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AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation and TourismTourismBig Week for Small Birds: The Biggest Week in American Birding started on Friday
-The Biggest Week in American Birding, which started on May 3 this year, regularly draws thousands of visitors to Ohio’s coastline.
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AdvocacyAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWaterfront DevelopmentLake Erie Activist Addresses United Nations on Earth Day
-Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaigners Toledoans for Safe Water were invited to the United Nations in New York City on Earth Day to talk about the campaign.
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AdvocacyAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFinding the Funds: How the Lake Erie Bill of Rights campaigns were financed
-Records show funding for Toledo Coalition for Jobs and Growth came almost exclusively from Houston, Texas-based BP North America, including a $302,000 wire transfer made just two weeks before the election.
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AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodJames ProffittNewsPlayRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismVideoTwo Lake Erie tributaries draw tens of thousands for springtime fishing
-Dates come and go, and so do groundhogs and weather reports. However, the true indicator of spring is when thousands of men, women and children suddenly appear, waist-deep in the chilly, often muddy waters of the Sandusky and Maumee rivers.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterFoodIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewJames ProffittLake ErieNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionVideoFarming and the Future
-While most farmers aren’t happy about the newly-minted ordinance, they’re not overly concerned about it, either. Many of them at the Oak Harbor event were confident in their efforts to keep their operations as environmentally-friendly as possible.
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Anglers on Ice
-Call it hard water fishing or ice fishing. Either way it’s cold, although it could be warm. All depends on how you do it. But for certain, every year hundreds of thousands of Great Lakes residents and visitors spend time hanging out on top of the ice, working to finagle fish from beneath it.
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Great Lake Gets Great Rights
-Voters approved the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in a landslide this week.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTargeting the Farms
-If Toledo voters pass the Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot measure this week, Ohio farmers are some of the most concerned constituents, says Joe Cornely, spokesman for the Ohio Farm Bureau.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsBudgetEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeJames ProffittLake ErieNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThreat to Business
-The 8,000 member businesses of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s would be undermined by the Lake Erie Bill of Rights if it passes and is enacted, says a spokesman for the group.
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(Almost) Everything You Want to Know about Lake Erie’s Walleye Population
-The walleye population in Lake Erie has exploded during the past few years — the fishing is considered to be great, and fisheries managers say it will likely get better in the near future as younger fish grow to keeping size.
