Great Lakes near all time record for ice cover

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2 ... s/5478697/

[Brian]

What will this do to the alewive populations? Can we expect a big die off? Or does that only happen if the water get cold too quickly? Hmm...I guess when some ice melts on Champlain we'll see here too.

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Update from March 11th:

http://www.ourmidland.com/news/ice-cove ... f887a.html