The Detroit Free Press has a report on efforts to possibly place flow inhibitors in the St. Clair River to keep water levels higher in the upper lakes.  Personally, I think that they should place turbines underneath the water.  Slow the flow AND generate electricity at the same time:

http://search.freep.com/sp?aff=118&keywords=NEWS05

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/NEWS05/710280612/1007

The Marquette Mining Journal has an interesting article about archaeological digs and studies at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007710280628

The Houghton Daily Mining Gazette has a nice series about trail systems in the UP:

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9176

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9177

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9163

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9146

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9126

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9127

The Mining Gazette also has several articles about the 15th anniversary of the Keweenaw National Historical Park:

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9168

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9128

The Leelanau Enterprise has an article about the paving of road ends in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore:

http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/10/28/road-end-changes-now-set-for-spring/

The Leelanau Enterprise also reports that the Sleeping Bear Dunes NL and the National Park System are trying to attract more younger visitors after a 2% drop in youth visitation last year:

http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/10/28/lakeshore-officials-set-goal-of-attracting-engaging-youth/

Here’s another Owassipe article in the White Lake Beacon:

http://www.whitelakebeacon.com/news.php?story_id=14387

Elyse Rogers of the Midland Daily News has a really nice article about East Tawas.  This is on my short list of future blog post topics:

http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18964200&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6

The Mining Journal reports that hundreds of dead loons have been found along the Lake Michigan shore west of St. Ignace along US-2.  The cause is reported as avian botulism:

http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/500648.html

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