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December 2004
Contents
1) WI Sea Grant - One Fish, Two Fish...35 Beautiful Great Lakes
Fish Could Be Your Holiday Gift
2) Events
- OH Sea Grant - Credit Course in Lake Erie Sport Fishing
- MI Sea Grant - Public Meetings About Brook Trout
3) IL-IN Sea Grant - Building a Better Fish Using Embryonic Stem
Cells
4) MN Sea Grant - Luring Ruffe with Smell
5) WI Sea Grant - Coalition Aims for Federal Estuarine Reserve in
Wisconsin
6) New NY Sea Grant - Stewardship CD Helps Lake Ontario Shoreline
Landowners Be Environmentally-Friendly
7) Habitattitude in the News
8) Publications
- NY Sea Grant - Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
- WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio -  http://ewradio.org
- WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift Nov/Oct 2004
---http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/news/documents/DriftNovDec-2.pdf
- Twine Line - July/September 2004 - http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/PDFS/PUBLICATIONS/TWINELINE/2004/tl-js-04.pdf
- WI Sea Grant - New Reprints - Lake Trout
9) Staff News
- MI Sea Grant - New graphic artist/web master
- OH Sea Grant - Kelly Reisen Named New Fisheries Extension Coordinator
- Ohio Sea Grant - Communications Awards
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1) WI Sea Grant - One Fish, Two Fish...35 Beautiful Great Lakes
Fish Could Be Your Holiday Gift
Searching for that extra something for a Great Lakes fish enthusiast?
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute may be able to help.
Its beautiful Great Lakes Fishes Poster is only $5 and can be ordered
online or by phone-but order by December 17. The 26.5" by 38.5"
poster features 35 color drawings by the well-known biological illustrator
Joseph R. Tomelleri. Tomelleri, who often works with live fish,
is known for the exquisite detail of his illustrations and his painstaking
attention to accuracy. Anatomical features such as scale and fin
ray counts are accurate, and the colors are as realistic as possible.
The drawings were done with colored pencils and each took 12 to
50 hours to complete. To view the poster and order it online, visit
http://aqua.wisc.edu/publications
or contact Linda Campbell at (608) 263-3259 to order by phone. Price
includes shipping and handling.
2) Events
OH Sea Grant - Credit Course in Lake Erie Sport Fishing
Ohio Sea Grant will offer a new three credit hour course next summer
through OSU's Department of Physical Activity and Educational Services.
Entitled "Lake Erie Sport Fishing," the class will be
held at the F.T. Stone Laboratory July 10-16, 2005. An introduction
to the techniques and equipment used in the multi-species Lake Erie
sport fishery, the class will feature daily angling trips on Lake
Erie combined with science lectures providing background in essential
sport fishing information. Visit the Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory
web site for details. http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/SLAB/INDEX.HTM
MI Sea Grant - Public Meetings About Brook Trout
Excerpt from Press Release
Wednesday, December 8, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Michigan Technological University, 641 Dow Building
Houghton, MI
Thursday, December 9, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Northern Michigan University, University Center - Pioneer A
Marquette, MI
There's something to be said about exceptionally large brook trout.
Fishing and environmental organizations, community members, resource
managers, and government officials are encouraged to participate
in these meetings. The two public meetings will examine the latest
information on Lake Superior's coaster brook trout (coasters) and
options for its rehabilitation.
Before European settlement, coasters were abundant in Lake Superior's
tributaries and coastal regions. The decline of coasters echoed
that of plains bison, and for the last century they have been locally
extirpated or rare. Now fisheries experts believe they possess information
that could drive the recovery of the species. The question is, do
coasters have advocates and a place in our changed world? "It
seems clear that any thoughts of restoring coaster populations need
to be backed by a committed public," said Todd Breiby of Trout
Unlimited. "The upcoming coaster meetings will encourage dialogue
regarding fish rehabilitation, solicit input for management, and
share the latest research about coasters."
The workshops will feature speakers from the Michigan Technological
University (MTU) and Northern Michigan University (NMU) Departments
of Biology, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community Natural Resources Department, National Park
Service, Trout Unlimited, and Michigan Sea Grant Extension. The
University of Wisconsin (UW) Superior, UW Extension, Michigan Sea
Grant, and Minnesota Sea Grant programs, Trout Unlimited and Trout
Unlimited Canada are hosting the meetings with support from state,
federal, tribal, and university cooperators.
Links:
Michigan Sea Grant: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu
Michigan Technological University: http://www.mtu.edu
Minnesota Sea Grant: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu
Northern Michigan University: http://www.nmu.edu
University of Wisconsin Superior: http://www.uwsuper.edu
Coaster brookie initiative explained - Excerpt from The Mining
Journal article by Scott Swanson
The current status of Lake Superior coaster brook trout is one of
concern, and the time frame for re-establishing the fish in the
area is long-term. Rehabilitation efforts and the history of Lake
Superior coasters were discussed Thursday at a presentation by representatives
from the Lake Superior Coaster Brook Trout Initiative at Northern
Michigan University.
