by Keith Matheny, Gannett Michigan
DETROIT — The story of improving Great Lakes water levels can be discerned in the things
unheard this summer — like complaints.Record snowfalls last winter, coupled with a rainier-than-usual spring and summer, have Great Lakes levels recovering faster than they have in decades. With a second straight year of rebounding from record-low lake levels, gone are the panicked harbormasters, concerned marina owners, grumbling charter fishermen and befuddled freight shippers. No longer are city officials expressing urgent need for dredging funds.
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