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Stone Lab Summer Tours Educate Put-in-Bay Visitors
As crowds grow in the summer months at Put-in-Bay, vacationers visit Lake Erie to
fish, boat, and relax, and young scientists study at Stone Lab. But visitors as well as students can have fun while learning about Lake Erie by taking advantage of Ohio Sea
Grant’s science and history tours at landmarks all around the bay, from the South Bass Island Lighthouse to Gibraltar Island. The tours are a fun way to learn about Lake
Erie without sitting through a traditional lecture. Register here.
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A new Ohio Sea Grant report by researcher Philip Xie
indicates that birding along Lake Erie brings in more than $26 million to Ohio annually and
creates or supports nearly 290 jobs. Local governments plan to use Xie’s research findings to attract even more birding enthusiasts.
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For fishing charter boat captains, preparing for
Lake Erie’s fishing season includes getting current information about the lake and its fish at the annual Charter Captains Conference. This year’s
event on March 3 marked the 31st year that Ohio Sea Grant Extension has hosted the event.
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Kristin Stanford, Stone Laboratory’s Education
and Outreach Coordinator, recently received the 2012 Wildlife Diversity Conservation Award sponsored by the ODNR, for her work that led to the
native Lake Erie Watersnake’s removal from the endangered species list.
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Donate Today Make a contribution toward Lake
Erie research and education.
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Work Weekend Prepares Stone Lab for Summer Classes
Join the Friends of Stone Lab April 20 – 22 for the annual Spring Work Weekend to
help open Stone Lab for the summer season. There will be jobs for everyone, including brush removal and various outdoor activities, moving equipment and furniture into our
newly renovated classroom building, and plenty of cleaning, organizing, and
painting. [ Please register by April 13 ]
Wetlands May Help Store Carbon, Fight Climate Change
An Ohio State University researcher has been in the news lately for his work
investigating the role of wetlands in carbon sequestration. Dr. William Mitsch, Distinguished Professor in Ohio State’s Department of Environment & Natural Resources, has
found that the soil in a freshwater wetland like Ohio’s Old Woman Creek can hold substantial amounts of carbon, which could help mitigate climate change.
[ Learn More ]
Stone Lab Summer Workshops Open to the Public
In addition to offering classes for high school and college students,
and educators, Stone Lab also will host summer workshops that provide environment management professionals with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency contact hours
and members of the public with skills from professionals. Topics for the one- and two-day workshops include larval fish identification, fish-sampling techniques,
outdoor photography, and sport fishing. [ Read more ]
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