15)
Earth Day prompts recycling efforts Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/15)
Niagara River ice boom removal marks rite of spring The Buffalo News (4/15)
COMMENTARY: Court ruling could doom boating Traverse City Record-Eagle (4/15)
Legality of trout spawn as bait in Minnesota in question Duluth News Tribune (4/15)
EPA urges Great Lakes residents not to flush old meds The Associated Press (4/15)
Superior rising, but not to normal levels The Sault Star (4/15)
Vote on Great Lakes pact is expected to be delayed Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/15)
Lake Ontario: Birds of prey drawn to bay Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/14)
New coal-fired power plants generate opposition The Associated Press (4/14)
EDITORIAL: Teaming up to stop a threat to lakes Detroit Free Press (4/14)
Birds springing North too early The Environment Report (4/14)
Momentum for Great Lakes Compact? The Environment Report (4/14)
Interview: Great Lakes Compact The Environment Report (4/14)
Snake on the lake: Land set aside for endangered islander Sandusky Register (4/14)
Compromise doesn’t reduce strength of water compact The Superior Daily Telegram (4/14)
Grand River rising good for Lake Michigan WOOD TV8: Grand Rapids (4/14)
Wind turbine to crown Muskegon's historic Frauenthal Center The Grand Rapids Press (4/14)
EDITORIAL: Unfounded fears delay Ohio's approval of pact to protect Great Lakes The Morning Journal (4/13)
Water may freshen Northeast Ohio's future The Plain Dealer (4/13)
Shoreline generates interest in power The Muskegon Chronicle (4/12)
Electrical policy future in Consumers Energy sights The Muskegon Chronicle (4/12)
Great Lakes ocean liner ban urged The London Free Press (4/11)
Tiny transmitters are capable of tracing walleye moves The Toledo Blade (4/11)
IDEM delays release of report on polluted rivers Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/11)
U.S. anglers off hook in Canadian waters The Toledo Blade (4/11)
Wildlife officials using radio transmitters to track spawning fish The Owen Sound Sun Times (4/11)
1958 shipwreck survivor will retell story of SS Bradley disaster The Grand Rapids Press (4/11)
Boaters west of power dam may notice lower water levels The Cornwall Standard Freeholder (4/10)
Government gets green with national initiatives Medill Reports Chicago (4/10)
Doyle calls for vote on Great Lakes compact Green Bay Press Gazette (4/10)
Grendell wants to amend Ohio Constitution The Plain Dealer (4/10)
Lakes bills pending The Port Huron Times Herald (4/10)
Erie fishermen off the hook on customs rule The Columbus Dispatch (4/10)
First ship of 2008 season to pass under Duluth lift bridge The Associated Press (4/10)
Sleeping Bear doesn't have cash for land Traverse City Record-Eagle (4/10)
Split Rock Lighthouse being renovated Rochester Post-Bulletin (4/10)
Kingston dumps more sewage into lake; Snowfall blamed for increase The Kingston Whig-Standard (4/10)
EDITORIAL: Closer to approval Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/9)
Scientists call foreign mussels worst of all Great Lakes' exotics Muskegon Chronicle (4/9)
Critics: Politics is hiding CDC report detailing deadly effects of pollution The Grand Rapids Press (4/9)
COMMENTARY: National view: Restoring the Clean Water Act Duluth News Tribune (4/9)
Level of radioactive tritium in test well declines at nuclear plant Kalamazoo Gazette (4/9)
WI DNR proposes stricter new rules to regulate invasive species Wisconsin State Journal (4/9)
City water plan disputed The Montreal Gazette (4/9)
Hovercraft transit firm makes bid to revive Toronto-Rochester ferry The Globe and Mail (4/9)
Possible breakthrough on Great Lakes compact Wisconsin State Journal (4/9)