The initiative is comprised of members from federal, state and
local agencies, universities, tribal governments and non-profit
organizations working toward rehabilitation of the trout through
research, management, advocacy and advisory efforts. Four representatives
- Ron Kinnunen from Michigan Sea Grant, Casey Huckins from Michigan
Tech University, Ed Baker from the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources and Jill Leonard from NMU - spoke during the two-hour-plus
presentation, which was attended by about 40 people.
"A coaster brook trout is essentially any brook trout over
two pounds caught in Lake Superior or one of its tributaries,"
said Kinnunen, an agent with the Upper Peninsula district of the
Michigan Sea Grant. While they were once abundant in the area, stocks
began to decline in the late 1800s due to over harvesting. Other
possible factors leading to the decline were habitat degradation
from logging, the introduction of competing salmonids and the coming
of other exotic species, such as lamprey, Kinnunen said. The few
remaining established populations are around Nipigon Bay in Ontario,
Isle Royale and the Salmon Trout River in Marquette County. Huckins,
a biology professor at NMU, said that the number of specimens in
those areas is in the hundreds, not the thousands. "Currently,
it's a situation of concern," he said. Recovery efforts in
the Nipigon area have stalled and the area is fished heavily, while
the populations at Isle Royale and the Salmon Trout are small and
may be declining, Huckins said.
Methods for re-establishment include habitat rehabilitation with
a watershed approach, tighter regulations and continued stocking
efforts, he said. "Either way, it's going to be controversial,"
he said, citing possible new regulations as well as increased conflicts
between fishermen. In an effort to restore a naturally reproducing
population at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising,
more than 100,000 fingerling coaster brook trout have been stocked
in the Mosquito, Sevenmile and Hurricane rivers since 1999. Following
2005, that stocking will be temporarily suspended, said Leonard,
a biology professor at NMU who is overseeing the work of graduate
students studying coasters at Pictured Rocks. After a few years
of continued research, that process may be restarted if improvement
isn't satisfactory, she said. Baker, a research biologist with the
DNR, warned that people shouldn't expect a healthy coaster brook
trout population in the Lake Superior area overnight. "Patience
is going to be a big key here," he said.
In October, the DNR approved a fishing order for the 2005 season
that limits coaster brook trout harvesting to one fish per angler
and increases the minimum size to 20 inches. It will also be illegal
to keep any brook trout caught within 4 miles of Isle Royale.
3) IL-IN Sea Grant - Building a Better Fish Using Embryonic
Stem Cells
Excerpt from Press Release
In the world of medicine, research on embryonic stem cells offers
the possibility of curing fatal and debilitating diseases. In the
world of aquaculture, embryonic stem cell research may enhance production
and reduce environmental risks. With funding from Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant, a team of Purdue University scientists have developed
fish embryonic stem cell lines that can potentially be used to modify
the genetic characteristics of any fish species. Paul Collodi and
his team established these cultured cells from zebrafish that can
form viable eggs or sperm when transplanted into an embryo. The
cells may be used in the future to introduce specific alterations
into the fish chromosomes. One of the ultimate goals of this research
is to use these cell lines to grow fish that are lacking the hormone
necessary for fertility (which can be reversed by adding the hormone
to the fish's diet). Controlling fertility in aquaculture production
offers a way to reduce the threat of non-native species escaping
and disrupting the balance of local waterways. A prime example of
an invasive species escaping from aquaculture production is Asian
carp. These fish have moved up the Mississippi River and pose a
threat to the Great Lakes. "If this technology is successful,
it also offers many possibilities of enhancing aquaculture production
through the manipulation of specific desirable genes. In an aquaculture
setting, we may be able to control growth, disease, and reproduction
rates, or change species characteristics and improve survival capabilities,"
said Collodi. "Zebrafish possess a number of characteristics
that make them ideal for developing this technology, including that
they are relatively inexpensive and easy to maintain in the laboratory,
but once we successfully develop gene-transfer methods, they will
be applied to commercially important species." "This work
may also have implications for research into the genetic basis for
human disease and the development of new drugs," said Collodi.
"We are doing very basic research into gene function during
embryonic development, which may offer insight into developmental
abnormalities and help pinpoint which genes play a role in disease."
This project has involved a series of difficult steps. First, the
scientists developed a technique to grow zebrafish embryonic cells
in a culture dish long enough to be practical for genetic research.
Stem cells have the ability to develop into any kind of tissue,
which makes them particularly useful for introducing genetic alterations.
For example, it is critical that when these cells are transplanted
into a host embryo, they have the ability to differentiate into
sperm or egg, providing the means to pass on the altered trait.
