wsj - apr 30
Recreational boat manufacturer Brunswick Corp. (BC) said Thursday it's planning for a permanently smaller boat industry as its first-quarter sales fell 45% from a year ago.
Chief Executive Dustan McCoy said industry-wide sales of boats in the U.S. aren't likely to ever return to their 2005 peak.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Dubuque native plans to ride wave of history
thonline - apr 30
When Dubuque native Bryan Hansel paddles his kayak away from Grand Marais, Minn., on Saturday, he doesn't plan on returning home until Sept. 25.
He will become the first person to circumnavigate the Great Lakes in a kayak in one year.
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When Dubuque native Bryan Hansel paddles his kayak away from Grand Marais, Minn., on Saturday, he doesn't plan on returning home until Sept. 25.
He will become the first person to circumnavigate the Great Lakes in a kayak in one year.
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Cleveland's downtown waterfront gets a makeover on paper that envisions public spaces, fishing piers
Plain Dealer - may 01
Cleveland's new image will start with a walkable waterfront that embraces all the allure and activity a river and a Great Lake can bring, influential planners and developers say.
That includes public squares, promenades and fishing piers in a world-class, maritime neighborhood that port, city and civic leaders envision for the gritty port lands on Cleveland's downtown lakefront.
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Cleveland's new image will start with a walkable waterfront that embraces all the allure and activity a river and a Great Lake can bring, influential planners and developers say.
That includes public squares, promenades and fishing piers in a world-class, maritime neighborhood that port, city and civic leaders envision for the gritty port lands on Cleveland's downtown lakefront.
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Group pans Great Lakes study
sun times - may 01
The Georgian Bay Association Foundation is panning a study carried out by a bi-national research board that blames natural causes for the falling water levels in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
The International Upper Great Lakes Study Board was to release the report today, but the GBA provided a copy to the Enterprise-Bulletin in Collingwood ahead of time.
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The Georgian Bay Association Foundation is panning a study carried out by a bi-national research board that blames natural causes for the falling water levels in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
The International Upper Great Lakes Study Board was to release the report today, but the GBA provided a copy to the Enterprise-Bulletin in Collingwood ahead of time.
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Shipping season under way
BLADE - may 01
While a conveyor belt poured part of a 23,000-ton cargo of coke into one of the M.V. Federal Rhine's holds outside his bridge windows, ship's captain Arif Ali yesterday received a succession of gifts to recognize him as master of the first ocean-going vessel to call at the Port of Toledo this year.
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While a conveyor belt poured part of a 23,000-ton cargo of coke into one of the M.V. Federal Rhine's holds outside his bridge windows, ship's captain Arif Ali yesterday received a succession of gifts to recognize him as master of the first ocean-going vessel to call at the Port of Toledo this year.
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'Do Nothing' Recommendation for Water Loss in Great Lakes Based on Incomplete Science
prnewswire - may 01
An environmental group and leading scientists are disputing the findings of a report commissioned to understand how changes in the St. Clair River contribute to the alarming decline of water levels in the upper Great Lakes. The study, released Friday by The International Upper Great Lakes Study Board (IUGLSB), found that 6 billion more gallons of water are flowing out of Lakes Michigan and Huron per day as compared to 1971, but that it is due to "natural causes," and that no remedial measures need to be taken.
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An environmental group and leading scientists are disputing the findings of a report commissioned to understand how changes in the St. Clair River contribute to the alarming decline of water levels in the upper Great Lakes. The study, released Friday by The International Upper Great Lakes Study Board (IUGLSB), found that 6 billion more gallons of water are flowing out of Lakes Michigan and Huron per day as compared to 1971, but that it is due to "natural causes," and that no remedial measures need to be taken.
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Environmentalists eager to hear President Barack Obama's Great Lakes plan
Plain Dealer - may 01
Millions of people who live near the Great Lakes will soon learn whether President Barack Obama and Congress are committed to spending billions on restoring the lakes to a thriving ecosystem, with economic benefits to cities like Cleveland.
Information could emerge by the middle of next week on Obama's first-year plan, announced with few details so far, to spend $475 million on cleaning up the lakes.
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Millions of people who live near the Great Lakes will soon learn whether President Barack Obama and Congress are committed to spending billions on restoring the lakes to a thriving ecosystem, with economic benefits to cities like Cleveland.
Information could emerge by the middle of next week on Obama's first-year plan, announced with few details so far, to spend $475 million on cleaning up the lakes.
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Demand down for Great Lakes freighters
Erie Times-News - may 01
The Roger Blough will be taking an unwanted summer vacation.
And the 858-foot Great Lakes freighter, which departed Erie early Thursday morning on its way to summer storage in Conneaut, Ohio, isn't the only Great Lakes ship that will be sitting on the sidelines.
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The Roger Blough will be taking an unwanted summer vacation.
And the 858-foot Great Lakes freighter, which departed Erie early Thursday morning on its way to summer storage in Conneaut, Ohio, isn't the only Great Lakes ship that will be sitting on the sidelines.
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Outlook improves for Great Lakes water levels
detroit news - apr 30
With Michigan's boating season cranking up, water levels in the Great Lakes continue to show increases from the lows seen in recent years.
In April, lakes Superior, Michigan/Huron, Erie and St. Clair all saw increases over the same period last year. And the pattern that's underway means levels should remain higher than last year throughout the boating season.
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With Michigan's boating season cranking up, water levels in the Great Lakes continue to show increases from the lows seen in recent years.
In April, lakes Superior, Michigan/Huron, Erie and St. Clair all saw increases over the same period last year. And the pattern that's underway means levels should remain higher than last year throughout the boating season.
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