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From the Detroit Free Press via the Duluth News Tribune, by Hugh McDairmid The state of Michigan says it wants to ensure Nestle Waters Inc. uses Michigan's water responsibly -- keeping it within the Great Lakes basin. Nestle says it wants the same rights that every other water-using business has.

Press Release: MI DNR State recreation officials are asking Great Lakes beach visitors to watch for piping plover nesting sites when enjoying the shorelines this summer.

Printed in the Mendocino County Observer and aired on KZYX&Z community radio.

When manure began piling up in fields near her Millsboro neighborhood, Irma L. Molloy wondered if she should be concerned about the coffee-colored mounds. What potential health hazards were hidden inside the heaps of dung that disappeared when Sussex County farmers worked them into the soil or carted them off to a Laurel processing plant? She couldn't find out.

Environmental Defense has ranked Ohio 25th among states in the estimated use of antibiotics as feed additives for chickens, hogs and beef cattle. The group also has ranked Holmes, Coshocton and Stark counties in the top 10 in the state in pounds per year of all antibiotic feed used for nontherapeutic reasons.

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Editorial The U.S. Senate Finance Committee must be careful to separate the baby from the bath water as it ponders changes in tax treatment of conservation easements this summer.

From Hearst Newspapers via the Duluth News Tribune, by Jennifer Dlouhy A group of lawmakers from states surrounding the Great Lakes on Thursday urged Congress to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in the waters. A federal moratorium precludes new drilling operations in the lakes, but it is set to expire in 2007.