Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Great lakes water levels

  • AP Environmental Writer= SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Brian Ramler longs for the days when his marina on Lake Hurons Georgian Bay could handle 50 boats — before water levels began dropping steadily more than a decade ago.
  • (The Guardian)
  • These are big issues that the DNR cant be the sole arbiter on, said Steve Hirsch, director of the DNRs division of water and ecological resources.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • She said less ice cover would endanger wetlands which are important to fish habitat in the Great Lakes. And municipalities would also have to spend big bucksto extend water intake pipes if water levels continue to decrease, Muter said.
  • (Calgary Herald)
  • The daily use levels would be averaged over a 90-day period a default threshold of 100,000 gallons from any water source would kick in under terms of the Great Lakes Compact.
  • (Toledo Blade)
  • It's a great time to be fishing both of which have seen significant rises in water level thanks to the heavy rains that have fallen across the region during the last month.
  • (Lufkin Daily News)
  • All but a small portion of Ontarios 2,700 km (1,677 mi) border with the United States follow inland waterways: from the west at Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes and supplied water power for development.
  • (Worldnews.com)
  • A published study says the amount of ice covering the Great Lakes has declined about 71 percent that diminished ice can accelerate wintertime evaporation, causing water levels to fall.
  • (Detroit Free Press)
  • It said boat anglers are starting to get out for panfish on some of the inland lakes while others are fishing the between the mouth and first rapids was high.
  • (The Oakland Press)

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