The next step was to make specific genetic alterations in embryonic
stem cells and to isolate these altered cells in a culture dish.
The researchers used a red fluorescent protein gene as a way of
identifying these cells. Now Collodi's team is working to transfer
the selected cells that carry the genetic alteration back into an
embryo to produce fish with the altered trait. "We are using
pigmentation pattern to determine if the embryonic stem cells contributed
to the germ line of the host embryo and the genetic alteration was
transferred to the next generation," he said. Collodi now has
funding from the USDA and the National Institute of Health to continue
this work. "The initial support from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
allowed our lab to generate this promising data that has led to
much larger funding opportunities," he added.
4) MN Sea Grant - Luring Ruffe with Smell
Excerpt from press release
Sea Grant-funded researchers at the University of Minnesota have
provided the first insight into the reproductive hormones and pheromones
of Eurasian ruffe, opening a potential means of managing this invasive
fish using pheromonal attractants. Pheromones are chemical compounds
produced by an animal that influence the behavior or development
of other members of the same species. After four years of laboratory
investigation, Peter Sorensen, professor of fisheries, wildlife,
and conservation biology, and his colleagues found that the urine
of female ruffe approaching ovulation contains a pheromone, 20b-S,
which influences the behavior of male ruffe.
20b-S is shorthand for 4-pregnen-17,20beta,21-triol-3-one, a steroid
that stimulates egg production and helps trigger male passion. The
discovery of how 20b-S affects reproduction may also apply to walleye
and perch, relatives of the ruffe. The study, published this October
in General and Comparative Endocrinology, found that 20b-S surges
through female ruffe just prior to ovulation and that the urine
of pre-ovulatory females provoked three- to five-fold increases
in male swimming activity and increased the amount of nudging (what
might pass for kissing). Injecting female ruffe with 20b-S produced
similar male responses. "I've been studying pheromones for
20 years, and this one is unusual," said Sorensen. "It's
different because it's related to a maturation-inducing steroid,
it drives a behavioral response, and it operates prior to spawning.
It is also the first time that the sex steroid 20b-S has been associated
with pheromonal communication in fish. Likely it is associated with
pre-spawning aggregation in this species."
Although the field of knowledge about ruffe pheromones is in its
infancy, Sorensen's research is making critical steps that could
advance fisheries management. With previous projects, Sorensen and
his colleagues discovered an alarm pheromone that radiates from
the skin of a wounded ruffe. Alarm pheromones scare off members
of the same species. Sex pheromones do the opposite. Conceivably,
ruffe could be managed in places like the Duluth Superior Harbor
using combinations of pheromonal repellants and lures. The U.S.
Geological Survey estimates 4.4 million ruffe spawned in the harbor
last spring. Sorensen is enthusiastic about the next step, should
this line of research receive more funding. "It's like a needle
in the haystack," said Sorensen. "We've determined that
the needle exists and have a very good idea of what it looks like,
but now we've got to locate it and make copies. Eventually, we might
be able to apply it, thereby inventing new, non-toxic, species-specific
ways to manage these invasive fishes in the Great Lakes."
Sorensen is also investigating pheromones in goldfish, carp, and
lamprey.
Reprints of the article, Evidence that 4-pregnen-17,20b,21-triol-3-one
functions as a maturation-inducing hormone and pheromonal precursor
in the percid fish, Gymnocephalus cernuus, are available free by
contacting Minnesota Sea Grant at seagr@d.umn.edu
or (218) 726-6191. Ask for JR 496.
5) WI Sea Grant - Coalition Aims for Federal Estuarine Reserve
in Wisconsin
Excerpt from Littoral Drift
Unique and fragile habitat exists where the rivers of northern Wisconsin
flow into the cold water of Lake Superior. Known as freshwater estuaries,
these shallow coastal wetlands are rich in plant and animal life
and they serve as nurseries for many Great Lakes fish. Thanks to
a coalition of concerned groups, some of these areas may one day
be protected as part of a national system of research reserves.
The National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)system is a network
of 26 estuarine areas throughout the United States that are protected
for long-term research, water quality monitoring, education, and
coastal stewardship. Established by the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972, the system is a partnership between NOAA and coastal
states. All but one of the current reserves are saltwater estuaries.
The lone freshwater reserve is located in Ohio at Old Woman Creek
on Lake Erie. Freshwater estuaries provide many of the same important
functions as their saltwater counterparts, such as filtering water
and providing habitat for fish and birds. The beauty of these areas
also attracts peope, which can create land development pressures.
