GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Ohio 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 2010-02-05T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.presspublications.com/from-the-press/3781-epa-extends-comment-period-for-proposed-open-lake-dumping The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will extend its deadline to accept public comments on an application by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase open lake dumping of dredged sediment to Feb. 22. The original deadline was Jan. 21. text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.newsnet5.com/news/22377881/detail.html While January temperatures have been cold, Lake Erie remains unfrozen. text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100201/NEWS16/2010315 The Obama Administration said it will host a White House summit on Feb. 8 to discuss the Asian carp crisis with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. text/html 2010-02-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/02/obama_budget_would_provide_300.html President Obama's FY11 budget has reduced funding for restoration of the Great Lakes from $475 million (committed this past year) to $300 million. text/html 2010-01-29T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2010/01/lawmakers_wrangle_over_ohio_de.html If deer are raised on farms or hunted on preserves, deer farmers have prodded lawmakers to introduce bills to have the Ohio Depart. of Agriculture take over from the Ohio Div. of Wildlife. A fly in the ointment is that neither state agency wants that to happen. text/html 2010-01-29T08:05:50-04:00 http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/01/25/daily40.html A massive venture capital fund that pumps money into Great Lakes businesses is crucial for the economy of the region to move beyond its Rust Belt status, says a white paper released Friday by the Brookings Institution public policy think tank. text/html 2010-01-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/wisconsin_man_new_director_of.html The Cleveland Metroparks system may be one of the last assets in Northeast Ohio that remains the envy of the nation, and the park commissioners believe they have chosen a new executive director capable of guiding the Emerald Necklace. text/html 2010-01-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/news/29486 The national headcount can have a big impact on our region's share of federal dollars and how much influence we have in Congress. The non-partisan survey firm Polidata forecasts that most of the Great Lakes states will lose a congressional seat. text/html 2010-01-27T08:05:50-04:00 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/radioactive_industrial_site_st.html The director of the Ohio Canal Corridor is now more desperate than ever to find a way across 55 acres along the Cuyahoga River to build one of the final legs of the long-anticipated hiking and biking trail. text/html 2010-01-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100124/NEWS24/1240356 The Land Conservancy of West Michigan will be able to restrict development on 427 acres of Muskegon River frontage and forest under agreements with three local landowners. The Grand nonprofit recently got conservation easements that will protect fertile spawning grounds for lake sturgeon and open-space wildlife habitat.