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Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D.
• "All of these facilities produce hydropower and have a spillway," Jorgensen said, adding that the spillways "generally provide a good supply of fish."
• While spotting an eagle is still a bit of a rarity, the animal itself is enjoying a renaissance.
• The bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species in 2007 and Michigan's list of threatened and endangered species two years later, said Karen Cleveland, all-bird biologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
• "We continue to see year-over-year increases in the number of nesting eagles in Michigan, and nesting eagles can be found all the way from the Ohio state line to Lake Superior," she said.
• As for the birds hanging out at the Monroe plant, they most likely came from elsewhere in Michigan or Canada.
• Regardless of their origin point, DTE Energy officials say eagles are always welcome.
• "All of our workers, whether it be the linemen that are sometimes asked to delay a project or move a power line so that the eagle nesting can go on, to our workers at the power plants that participate in these projects that we do to preserve nature, they get very excited about it," Boyd said.
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SD House rejects boost in video lottery bet limit
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota House on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have increased the bet limit in video lottery games.
• A bill that would have raised the bet limit from $2 to $5 failed on a vote of 28-40 after opponents said larger bets would create more social problems as gambling addicts lost additional money in the machines.
• Supporters argued that a higher bet limit was needed to increase state revenue from the video machines, which can offer draw poker, keno, blackjack and line-up games similar to slot machines. The state splits income from players' losses with the approximately 1,400 private establishments that offer the games.
• The state's share of revenue was $93 million last year, down about $20 million since it hit a peak in 2008.
• An increase in the bet limit would help the video lottery to compete with other gambling offered in the region, said Rep. Dick Werner, R-Huron, the bill's main (Continued on page 22)
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