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Lake News
Feds set aside money for Great Lakes cleanup
Rochester City Newspaper (11/18)
There is no shortage of environmental problems with the Rochester Embayment, a recessed section of Lake Ontario that stretches from Parma to Webster. The Embayment is listed as a federal area of concern because of the negative effects of the water quality on fish and wildlife populations, the added cost of treating water for municipal use, and other issues.
COMMENTARY: Niagara County can't tolerate more toxic wastes
The Buffalo News (11/12)
The Niagara County Legislature passed a resolution on Oct. 6 stating that ". . . the economic development policy of Niagara County considers the siting of additional hazardous waste landfill capacity as contrary and damaging to its goals and objectives."
NY DEC releases strategy for the former Diamond International site
Watertown Daily Times (11/10)
More than 24 years and $2.5 million after the cleanup began, the New York Dept. of Env. Conservation released its proposed remedial action plan which does not call for any further cleanup, but recommends that the land not be redeveloped for single-family homes
Hydro's wind plans face stiff opposition
The Toronto Star (10/24)
Toronto Hydro Corp. has been given the green light to build an offshore wind research platform about 1.2 kilometres off the Scarborough Bluffs, part of a controversial plan to erect dozens of wind turbines in Lake Ontario.
Hydro to test wind power in lake off Bluffs
The Toronto Star (10/23)
Toronto Hydro Corp. has been given the green light to build an offshore wind research platform about 1.2 kilometres off the Scarborough Bluffs, part of a controversial plan to erect dozens of wind turbines in Lake Ontario.
Stimulus funds used to track pollution in Lake Ontario
WXXI (10/22)
Over $250,000 will go toward a study into the origins of phosphorus in the tributaries that feed Lake Ontario. The chemical element can cause algae blooms which close the beaches about half of the time each year.
Lake Resources
Great Lakes Research Consortium
The Great Lakes Research Consortium consists of 16 colleges and universities in New York State and nine affiliated schools in Ontario. GLRC programs help to promote collaborative research on the Great Lakes.
Lake Ontario Committee
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
The committee considers fishery issues of common concern, develops joint programs and research projects and serves as a forum for management agencies.
New York Sea Grant
Focuses the talents of university scientists and extension specialists on research in the areas of fisheries, coastal environmental quality and processes, invasive species, non-point source pollution and seafood safety.
Great Lakes Information Network
Last updated: July 12, 2006
Maintained by: Christine Manninen, manninen@glc.org
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