Buoy technology reveals workings of Great Lakes- Editor H2ONotes [ 2/4/2010 - 07:42 ] # Buoys are some scientists' toy soldiers, strategically positioned to
relay nearshore conditions to compile a long-term data set. "Observing
Systems" are allowing scientists to be better equipped to predict
changes to the ecosystem and water quality. more...
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Parks Canada continues Superior project- Editor H2ONotes [ 2/1/2010 - 07:27 ] # Parks Canada is mapping out a marine conservation area along the North
Shore of Lake Superior; they are working on plans to establish a
National Marine Conservation Area in a 10,000-square kilometre area. more...
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Shoreline Caucus of lawmakers puts pressure on Obama administration to stop Asian carp from reaching Great Lakes- Editor H2ONotes [ 2/1/2010 - 07:25 ] #  A group of Michigan state House lawmakers, calling themselves the
Shoreline Caucus, hopes personal stories will influence the U.S. Supreme
Court. The caucus plans to submit an amicus brief in support of
Michigan's lawsuit to stop the carp. more... 
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Warm weather making ice too thin to fish- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/28/2010 - 18:19 ] # After an unusually warm January, most of the ice on the St. Lawrence
River and Lake Ontario has melted, leaving many popular ice-fishing
spots with only thin layers of ice. more...
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Offshore Wind Turbine Farm in Lake Michigan Unwelcomed- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/28/2010 - 18:16 ] # West Michigan residences do not want an offshore wind turbine farm in
Lake Michigan. The proposed turbine wind farm along
the coast of Lake Michigan stemming from Muskegon, Michigan to
Ludington, Michigan has citizens very concerned. The proposal from
Scandia Wind Offshore, LLC to build 100 to 200 wind turbines has spawned some serious reactions
from West Michigan residence. Many towns along the proposed section of
Lake Michigan are mainly tourist towns. Who would want to visit a
shoreline where all you saw on the horizon were wind turbines? more...
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EDITORIAL: Time's almost up for stopping carp- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/26/2010 - 07:10 ] # Carl Levin is trying to order the poison. Debbie Stabenow and Dave Camp are asking their colleagues in Congress to close up the waterways. Will enough people listen?
Carl Levin is trying to order the poison. Debbie Stabenow and Dave Camp are asking their colleagues in Congress to close up the waterways. Will enough people listen?
• Efforts to combat Asian carp
DNA test results released this week suggest Asian carp have moved well
beyond an electrical barrier set up to keep them out of Lake Michigan
-- with one site in the lake, out in Calumet Harbor, also testing
positive. more...
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Asian Carp DNA Found in Lake Michigan; Supreme Court Rejects Remedy- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/24/2010 - 22:49 ] # Water samples taken in Lake Michigan reveal that Asian carp have
made the jump into the world's largest freshwater system, the Journal
Sentinel has learned.
Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to force the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to slam shut two lakeside navigation locks to
prevent the super-sized, north-migrating carp from making the jump into
the lake. more...
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Michigan couple builds water purification units in garage- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/21/2010 - 16:43 ] # OSTEGO,
MICH. — Intent on providing clean drinking water to third-world
countries, a Michigan couple has been constructing water purification
units in their garage, according to The Plainwell & Ostego Union Enterprise. more...
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EDITORIAL: Time for Detroit to clean up its act- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/21/2010 - 16:32 ] # Here we are, 10 years into the 21st century, living on the border of
two of the world's most prosperous nations, and what do we have? We
have more than 80 billion gallons of raw sewage and hazardous waste
dumped into the Detroit River every year. more...
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U.S. Coast Guard cutters ram away at heaped-up ice- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/21/2010 - 16:31 ] # Five U.S. Coast Guard cutters worked together last week to push through
miles of broken pieces of ice piled in heaps from shore to
international shore on the icy St. Clair River. more...
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Mercyhurst professor to expand testing of Presque Isle water- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/19/2010 - 18:02 ] # The swimming advisories issued each summer at Presque Isle State Park are triggered in part by storms, which bring more surface water -- and more E. coli bacteria -- into Lake Erie.
Other chemicals wash in with it. An ongoing study by Steve Mauro, an assistant professor of biology at Mercyhurst College, has found additional problems in the water off Presque Isle.
Mauro and his researchers have found trace levels of several other chemicals, including:
- Triclosan, an antibacterial agent found in toothpastes and deodorants; more...
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River, lock businesses fear fallout of canal's closing- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/18/2010 - 06:49 ] # 
If locks and dams in Chicago-area waterways are closed to keep Asian carp from Lake Michigan where it could devastate the Great Lakes' ecology, there would be an immediate effect on local boating businesses and could forever change a way of life on inland rivers and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
"If they close the river, my business would die," said Anthony Discepolo, 52, owner of A-1 Millennium Marina, which sits on the Little Calumet River in Burnham. "The impact would be horrendous. Boaters don't want to be restricted to just the river." more...
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Ships clogged in ice, tonnage way down, 13 ships to winter in Twin Ports- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/14/2010 - 21:47 ] # The Duluth Seaway Port Authority says as the recession hammered construction, auto, steel and appliance industries, so it hammered port trade. Mike Simonson reports from Superior.
As we reported last week, iron ore shipments are down to levels not seen since the Great Depression year of 1938, down 57% from last year in the Twin Ports. Coal is down 17%, other commodities like limestone, cement and salt down 21%. Only grain is up, increasing 32% in 2009. more...
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Carpe diet: How to serve carp- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/12/2010 - 06:56 ] # Emperor's Choice doesn't normally serve Illinois River Asian carp on its menu. But when we showed up at the Chinatown restaurant toting more than 15 pounds of the stuff in a plastic bag last Friday, chef Thomas Lui was happy to show us how it would be served on a typical Chinese table. We did call ahead and ask, though. Our meal came out in four courses as follows.
Carp soupWe started with a mild milky carp broth accented with napa cabbage and cubes of silky tofu, the most assertive flavors coming from slender strips of fresh ginger. more...
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Asian carp: Take that carp and fry it- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/12/2010 - 06:54 ] #  Asian carp may indeed be poised to destroy commercial fishing as we know it in the Great Lakes, but Reggie McLeod likes his smoked or pickled.
The Vietnamese community cooks carp in coconut milk with lemon grass and chili peppers. The Polish like to draw out the pungent fishy odor by soaking it in milk and onions.
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