Becky Sapper, The Nature Conservancy's Chequamegon Bay project director
in Ashland, has been helping to lead an effort to bring a NERR program
to Wisconsin's Lake Superior shoreline. Sapper said adding a second
Great Lakes site to the national reserve system would boost our
understanding of freshwater estuaries and how best to manage and
protect them. The site would serve as a living laboratory for Wisconsin
researchers, and the program's mission of education and outreach
would complement that of Sea Grant. "NERR sites are important
places for research on issues like water pollution, habitat restoration,
and the control of invasive species," Sapper said. "They
also provide the training that land use planners, developers, elected
officials, community groups, andothers need to make good decisions
about the use and conservation of coastal resources." Sapper
says a NERR reserve on Lake Superior would bring substantial federal
dollars to Wisconsin for research, education and land protection.
Although NOAA administers the entire reserve system, a designated
state agency handles the day-to-day management of each site. Currently,
the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, working closely with UW-Extension,
has been the official state agency, and Wisconsin Sea Grant has
expressed interest in becoming a significant partner as well. The
Nature Conservancy, along with 20 other groups, including two tribal
nations, asked Governor Doyle to request NOAA funding and technical
assistance to proceed in selecting a site for NERR designation.
NOAA has responded positively to the letter but is uncertain of
its fiscal 2005 budget. If NOAA receives adequate funding, the state
will move forward in the selection process, which includes forming
a selection committee and holding a public comment meeting. In the
past, most site designations have taken an average of four to six
years. For more information about the NERR process, visit http://nerrs.noaa.gov
or contact rsapper@tnc.org
for details about Wisconsin's application.
6) New NY Sea Grant - Stewardship CD Helps Lake Ontario Shoreline
Landowners Be Environmentally-Friendly
Excerpt from Press Release
Cottage and home owners occupy forty-two percent (42%) of the 712-mile-long
southern shoreline of Lake Ontario. A Lake Ontario-specific resource
guide now available free from New York Sea Grant is helping shoreline
landowners improve properties for use by the more than 3,500 species
of plants and animals and 90 species of fish that frequent the Great
Lakes shoreline. The Lake Ontario Stewardship Guide CD is packed
with region-specific information in a clean, bright format with
vibrant photographs and includes tips for creating a wildlife friendly
shoreline, important regulations and recommended plants. The guide
offers information on yard care, landscaping with native plants,
attracting birds with species-specific nest boxes and feeders, enhancing
shoreline buffer areas and protecting shoreline habitat for fish.
A regulations section outlines restrictions that apply to shoreline
property and offers resources for more information. Guide author
and project coordinator Molly Thompson, a dune and habitat educator
with New York Sea Grant, Oswego, says "The goal of the targeted
Stewardship Guide is to provide tips and resources specific to Lake
Ontario to encourage property owners to use native plants, create
shoreline buffers, and to help control non-point source pollution
of the water by not over-fertilizing lawns and by properly disposing
of pet wastes and other pollutants." The Stewardship Guide
was made possible by an Environmental Protection Agency grant to
New York Sea Grant through the Great Lakes National Program Office
in Chicago. A packet of wildflower seeds accompanies the free CD
which can be requested by contacting New York Sea Grant, 62B Mackin
Hall, SUNY-Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, 315-312-3042. By the end of
the year, the Stewardship Guide will also be available online at
http://www.nysgdunes.org/.
7) Habitattitude in the News
Excerpt from Toledo Blade article 'Program aims to halt release
of exotic fish' by Tom Henry, staff writer
Full article at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2004412120345
Snakeheads, which rival Asian carp as a potential Great Lakes menace,
were found in Lake Michigan near Chicago in October. Asian carp
are in the Mississippi River, with a temporary electrical barrier
in place to keep them out of the Great Lakes. Unlike so many other
destructive and potentially horrifying intruders, of which zebra
mussels may be the classic example, snakeheads and Asian carp did
not sneak into the lake system via the ballast water of oceanic
vessels. Rather, snakeheads and Asian carp are viewed by fish biologists
as examples for the need to crack down on pet owners, back-yard
hobbyists, and aquarium operators who release unwanted fish and
aquatic plants into the wild. Such releases may start out with good
intentions. Often, it is a case of people tiring of their pets or
setting them free after they have outgrown their aquarium or pond,
officials said.
Snakeheads and Asian carp are high-profile species because both
have the potential of causing ecological chaos to massive bodies
of water, such as the Great Lakes, if they are able to colonize
them. The consequences go beyond ecology: The Great Lakes has a
commercial and recreational fishing industry that provides 75,000
jobs and has a combined value of $4.7 billion, officials said. The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified invasive species
as the No. 1 threat facing the Great Lakes, ranking it even higher
than pollution. "The bottom line is our biodiversity is being
impacted by this issue [of unauthorized releases]," said Joe
Starinchak, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Agency outreach coordinator
in Washington.
