monroe news - June 08
Within the next two weeks, a contractor working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin dredging the River Raisin navigation channel from Lake Erie to the Port of Monroe turning basin.
Great Lakes Dock & Materials of Muskegon won an $872,940 contract to remove 88,000 cubic yards of sediment from the harbor. The dredgings will be put in the nearby confined disposal area at Sterling State Park.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Lawsuit to stop Lake Huron water diversion
Observer - june 8
Opponents are planning a lawsuit to stop a massive water divserion plan from Lake Huron.
A Michigan application was filed last week by Genesee County’s Drain Commission with the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to withdraw almost 322 million litres (85 million gallons) a day from Lake Huron.
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Opponents are planning a lawsuit to stop a massive water divserion plan from Lake Huron.
A Michigan application was filed last week by Genesee County’s Drain Commission with the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to withdraw almost 322 million litres (85 million gallons) a day from Lake Huron.
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Part of Columbus' fleet sailing into Oswego Harbor
Post-Standard - June 08
Replicas of two of the three ships Christopher Columbus used in his 1492 voyage to the New World will sail into Oswego Harbor next week.
The Niña and the Pinta reproductions are due to arrive June 17 and remain in the harbor until June 22. The ships will be docked along the West Pier near the H. Lee White Marine Museum.
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Replicas of two of the three ships Christopher Columbus used in his 1492 voyage to the New World will sail into Oswego Harbor next week.
The Niña and the Pinta reproductions are due to arrive June 17 and remain in the harbor until June 22. The ships will be docked along the West Pier near the H. Lee White Marine Museum.
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'Tired of apathy contributing to Great Lakes’ demise, filmmaker creates 'Waterlife’
CANADIAN PRESS - june 9
For years, filmmaker Kevin McMahon wanted to make a cautionary documentary on the Great Lakes. Finding someone to fund it was the tough part.
“Everybody would say, `Yeah, whatever — the Great Lakes, pollution,” recalls McMahon. “But it was really Al Gore’s film that opened the door.”
That would be Gore’s Oscar-winning 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” which explained the effect of climate change on the world and became one of the most popular documentaries ever made. Suddenly, movies with an environmental message weren’t taboo.
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For years, filmmaker Kevin McMahon wanted to make a cautionary documentary on the Great Lakes. Finding someone to fund it was the tough part.
“Everybody would say, `Yeah, whatever — the Great Lakes, pollution,” recalls McMahon. “But it was really Al Gore’s film that opened the door.”
That would be Gore’s Oscar-winning 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” which explained the effect of climate change on the world and became one of the most popular documentaries ever made. Suddenly, movies with an environmental message weren’t taboo.
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Lake Huron fish sold without warnings despite health advisories
michigan messenger - june 8
A regulatory loophole means that Great Lakes fish containing potentially dangerous levels of cancer-causing dioxin are being sold to consumers without warning.
In its “2008 Michigan Family Fish Consumption Guide: Important facts to know if you eat Michigan fish,” the Michigan Department of Community Health warns that pre-menopausal women and children should avoid all lake trout and large whitefish from Lake Huron because elevated levels of PCBs and dioxin have been detected in samples taken by the Department of Environmental Quality.
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A regulatory loophole means that Great Lakes fish containing potentially dangerous levels of cancer-causing dioxin are being sold to consumers without warning.
In its “2008 Michigan Family Fish Consumption Guide: Important facts to know if you eat Michigan fish,” the Michigan Department of Community Health warns that pre-menopausal women and children should avoid all lake trout and large whitefish from Lake Huron because elevated levels of PCBs and dioxin have been detected in samples taken by the Department of Environmental Quality.
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New Great Lakes agreement sought
june 8
A cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River experts is urging the US and Canadian federal governments to use this week’s 100th anniversary celebrations of the Boundary Waters Treaty in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to re-negotiate “an outdated” Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, according to a June 8 press release from the Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University, located in Hamilton.
“While officials should be commended for making strides in Great Lakes protection and restoration, the job is not even close to being done,” Gail Krantzberg, director of the McMaster Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, said in the release.
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A cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River experts is urging the US and Canadian federal governments to use this week’s 100th anniversary celebrations of the Boundary Waters Treaty in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to re-negotiate “an outdated” Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, according to a June 8 press release from the Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University, located in Hamilton.
“While officials should be commended for making strides in Great Lakes protection and restoration, the job is not even close to being done,” Gail Krantzberg, director of the McMaster Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, said in the release.
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Port of Green Bay, Great Lakes feel shipping downturn
greenbaypressgazette.com • June 9
The 2009 shipping season is shaping up as expected — slowly.
On June 1, 40 U.S.-flagged vessels were in service on the Great Lakes, compared with 75 the year before, according to the Ohio-based Lake Carriers Association.
The 2009 number is a little higher, by six vessels, when barge/tug combinations — which were not counted in the past — are factored into the equation.
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The 2009 shipping season is shaping up as expected — slowly.
On June 1, 40 U.S.-flagged vessels were in service on the Great Lakes, compared with 75 the year before, according to the Ohio-based Lake Carriers Association.
The 2009 number is a little higher, by six vessels, when barge/tug combinations — which were not counted in the past — are factored into the equation.
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Early hunters once prowled now-submerged portions of Lake Huron, evidence suggests
Sonar and video surveys of a long-flooded land bridge between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, reveal evidence of manmade structures that may have been used by hunters when water levels in the Great Lakes were much lower than they are today, researchers claim.
Between 8,300 and 11,300 years ago, when the North American climate was much drier, the water level in Lake Huron ranged between 55 and 100 meters lower than today’s level, says Guy A. Meadows, a physical oceanographer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Between 8,300 and 11,300 years ago, when the North American climate was much drier, the water level in Lake Huron ranged between 55 and 100 meters lower than today’s level, says Guy A. Meadows, a physical oceanographer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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