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Welcome to the Great Lakes Commission's collection of sustainable land use web resources. Links to recent relevant news stories are below and you can search the Great Lakes Information Network news archives by using the box at the bottom of the page. Follow the links on the left for issue-specific resources organized by state or province. Ohio farmers debate regulation of megafarms The Toledo Blade (11/19) The stakes are high for northwest Ohio as the Buckeye State moves closer to becoming the nation's first to put its state agriculture department in charge of large livestock facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Hotel owner sentenced for bulldozing beach Traverse City Record-Eagle (11/19) Eighty-Sixth District Judge Michael Haley sentenced Joseph Moffa to one year of probation on Tuesday. Moffa, an owner of the Cherry Tree Inn on U.S. 31 North in East Bay Township, had a bulldozer drive more than 120 feet into the bay behind the hotel in November 2006. COMMENTARY: Michigan benefits if Congress passes public lands bill The Detroit News (11/14) The Beaver Basin Wilderness Designation is one agreement among 15 wilderness proposals from 8 different states -- and a total of 140 pieces of public land proposals -- bundled together in an Omnibus Public Lands Bill. Saugatuck Township mulls waterfront access The Holland Sentinel (11/6) Saugatuck Township is working to ease the squeeze along the waterfront due to development. Project contact: Victoria Pebbles, vpebbles@glc.org |
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