Around the Basin 2009-05-16 No comments yet

• Obama’s budget for the Great Lakes Restoration plan. http://tinyurl.com/qxtdqa 10:09:19
• From the “glass is half-empty” department. Rising lake levels are stealing people’s beaches. http://tinyurl.com/r58ty2 10:18:47
• Bird sactuary created near Cleveland on Lake Erie. http://tinyurl.com/r6lxg2 10:23:11
• Ohio tightens regulations to fight the spread of the fish disease VHS. http://tinyurl.com/pb3ouj 10:26:19
• Biodeisel port opens in Milwaukee. http://tinyurl.com/ravkj5 10:29:16
• EPA scientist. Drug residues in drinking water are not a problem for people. http://tinyurl.com/pxejwe 11:38:46
• Congress is getting set to consider Great Lakes cleanup funding. http://tinyurl.com/o26rtg 13:22:43
• Great Lakes Law Blog: Great Lakes senators work to restore protections to Clean Water Act. http://tinyurl.com/q9rvfs 13:40:16
• Chicago ban on BPA in sippy cups and bottles. http://tinyurl.com/oj2s3s 13:47:20

Around the Basin 2009-05-08 No comments yet

• New review of the Pyranha Fusion from the Colorado Kayak Supply blog. http://tinyurl.com/or5bch 08:44:25
• Bruce Power’s bid to build two new nukes on the shores of Lake Erie comes up for review. http://tinyurl.com/pupgkc 08:46:27
• Corps of Engineers dredging in Rochester, NY. http://tinyurl.com/p3z4ew 08:49:50
• Opposition to oil pipeline on Leach Lake tribal lands. http://tinyurl.com/p7whpm 09:44:53
• Loopholes in the Great Lakes Compact. And how to close them. http://tinyurl.com/o63l73 23:22:44

Around the Basin 2009-04-22 No comments yet

• WI governor to spend $1.7 million on Great Lakes improvements. http://tinyurl.com/dhtdde 08:53:32
• MI judge reopens UP Yellow Dog mine hearing. Says MIDNR may have been a bit too hasty in granting permit. http://tinyurl.com/c2pss4 09:03:13
• All hail Twitter Digest. Big thanks to Tim at Whalespine.org. Around the Basin is up and running. http://tinyurl.com/cm68jr 09:16:44
• New York Power Authority looks at wind farms in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/co8sfc 13:28:56
• Great Lakes WATER institue in Milwaukee, WI to study drugs in waste water. http://tinyurl.com/dxhozr 17:58:18
• WWII dive bomber recovered off the bottom of Lake Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/d47n3h 17:59:18
• Waukesha, WI has a new well that is radium free. http://tinyurl.com/ddgk9s 18:00:49

Around the Basin–April 17, 2009 No comments yet

• US EPA to list greenhouse gasses as pollutants. The New York Times

• Cleveland talks turbines and zoning. Plain Dealer

• Pipeline to channels Lake Erie water to grow tomatoes in Ontario. The Windsor Star

• Fisheries Commission enlists anglers to fight sea lampreys. Mlive/The Flint Journal

Around the Basin–April 8, 2009 No comments yet

• Is erosion in the St. Clair River lowering water levels in Lakes Michigan and Huron? The Times-Herald

• Wisconsin DNR is on the hunt for VHS. Wisconsin DNR Press Release

• The Army Corps of Engineers is finally turning on the Asian carp barrier! Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

• Lake Erie waters a bit cleaner than expected. Erie Times-News

Around the Basin–April 2, 2009 No comments yet

• Drilling for oil under Lake Erie? Urbana Daily Citizen

• Spy cams on the St. Clair River aim to stop smugglers. Detroit News

• Sportfishing numbers down on Lake Michigan last year. Daily Kenoshan

• US Supreme Court rules in favor of fish chopping power plants. The Washington Post

Around the Basin–March 10, 2009 No comments yet

• The Great Lakes shipping season will open in two weeks, and shippers are trying to sort out all of the various state ballast water regulations. Maybe one, strong federal law might be a good idea. Duluth News-Tribune

• Talking Lake Michigan forage fish blues. Wisconsin State Journal

• Ferry service from Port Stanley, Ontario to the States? Sure, if they get the harbor dredged. The London Free Press

• Great Lakes Brewing Company. This isn’t really about the Great Lakes, but the Edmund Fitzgerald Porter is killer. And it is on tap at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. Great Lakes Brewing Company

Around the Basin–March 9, 2009 No comments yet

• Big threats to the big lakes. This story isn’t from today’s news, but it gives a good overview of challenges and opportunities within the Basin. The Christian Science Monitor

• Fighting wind power in Ontario? Informational meeting held by group that opposes offshore wind turbines in Lake Erie. The Windsor Star

• Water Council has its eye on turning Milwaukee into a world leader in clean water technology. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

• EPA calls a timeout on dioxin cleanup talks with Dow Chemical for Michigan’s Saginaw Bay. Mlive/The Saginaw News

Around the Basin–March 6, 2009 No comments yet

• Zapping lampreys. Should the lamprey weir on the Pere Marquette River be turned off? Luddington Daily News

• Legislators in Ohio take a look at drafting industrial water use guidelines under the Great Lakes Compact. Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer

• UW Milwaukee research institute donates fish fillets to feed the hungry. The Chicago Tribune

• One more Chicago suburb lines up for Lake Michigan water. Lake County News-Sun

Around the Basin–March 3, 2009 No comments yet

• Bryan Smith and Reel Water Productions win big in the National Paddling Film Festival with Eastern Horizons Best Professional General Film.  National Paddling Film Festival
  

• And, in a shameless bit of promotion, might I add that the film will be shown at this year’s Canoecopia, two weeks from now in Madison, Wisconsin. Canoecopia

• Grand Marais paddler/photographer Bryan Hansel is gearing up for his Around the Great Lakes expedition. Bryan is planning to circumnavigate all five of the Great Lakes this summer in one big push and will be Twittering along the way. Around the Great Lakes

• Collateral damage: a power plant near Toledo is killing millions of fish each year as it sucks in cooling water from Lake Erie. Ohio.com