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New public hearings on Great Lakes water levels

Examiner.com Milwaukee (7/1)

Those leading a controversial study on low water levels in Lakes Michigan and Huron have given in to pressure to add two public hearings in Wisconsin. The study board had scheduled 14 public hearings with only one held along the western shore of Lake Michigan or in the Upper Peninsula.

State of the Great Lakes 2009 Highlights report

(6/22)

The State of the Great Lakes 2009 Highlights report is coordinated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada. It provides the updated suite of Great Lakes indicators supported by scientific information, and information on the changes in nearshore areas of the Great Lakes since 1996.

More studies of wind farm requested

Watertown Daily Times (6/14)

Comments on the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm submitted to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation criticize the project's effects on birds and animals and ask for public access.

Twin Ports meeting on Upper Great Lakes water levels study

Duluth News Tribune (6/4)

Experts on Great Lakes water levels will hold a video conference June 11 in several cities to offer their take on a new study of the St. Clair River. The study, ordered by the International Joint Commission and released last month, looked at the impact that dredging the St. Clair River had on water levels upstream.

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