Enter "Habitattitude," a tongue-twister of a national
campaign in which consumers are being told about the pitfalls of
releasing non-native fish and plants they have had in aquariums,
back-yard ponds, and water gardens. The degree to which unauthorized
releases from aquariums, back-yard ponds, and water gardens contribute
to the overall problem is hard to quantify, officials said. "It's
another venue for the introduction of exotic species," said
Frank Lichtkoppler, Ohio Sea Grant program specialist. "This
is a worldwide problem." Officials "are seeing an increasing
frequency of unwanted fish and aquatic plants in the environment,"
said Doug Jensen, a Minnesota Sea Grant specialist who proposed
the campaign. The campaign is a rare alliance between the pet industry
and government agencies that regulate it. A $1.5 million marketing
blitz involving more than 5,000 pet stores has begun, with $1.1
million of the funding coming from the pet industry. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Sea Grant program is contributing
$300,000. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is providing $150,000.
More than 20 million plastic bags with preprinted messages are
to be delivered nationally to Wal-Mart, PETCO, PetsMart, and independent
outlets soon. Advertisements will be placed in hobby magazines.
Stickers, fact sheets, and placards will be distributed in stores
and at trade shows, Mr. Starinchak said. Being a responsible pet
owner means "you don't throw your plants and animals out into
the environment," said Marshall Meyers, executive vice president
and general counsel for the Washington-based Pet Industry Joint
Advisory Council. Mike Klepinger, Michigan Sea Grant spokesman,
said the campaign will be "reaching out to people all the way
along the chain of commerce, from the breeder to the dealer to the
hobbyist."
More information can be obtained at http://www.habitattitude.net.
8) Publications
NY Sea Grant - Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
The October-December issue of Aquatic Invaders (Volume 15 No 4,
October-December 2004) is at the printers and will be out soon.
Contents
* National Invasive Species Council Promotes Early Detection of
and Rapid Response to Invasive Species. O'Neill CR
* General Guidelines for the Establishment and Evaluation of Invasive
Species Early Detection and Rapid Response Systems. National Invasive
Species Council
* Clearer Focus and Greater Commitment Needed by Federal Agencies
to Effectively Manage Invasive Species. McClure P, Campbell R
* Nonindigenous animals in the Laurentian Great Lakes: A summary
of retrospective and prospective analyses. Grigorovich IA
Features
* Annual Topical Index - Contents of 2004 Issues
* Web Watch - Spotlight on Graphics resources
* What's New - Newly acquired papers in the Clearinghouse Collection
* Annotations of articles from the collection
* Announcements
The National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse quarterly digest,
"Aquatic Invaders," publishes papers on research and policy
initiatives relating to all types of freshwater, estuarine, and
marine aquatic invasive and nuisance species issues. The digest
is published quarterly, and is aimed at a technically literate audience,
researchers, resource managers, utility managers, and policy makers.
We welcome submissions. Please contact Diane Oleson (djo5@cornell.edu)
for details.
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
* State of the Fuel Cell -- Hydrogen fuel cells offer a lot of
promise for cleaner and more efficient cars, but they face a number
of technical and cost barriers. (11/22/2004)
* Cooperation Runs Through It -- A Montana conservation group favors
collaboration over confrontation, and its successes run through
the state. (11/23/2004)
* Watery Worlds Beneath the Ice -- Scientists say a giant lake beneath
the ice of Antarctica might hold two entirely different watery worlds.
(11/24/2004)
* Mucking Around -- An ambitious project to rehabilitate an Illinois
lake also transforms a Chicago slag heap into a park. (11/25/2004)
* Food Fight -- An African country tries to defend its traditional
food crops against an influx of "junk food." (11/26/2004)
* Distant Lands -- Deserts contribute vital nutrients to tropical
rainforests thousands of miles away. (11/29/2004)
* Changing Channels -- Scientists who want to know more about fish
in the Mississippi River have to move out of the mainstream and
into the side channels. (11/30/2004)
* Arctic Meltdown -- The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the
rest of the world, and the northern meltdown will have global impacts.
(12/01/2004)
* Shark Meat Monitor -- The great white shark receives a small measure
of protection from commercial fishing by way of an international
agreement. (12/02/2004)
* Magic Carp Cage -- Several types of carp like to jump, and a new
kind of trap might be able to exploit that habit and clear these
fish out of some rivers. (12/03/2004)
* Bad News about Amphibians -- An international report paints a
grim picture of the status of frogs and other amphibians around
the world. About one third of all amphibians are pointed toward
extinction. (12/06/2004)
* Bearing Down on the Arctic -- The Arctic is warming at an accelerating
rate, putting everything in its ecosystem -- from polar bears to
algae -- at risk. (12/07/2004)
* Roadkill Bypass -- Cars, trucks and wildlife make a bad combination.
