Sheboygan Press • June 16
The City of Sheboygan would like the Environmental Protection Agency to dig deeper in its effort to clean up contamination of the Sheboygan River.
The EPA is in the final stages of designing a project to remove polychlorinated byphenyls, a known carcinogen, from the Sheboygan River between the Eighth Street Bridge and Pennsylvania Avenue. Dredging in that section of the river, part of a Superfund site, is set to be done next year.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Can a new "manatee alarm" save manatees through technology?
10connects - june 16
When "Della" was brought into Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, her outlook was bleak. A boat had blasted across her back. Her internal wounds were vicious. Even with the best treatment, the staff here admitted, she'd need some luck.
Days later, the staff learned Della had something to live for; she gave birth to a calf.
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When "Della" was brought into Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, her outlook was bleak. A boat had blasted across her back. Her internal wounds were vicious. Even with the best treatment, the staff here admitted, she'd need some luck.
Days later, the staff learned Della had something to live for; she gave birth to a calf.
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Milwaukee's Sweet Water Organics, leading the nation to an urban aquaculture revolution
examiner - june 15
James Godsil, urban farmer, roofer, poet, big dreamer, and hard worker, met with me earlier this month to talk about Sweet Water Organics. Steve Lindner and Josh Fraundorf share his vision and are the major investors in this urban aquaculture center with goals to revolutionize urban food production.
Sweet Water Organics has been guided by the common sense technology and scientific expertise of Will Allen and his Growing Power as well as Fred Binkowski of the Great Lakes Water Institute.
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James Godsil, urban farmer, roofer, poet, big dreamer, and hard worker, met with me earlier this month to talk about Sweet Water Organics. Steve Lindner and Josh Fraundorf share his vision and are the major investors in this urban aquaculture center with goals to revolutionize urban food production.
Sweet Water Organics has been guided by the common sense technology and scientific expertise of Will Allen and his Growing Power as well as Fred Binkowski of the Great Lakes Water Institute.
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Groups sue to get gray wolves back on list
AP - June 16
Five groups sued the government Monday for removing more than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region from the endangered list, prolonging a dispute over whether the predator can survive without federal protection.
Despite the wolf's comeback from near-extinction in the region over the past two decades, some activists insist it remains vulnerable. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks an injunction returning Great Lakes wolves to the endangered list while the case is heard.
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Five groups sued the government Monday for removing more than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region from the endangered list, prolonging a dispute over whether the predator can survive without federal protection.
Despite the wolf's comeback from near-extinction in the region over the past two decades, some activists insist it remains vulnerable. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks an injunction returning Great Lakes wolves to the endangered list while the case is heard.
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President Obama Launches Plan to Protect Our Oceans
Natural Resources Defense Council - June 15
There's exciting news on the environment front. President Obama has issued a Presidential Memorandum that calls for the development of a national ocean policy and implementing strategies. The memorandum will establish an interagency task force that is to recommend within 90 days:
1) A national ocean, coastal and Great Lakes policy that, among other things, protects and maintains these important ecosystems.
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There's exciting news on the environment front. President Obama has issued a Presidential Memorandum that calls for the development of a national ocean policy and implementing strategies. The memorandum will establish an interagency task force that is to recommend within 90 days:
1) A national ocean, coastal and Great Lakes policy that, among other things, protects and maintains these important ecosystems.
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Iron ore shipments down on Great Lakes
SteelGuru - June 16
According to the Lake Carriers' Association, Iron ore shipments out of 4 Lake Superior ports during May 2009 were just one-third of what they were 1 year earlier.
As per report Duluth, Superior, Two Harbors and Silver Bay shipped a combined 1,608,571 net tonnes during May 2009, down from 4,859,408 net tonnes in May 2008. The 5 year average is 4,251,662 net tonnes.
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According to the Lake Carriers' Association, Iron ore shipments out of 4 Lake Superior ports during May 2009 were just one-third of what they were 1 year earlier.
As per report Duluth, Superior, Two Harbors and Silver Bay shipped a combined 1,608,571 net tonnes during May 2009, down from 4,859,408 net tonnes in May 2008. The 5 year average is 4,251,662 net tonnes.
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Exhibit on Darwin comes to Great Lakes Science Center
June 14, 2009
"Darwin," an in-depth exhibition dedicated to the highly original naturalist, Charles Darwin, and his theory of evolution by natural selection, opens at Great Lakes Science Center June 27 and runs through Sept. 19. This comprehensive exhibition features specimens, artifacts, manuscripts and memorabilia related to Darwin. 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Origin of Species.
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"Darwin," an in-depth exhibition dedicated to the highly original naturalist, Charles Darwin, and his theory of evolution by natural selection, opens at Great Lakes Science Center June 27 and runs through Sept. 19. This comprehensive exhibition features specimens, artifacts, manuscripts and memorabilia related to Darwin. 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Origin of Species.
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Great Lakes home to fish philandering
Canwest News Service - June 15
Talk about slippery.
Researchers at Hamilton's McMaster University found that some small, Casanova-like fish are infiltrating the nests of other unsuspecting males, leaving their sperm on the eggs inside before slipping out to wreck another home.
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Talk about slippery.
Researchers at Hamilton's McMaster University found that some small, Casanova-like fish are infiltrating the nests of other unsuspecting males, leaving their sperm on the eggs inside before slipping out to wreck another home.
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