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- — June 14, 2010
Dredging planned to clean up River Raisin AOC

The River Raisin, a Great Lakes Area of Concern in southeastern Michigan, once contained some of the highest concentrations of toxic PCBs ever found in water. The river has been[…]

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- — June 10, 2010
EPA names 28 Ohio finalists for Great Lakes restoration funding

The Environmental Protection Agency has chosen 28 Ohio projects as finalists to receive Great Lakes restoration funding, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced Monday. The Ohio projects were among 270 finalists[…]

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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 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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