There are some ways to avoid this mix. (12/08/2004)
* Killer Clues -- Marine mammal experts look for clues to explain
problems with killer whales in the Pacific Northwest. (12/09/2004)
* Playing Favorites -- A Canadian environmental educator and author
uses a kind of buddy system to teach kids about biodiversity. (12/10/2004)
* A Moment of Safety -- A new way to detect earthquakes might buy
people a few extra seconds to prepare, and that could be enough
to save a lot of lives. (12/13/2004)
* Sinister Threats -- Serious problems affect amphibians around
the world. The threats to these creatures might someday affect hardier
animals such as birds and mammals. (12/14/2004)
* Long Fight against Dirty Air -- Calls for action to curb air pollution
began centuries ago in the sooty streets of London. (12/15/2004)
* Flaking Away --A photographer comes up with a way to capture snowflakes
in the comfort of her own home. (12/16/2004) **Renew your sense
of wonder!**
* Too Close for Comfort-- A lot of people like to get close to nature
by building homes in the woods. Birds do not always appreciate the
intrusion. (12/17/2004)
WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift Nov/Oct 2004 - http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/news/documents/DriftNovDec-2.pdf
* Turning a New Page in Outreach
* Proposals Invited
* Coalition Aims for Federal Estuarine Reserve in Wisconsin
* Moy Speaks Inside Beltway
Twine Line - July/September 2004 - http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/PDFS/PUBLICATIONS/TWINELINE/2004/tl-js-04.pdf
* The Welding Wizard: Researcher Builds Upon Achievements of Past
Sea Grant Projects
* One for the Record Books: Ohio Sea Grant Hosts 15th State Legislature/Congressional
Day
* Virtual Workshops - Direct to your school
* Teacher Fellowships
* On-line Course for Teachers
* Open for Business: Ohio Marinas and Boaters Pledge to Keep Ohio
Waterways Clean
* Friends of Stone Lab
* What is Regenerative Development?
WI Sea Grant - New Reprints - Lake Trout
* MJ Wilberg, CR Bronte and MJ Hansen. Fleet dynamics of the commercial
lake trout fishery in Michigan waters of Lake Superior during 1929-1961.
JGLR 30(2)252-266. WISCU-R-04-008.
* JM Richard, MJ Hansen, CR Bronte and SP Sitar. Recruitment dynamics
of the 1971-1991 year classes of lake trout in Michigan waters of
Lake Superior. North Am. J of Fisheries Management 24:475-489, 2004.
WISCU-R-04-009.
9) Staff News
MI Sea Grant - New graphic artist/web master
MI Sea Grant pleased to announce that we have hired a new graphic
artist/Web master. His name is Todd Marsee. Todd will be responsible
for designing print publications and maintaining the Michigan Sea
Grant Web site. Todd holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Eastern
Michigan University. He recently served as a graphic designer for
Foursight Creative Group in Plymouth, where he designed brochures,
logos, and other print materials. He also taught courses in print
and Web design at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan and
maintained a departmental Web site. Todd can be reached at marsee@umich.edu
OH Sea Grant - Kelly Reisen Named New Fisheries Extension
Coordinator
Ohio Sea Grant welcomes Kelly Reisen as its new fisheries extension
coordinator. Kelly received her B.S. in environmental studies from
Ohio Northern University where she interned twice for the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency as a fisheries intern and studied abroad at the
University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. After completing her degree,
she began working as an aquatic workshop instructor with Ohio Sea
Grant at Stone Laboratory. She later worked for Sea Grant as a research
associate to help complete a steelhead trout angler survey in the
streams of North Central and Northeastern Ohio. She went back to
Stone Lab to lead our Science Workshop Program in 2003 for students
from grade 4 through adults. Kelly's office is in the Lake Erie
Nature and Science Center in Bay Village, Ohio. This unique partnership
with the Center will provide Kelly with a ready-made audience of
over 100,000 visitors annually. Kelly can be reached at riesen.4@osu.edu
Ohio Sea Grant - Communications Awards
Ohio Sea Grant Communications received two publication awards in
the 16th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence sponsored by Communications
Concepts. Jill Jentes Banicki's eight-part research review
series highlighting current Sea Grant research won in the "Featured
Series Writing" category. Stone Laboratory's promotional
campaign, which included the Stone Lab brochure, flier, bus poster
series, and display posters, won in the "Education & Training
Campaigns & Programs" category. Sponsored annually, this
national competition recognizes excellence in publications work
by professional communicators. 
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November 2004
Contents
1) IAGLR 2005 - Call for Abstracts
2) Events
- Minnesota Sea Grant - Coaster Brook Trout Rehabilitation Meetings
- Ohio Sea Grant - Clean Marina Program Workshops Slated For Nov.
