GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Michigan http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2009-07-03T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2009-07-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20090701/BLOG2501/90701055/A+new+Soo+lock++maybe All the dignitaries at Tuesday's groundbreaking for a new Soo lock expressed high hopes that this really did mark the start of continuous construction that would see the project finished in the next seven to ten years. text/html 2009-07-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20090702/SHE0101/907020421/1062/SHE01/Dirty-birds--Gulls-making-a-big-mess-at-South-Pier South Pier District business owners in Sheboygan, Wis., say they have a mess on their hands, as hordes of gulls have moved into the area and quickly turned one of the city's most popular summer destinations along Lake Michigan into one big avian commode. text/html 2009-07-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20090702/NEWS05/907020422/Teams+targeting+poison+in+the+River+Raisin Michigan has more PCB-contaminated hot spots than any other Great Lakes state. And the River Raisin's short stretch is one of the worst. Using money Congress authorized specifically to clean up the Great Lakes, a major federal cleanup is scheduled to start within a year. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2009/6-24-09/Clean-water-good-biz.asp Restoring the Great Lakes and its tributaries is good for business and the environment, says a panel of environmentalists and other stakeholders. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2009/06/30/news/doc4a4a70b1e0018285454001.txt The state of Michigan says it's working with France to take new steps to finally determine if a northern Lake Michigan shipwreck is the Griffin, which sank while loaded with furs 330 years ago. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_182071633.html A groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday marked the first step toward construction of a new Great Lakes shipping lock on the St. Marys River, which supporters have sought for more than two decades. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/350104181693332.bsp The federal government has awarded $10 million in economic stimulus money to the Great Lakes Commission for a wetland and wildlife habitat restoration project on Muskegon Lake. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.glifwc.org/ GLIN's July Site of the Month is the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services to its member bands. text/html 2009-06-30T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/kirk_heinze_green_jobs_are_gro.html In a Greening of the Great Lakes interview about the recently released "Michigan Green Jobs Report," I found reason to be optimistic about the alternative energy sector. text/html 2009-06-30T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnUh27cfu2VnO5iEcnBvMbME2GjgD994JU3G1 Federal officials are resuming negotiations with Dow Chemical Co. over cleanup of dioxin pollution near the company's Midland plant.