northumberland - july 2
A west beach property owner is offering to sell a strip of lakefront land to the Town of Cobourg so the boardwalk can be completed from the marina area westward to Bagot Street.
If purchased, the area the public could use along Lake Ontario would be extended, something the Cobourg Beach Society has recently been pressing town councillors to do in light of ongoing confrontations between beach walkers and some lakefront property owners in the area.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Water trail ready for paddlers
chronicle-telegram - july 6
This week’s official opening of the 27-mile Vermilion-Lorain Water Trail — which stretches from the Vermilion River Reservation along the shoreline of Lake Erie to Lorain and up the Black River to Elyria — should thrill the state’s growing number of canoeists and kayakers.
“Canoeing and kayaking is the fastest-growing segment of Ohio’s watercraft users,” Pam Dillon said Wednesday morning as the trail was officially dedicated in the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Mill Hollow area. “They represent a very significant portion of those using the state’s waterways.”
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This week’s official opening of the 27-mile Vermilion-Lorain Water Trail — which stretches from the Vermilion River Reservation along the shoreline of Lake Erie to Lorain and up the Black River to Elyria — should thrill the state’s growing number of canoeists and kayakers.
“Canoeing and kayaking is the fastest-growing segment of Ohio’s watercraft users,” Pam Dillon said Wednesday morning as the trail was officially dedicated in the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Mill Hollow area. “They represent a very significant portion of those using the state’s waterways.”
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Waters aren't roiled by record harvest
journal sentinel - july 4
Tribal spearers quietly hauled in a record number of fish this spring - more than 32,000 walleyes from northern Wisconsin lakes.
What's noteworthy is that few noticed.
Twenty-five years after the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission was founded after the controversial court decision allowing the Chippewa to spear fish on lakes in the ceded territory, tribal spearers went about their business with no fuss, no protests and no one publicly grousing about the effect on the state's fish stocks or tourism.
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Tribal spearers quietly hauled in a record number of fish this spring - more than 32,000 walleyes from northern Wisconsin lakes.
What's noteworthy is that few noticed.
Twenty-five years after the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission was founded after the controversial court decision allowing the Chippewa to spear fish on lakes in the ceded territory, tribal spearers went about their business with no fuss, no protests and no one publicly grousing about the effect on the state's fish stocks or tourism.
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Freighter business sinks in less than ship-shape times
freep - july 5
Freighter traffic on the Great Lakes is down about 40% this summer.
There were 47 freighters plying the lakes last month compared with 75 during the same time last year, said Glen Nekvasil, vice president for corporate communications for the Lake Carriers Association.
It's the economy, Nekvasil said.
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Freighter traffic on the Great Lakes is down about 40% this summer.
There were 47 freighters plying the lakes last month compared with 75 during the same time last year, said Glen Nekvasil, vice president for corporate communications for the Lake Carriers Association.
It's the economy, Nekvasil said.
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Boaters warned of killer virus
freep - july 5
Boat owners are being urged to disinfect their vessels when transferring them from one lake to another to avoid the spread of a virus responsible for killing hundreds of fish.
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia is suspected in fish kills across the Great Lakes, and officials worry it could spread to inland lakes on the bottoms of boats if owners aren't careful.
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Boat owners are being urged to disinfect their vessels when transferring them from one lake to another to avoid the spread of a virus responsible for killing hundreds of fish.
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia is suspected in fish kills across the Great Lakes, and officials worry it could spread to inland lakes on the bottoms of boats if owners aren't careful.
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Lakes' toxic algae blooms know no boundaries
Muskegon Chronicle - july 5
A group of scientists were analyzing color satellite images of the Great Lakes in 1995 when they noticed bright green patches on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay. The water wasn't the deep blue characteristic of the rest of the lakes--it was fluorescent green. The lime green water suggested that a pernicious problem from the 1960s had returned: blue-green algae blooms.
Scientists quickly figured out that the bright green cloud scum on the surface of western Lake Erie was a bloom of cyanobacteria -- a harmful algae bloom. Cyanobacteria are a class of bacteria that have the ability to release potent toxins when they float to the surface, form a mat of blue-green algae, and die.
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A group of scientists were analyzing color satellite images of the Great Lakes in 1995 when they noticed bright green patches on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay. The water wasn't the deep blue characteristic of the rest of the lakes--it was fluorescent green. The lime green water suggested that a pernicious problem from the 1960s had returned: blue-green algae blooms.
Scientists quickly figured out that the bright green cloud scum on the surface of western Lake Erie was a bloom of cyanobacteria -- a harmful algae bloom. Cyanobacteria are a class of bacteria that have the ability to release potent toxins when they float to the surface, form a mat of blue-green algae, and die.
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New York inches closer to offshore wind farm
reuters - july 1
Government agencies and power companies said on Wednesday they are gauging interest from developers and manufacturers about building a wind farm about 13 miles off the New York city coast that could end up being the largest such project in the United States.
The Long Island Power Authority, the New York Power Authority, other agencies and Consolidated Edison Inc hope to build the 350 megawatt wind farm off the Rockaway Peninsula in the Atlantic.
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Government agencies and power companies said on Wednesday they are gauging interest from developers and manufacturers about building a wind farm about 13 miles off the New York city coast that could end up being the largest such project in the United States.
The Long Island Power Authority, the New York Power Authority, other agencies and Consolidated Edison Inc hope to build the 350 megawatt wind farm off the Rockaway Peninsula in the Atlantic.
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