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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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