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<> Lack of Vitamin B1 Killing Great Lakes Fish - Summary: Great Lakes fish in the salmon family that rely on the fish "alewife" as part of their diet face a major obstacle in restoring naturally reproducing populations, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research

<> Why it's a big deal that half of the Great Lakes are still covered in ice - As the Great Lakes slowly lose their historically large ice covers over the next few months, the domino effects could include lingering cold water, delayed seasonal shifts, and huge jumps in water levels

<> COMMENTARY: Tar sands expansion poses risk to Great Lakes - Expanding proposals for more pipeline capacity by Canadian pipeline company Enbridge, as well as plans to ship tar sands crude oil across Lake Superior and other Great Lakes, are astonishing in their sheer scale.

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<> U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes Region) Web-based Sediment Tools Training Sessions - A series of one-day training workshops on the Corps' web-based sediment tools to be held at various locations around the Great Lakes Basin. Free of charge to all participants.

<> Planned nuclear waste facility raises fears for Great Lakes - Some materials that would be stored in a proposed underground nuclear waste facility less than a mile from Lake Huron are hundreds of times more radioactive than was told to Canadian government officials considering the. . .

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<> Canada narrows list of possible locations for nuclear waste facility - Canada is a step closer to picking a place to store spent nuclear fuel underground for the next 100,000 years, a project that's backfired on some of the world's other nuclear economies. One of four sites, Schreiber, ON, is on the Northshore of Lake Superior

• Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization 

<> Lake Michigan and Lake Huron water levels are rising, but how big a jump is expected?

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<> Lake Superior ice still slowing commercial ships, Coast Guard ice-breakers to stay into May - Warming temperatures are improving shipping schedules on the Great Lakes, though the effects of winter's icy fury still remain.

<> 2014 Great Lakes Beach Association Conference - Save the date November 12-14 at the Novotel Toronto Centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario.

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<> Coalition to Testify at House Hearing on Great Lakes Efforts - Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition Policy Director Chad Lord will be testifying today before a U.S. House subcommittee responsible for funding environmental programs

<> Congress expands Great Lakes dredging; 16 projects planned in Michigan, Wisconsin - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District had planned nine dredging projects in Michigan and Wisconsin for 2014 worth $13.2 million. But Congress recently allocated an additional $17.8 million and the number hit 16. . .

<> Great Lakes BIOTIC Symposium - The Great Lakes Sea Grant Network is hosting the Great Lakes Briefs on Invasive Organisms Traded in Commerce (BIOTIC) Symposium in Milwaukee, WI on June 3-4. The project is being led by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant Programs, and aims to advance knowledge and understanding of the organisms in trade invasion pathway. . .

<> Lakewood launches pilot sewer project in hopes of reducing expensive sewer upgrades - To help solve the problem of sanitary sewer overflows that pollute the Rocky River and Lake Erie,, Lakewood, Ohio, plans to dye-test and use video cameras on sewers leading from nearly 300 homes, many of which may have. . . 

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<> Coalition Supports House, Senate Efforts to Boost Great Lakes Programs - The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition today issued its support to U.S. House and Senate leaders who are pushing to restore funding to Great Lakes programs.

<> Council of Canadians, environmental groups push Great Lakes protection - Environmental groups across the province of Ontario are calling for adoption of key legislation that was introduced last February to protect and improve the health of the Great Lakes

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<> Lake levels hold steady as cold hangs on - Water levels in Lake Michigan held steady compared to last month, but are above last year and expected to rise as more snowpack melts with the warmer spring weather

<> New plan needed for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River; water levels likely to be higher this summer - A new plan -- one that regulates the water levels for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River -- is needed soon because of the recent rise in water levels.

<> Crews finish cleanup after BP oil spill on Lake Michigan, trace amounts of oil remain - A shoreline assessment team made up of representatives from the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency and BP has decided that no further cleanup efforts are needed for the oil spill.