9 & 16, 2004
- Ohio Sea Grant - Lake Erie Steelhead Angling Seminar
3) Tidbits
- Ohio Sea Grant - Charter Boat Captain of the Year
- Ohio Sea Grant - Online Database Now Available
4) Publications
- Michigan Sea Grant - Upwellings
- Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant - The HELM
- Wisconsin Sea Grant - Littoral Drift
- Ohio Sea Grant - Twine Line Now a Quarterly Publication
- Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Publications
- Wisconsin Sea Grant - New Reprints
- Wisconsin Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio
5) Staff News
- Michigan Sea Grant - New Position Opening: Sea Grant Agent
and Outreach Coordinator for the Center of Excellence for Great
Lakes and Human Health
- New York Sea Grant - 2 Recreational Fisheries Specialist positions
available
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1) IAGLR 2005 - Call for Abstracts
As co-chair of the outreach session, I would like to encourage
everyone to consider submitting an abstract to give a presentation
on a current or recent AIS outreach project.
IAGLR 2005: First Call for Papers! The International Association
for Great Lakes Research invites you to participate in the 48th
Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, to be held May 23-27,
2005, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Both
oral and poster presentations will require an abstract, which must
be submitted via the IAGLR web site. Abstracts are due by December
17, 2004. Please view the Call for Papers for details. For Outreach,
specify Session #17 Great Lakes Outreach.
http://www.iaglr.org/conference/2005/callpapers.php
I know you all are doing important work - I'd like to see the session
reflect that energy!
2) Events
MN Sea Grant - Coaster Brook Trout Rehabilitation Meetings
Excerpt from Press Release
Fishing and environmental organizations, community members, resource
managers, and government officials are invited to find out about
coaster brook trout and what it will take to rehabilitate populations
in Lake Superior. Come participate in discussions and help shape
the future of coaster brook trout rehabilitation efforts. The Duluth
meeting will feature topics related to both Wisconsin and Minnesota.
November 2; 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Environmental Protection Agency Mid-continent Ecological Division,
Gitchee Gumee Conference Center, Duluth
November 3; 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Cook County High School, District Conference Ctr. (Rm. 100), Grand
Marais
The University of Wisconsin-Superior and UW Extension, Michigan
and Minnesota Sea Grant programs, Trout Unlimited and Trout Unlimited
Canada are hosting the meetings with support from state, federal,
tribal, and university cooperators. Other meetings will be held
around the basin later this fall.
For more information, contact Minnesota Sea Grant at (218) 726-8106
or seagr@umn.edu.
Ohio Sea Grant - Clean Marina Program Workshops Slated For
Nov. 9 & 16, 2004
The Ohio Clean Marina Program is a proactive partnership designed
to encourage marinas and boaters to use simple, innovative solutions
to keep Ohio's coastal and inland waterway resources clean.
The first workshop will be held Nov 9th, 2004, at the Ottawa County
Visitors Bureau in Port Clinton, Ohio. The second workshop is being
conducted on Nov 16th at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center
in Bay Village.
Clean Marina Program Workshop costs have been covered by a grant
from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
Coastal Zone Management Program, through the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources, thus are currently being offered at no cost to
Ohio marinas and yacht clubs. Contact Dave Kelch (kelch.3@osu.edu)
for further details.
Ohio Sea Grant - Lake Erie Steelhead Angling Seminar
As part of the Fisheries Extension Enhancement effort, Ohio Sea
Grant is offering a steelhead fishing seminar in Bay Village, Ohio
on November 18, 2004. Cosponsored by the Lake Erie Nature and Science
center, the seminar will feature regional fishing experts discussing
prime fishing locations, steelhead gear and techniques, steelhead
biology and consumption advisories, and specialized equipment. Contact
Kelly Riesen (riesen.4@osu.edu)
for details.
3) Tidbits
Ohio Sea Grant - Charter Boat Captain of the Year
Ohio Sea Grant is assisting the Lake Erie Charter Boat Association
in developing an annual Charter Boat Captain of the Year program.
A committee representing the association, Sea Grant, Ohio DNR and
the Port Clinton mayor's office are constructing an award program
that will honor a captain each year who has exhibited devotion to
Lake Erie resource management, conservation and preservation. The
award will be given each spring at Ohio Sea Grant's Ohio Charter
Captains Conference. Contact Fred Snyder (snyder.8@osu.edu)
for details.
Ohio Sea Grant - Online Database Now Available
Ohio Sea Grant Education has developed an on-line database of nonformal
education facilities that offer Lake Erie / Great Lakes education.
The database covers the US shore of Lake Erie and is searchable
by geographic area, topic or activity type. Access is free and open
to all; expansion is ongoing. http://earthsys.ag.ohio-state.edu/erieed
4) Publications
Michigan Sea Grant - Upwellings - October 2004 - http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/index.html
* The Art of Communicating Science: UM ecologist taps into artistic
talent to inspire others
* Editorial: A Source of Inspiration
* New Southeast Michigan Agent
* A New Habitattitude on Aquatic Invasive Species
* Saginaw Bay Fish Survey
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant - The HELM - Fall 2004 -
http://www.iisgcp.org/news/helm.htm.
