GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for New York http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-02-09T07:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100206/NEWS03/302069953 The town of Henderson is asking a judge to annul the town of Hounsfield Planning Board's site plan approval for the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm. Council says site approval lacks environmental, public notice requirements. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100205/NEWS03/302059991 The final approval for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm came Thursday morning in a 4-2 vote by the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency board of directors. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100205/NEWS03/100209881 The southern shore of Lake Ontario has given smallmouth bass anglers a lot of what they don't want -- round gobies. text/html 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/83575662.html A New York state appellate court has tossed out a challenge by the shipping industry over the state's ballast water treatment requirements for oceangoing ships visiting the Great Lakes. text/html 2010-02-04T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/ny_conservation_officials_cite.html New York conservation officials want to remove dozens of waterways from the list of those considered "impaired" by pollution, citing measures to reduce stormwater and agricultural runoff, sewage discharges and smokestack pollution. text/html 2010-01-27T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.romeoobserver.com/story.asp?storyid=16463 A proposed project to remove the Paint Creek Dam received support from the Oakland Township Board of Trustees. The dam is considered a barrier for fish passage, preventing all fish, mussels and sediment deposits from heading upstream. text/html 2010-01-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100128/NEWS03/301289969 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. text/html 2010-01-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100126/NEWS03/301269983 State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis and other speakers will discuss the impact of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes and the latest status of the Asian carp invasion at Save the River's 21st annual Winter Weekend Conference. text/html 2010-01-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://news10now.com/tompkins-cortland-news-1045-content/top_stories/494038/opposition-against-galloo-island-wind-farm-grows The Opposition is growing, and growing quickly against the idea of wind farms in the communities along Lake Ontario. More than 100 people met Saturday morning to discuss the proposed Galloo Island wind farm and the transmission line that would carry the power. text/html 2010-01-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2010/01/federal_funding_for_cormorant.html In contrast to years past, it's going to be a great summer on Oneida Lake if you're a cormorant. The cormorant harassment program for Oneida Lake has been cut out of the federal budget for 2010. That means the adult birds, which each eat an average of one pound of fish a day, will have free rein.