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- — June 7, 2010
Army Corps says regular lock closures won’t stop Asian carp

After several failed Supreme Court appeals, hopes of closing Chicago’s locks to stop the Asian carp fell on the US Army Corps of Engineers. Those hopes were dashed last week[…]

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- — May 28, 2010
Groups protest open-water sediment dumping in Lake Erie

Open-water dumping of dredged sediment is turning Lake Erie into “pea soup,” warn concerned environmental and business groups. The groups are suing to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers[…]

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- — May 26, 2010
Automated fish taggers will process 30 million Great Lakes salmon and trout

Manually tagging the roughly 30 million salmon and trout annually stocked into the Great Lakes would be an almost impossible feat. A new $1.4 million automated fish marking and tagging[…]

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- — May 25, 2010
Re-piecing our wetlands: Grant money to help restore Lake Erie marsh

“Wetlands restoration is like reassembling a giant … jigsaw puzzle, one little piece at a time,” once remarked a Toledo Blade environmental writer. Well, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service[…]

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