Can fast hovercraft service between U.S. and Toronto stay afloat? CP24-Toronto (4/9)
Fight brews over Saginaw River dredging spoils site The Bay City Times (4/8)
Great Lakes shippers take steps to halt deadly fish virus spread The Associated Press (4/8)
COMMENTARY: Cormorant cull needed The Windsor Star (4/8)
Michigan City gets $400,000 EPA grant Merrillville Post-Tribune (4/8)
COMMENTARY: GOP reps pledge support for Great Lakes compact Green Bay Press-Gazette (4/8)
Huron, Erie almost tied; Many factors play into dropping levels: study The Sarnia Observer (4/8)
MNR aims to boost Lake Erie trout numbers The London Free Press (4/8)
New wetland replacement regulations The Environment Report (4/7)
Using dams to make hydrogen The Environment Report (4/7)
Lakes region a sleeping powerhouse, scholar says The Toledo Blade (4/7)
$3M grants are offered in Lake Erie watershed The Toledo Blade (4/7)
MI DEQ releases dioxin damage-assessment plan The Associated Press (4/7)
Bait operators complain MNR rule has them on hook The Sault Star (4/7)
Lake Huron: Phosphorus and its impact on Saginaw Bay Huron Daily Tribune (4/7)
So much snow, but little help for lakes Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/7)
COMMENTARY: Fisher missed the boat on Great Lakes water issue The Toledo Blade (4/6)
Great Lakes focus of drought debate Kalamazoo Gazette (4/6)
COMMENTARY: Time to start paying water's real price The Toronto Star (4/6)
Shipwrecks a time capsule of the Great Lakes The Muskegon Chronicle (4/6)
State keeps watch on walleye virus The Muskegon Chronicle (4/6)
Lakes compact languishes in Ohio The Plain Dealer (4/6)
City reports drop in water lead levels The London Free Press (4/5)
Wet, snowy winter raises Lake Superior's water level The Detroit News (4/4)
COMMENTARY: Be sure to take note of fishing rule changes The Port Huron Times-Herald (4/4)
Virus worries don't stop walleye egg collection The Grand Rapids Press (4/4)
Chemical industry's influence at EPA probed The Washington Post (4/4)
Official: Fish die-off in Mona Lake likely natural The Grand Rapids Press (4/4)
Lake Michigan wind turbines power a lot of opinions WBAY-TV (4/4)
Lakes forecast: Tension high, and Michigan partly to blame Detroit Free Press (4/3)
Protect Canada's water, Ottawa urged Toronto Star (4/3)
Despite muck, DEQ won't list Saginaw Bay as 'impaired' The Bay City Times (4/3)
EDITORIAL: Lt. Gov. Fisher's wrong answer on Great Lakes water The Plain Dealer (4/3)
EDITORIAL: Win-win water sales Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/3)
Wisconsin cracking down on 'infected bait' Southtown Star (4/3)
Lake Superior down more than usual in March Duluth News Tribune (4/3)
'Phenomenal' for birds of prey
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (4/3)
Wisconsin regulators agree to look into Great Lakes windmills The Associated Press (4/3)
EDITORIAL: Volunteers should help waterways The Port Huron Times-Herald (4/3)
Fisher 'misspoke' on water diversion Toledo Blade (4/2)
U-M engineers draft plans for ballast-free ships The Detroit News (4/2)
EDITORIAL: Not a drop to spare Toledo Blade (4/2)
EDITORIAL: Bay swim will mark magnificent rebirth Erie Times-News (4/2)
Judge delays cormorant cull The Windsor Star (4/2)
Dead Christmas trees help stabilize dunes at Ludington State Park The Associated Press (4/2)
Ohio's Fisher visit raises possibility of selling Great Lakes water The Toledo Blade (4/1)
Fighting the VHS fish virus Minnesota Public Radio (4/1)
Hovercraft service proposed for Port of Rochester WHAM-Rochester (4/1)
Perch poised for lake revival Chicago Tribune (4/1)
U.S. fishing crackdown rumours unfounded, officials say The Windsor Star (4/1)
Tours planned for Great Lakes The Sarnia Observer (4/1)

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