* Ocean Commission Highlights Great Lakes Resource
* Stewardship Synergy takes off in the Calumet Region
* The Ebbs and Flows of River Restoration
* Fellowships Provide Rich Opportunities
* Do you have Habitattitude?
* Pilot testers wanted for ANS Education Website
* Asian Carp Hot Topic at Research Symposium
* IEPA Addresses Growth with Watershed Planning
* Lake and Porter Counties turn to Smart Growth
WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift - Sept/Oct - http://seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/news/documents/DriftSeptOct04.pdf
* Flame Retardants Spread Like Wildfire
* Poster Steers Boaters Clear of Nets
* Coastal Wetlands Forum Invites Presenters
* Shipwrecks Preservation Efforts Recognized
* Fish Stories Shared in Madison
Ohio Sea Grant - Twine Line Now a Quarterly Publication
Since 1993, Ohio Sea Grant and the Lake Erie Commission have combined
efforts to disseminate the latest Lake Erie information to our readers
by combining our newsletters and publishing them together six times
a year--Twine Line, an eight-page newsletter with two pages devoted
to the Friends of Stone Laboratory, and North Coast News, a four-page
newsletter inserted into the middle of Twine Line. This partnership
has been a very successful one with joint outreach projects and
national communications awards.
Unfortunately, because of budget constraints, the Lake Erie Commission
can no longer offer North Coast News in a hardcopy form. We recognize
that it is important to many of our readers to receive Twine Line,
but we must deal with the loss of funding from the Lake Erie Commission.
Therefore, we have decided to reduce the frequency of Twine Line
from six times a year to quarterly. We will continue to produce
a 12-page newsletter and expand Sea Grant articles to 9 pages and
Friends of Stone Lab coverage to 3 pages per issue. In this way
our readers will continue to receive 36 pages of Sea Grant information
and 12 pages from the Friends of Stone Lab each year. North Coast
News will still be available on line at:
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/.
IISG Publications
Abstracts at http://www.iisgcp.org/news/Fall%2004%20Helm%20News.pdf
* Brownfields: A Rural Community Problem
* Ensuring Global Competitiveness of the U.S. Seafood Industry:
A National Sea Grant Initiative
* Marine & Aquatic Science Literacy: Educating the 21st-Century
Workforce
* Making Waves
* Understanding Contaminated Sediments: Bioavailability of Contamination
* Understanding Why Some Organic Contaminants Pose a Health Risk
WI Sea Grant - New Reprints
Abstracts available from the National Sea Grant Library - http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu
Reprints available from publications@seagrant.wisc.edu
* P Keillor and E White (eds). "Living on the Coast: Protecting
Investments in Shore Property on the Great Lakes," copublished
by the UW Sea Grant Institute and the US Army Corps of Engineers,
Detroit District, 2003. WISCU-H-03-002
* AJ Hill, SM Bello, AL Prasch, and W Heideman. "Water Permeability
and TCDD-Induced Edema in Zebrafish Early-Life Stages," Toxicological
Sciences 78:78-87, 2004. WISCU-R-04-005
* PJ Schmalz, MJ Hansen, ME Holey, PC McKee and ML Toneys. "Effect
of Rewards on Lake Trout Tag Returns in Northwestern Lake Michigan,"
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1-6, 2004. WISCU-R-04-006.
* WP Morgan, JS Raglin, and PJ O'Connor. "Trait Anxiety Predicts
Panic Behavior in Beginning Scuba Students," International
Journal of Sports Medicine 25:314-322, 2004. WISCU-R-04-007.
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
* Heat and Health -- Global warming and changes in land use could
lead to problems with heat and health in some big cities. (10/25/2004)
* Black, White and Gray Lists -- Some countries try to keep out
invasive plants and animals with a "black list" of things
that should not come across the border. A natural resources expert
says a "gray list" might be a better option. (10/26/2004)
* A Movement of Dams -- An international movement forced a more
balanced look at dam projects, and an author says it could be a
model for other resource disputes. (10/27/2004)
* Taking a Long Look -- A watershed in New Hampshire has been the
subject of a 41-year study and the source of a lot of good science.
(10/28/2004)
* Curbing Emissions from Cows -- An air quality expert looks at
ways to reduce the dust and gas that gets into the air around some
large dairy farms. (10/29/2004)
* Home-Cooked Hazards -- Illegal amphetamines are addictive to users,
and their production is hazardous to the environment. (11/1/2004)
* Reefs Buying Time -- Global warming can kill some coral reefs
by bleaching them, but others appear to be tolerant of warmer waters.
(11/2/2004)
* Farming the Islands -- Ecologists wonder how early Hawaiians kept
farming the same pieces of land without wearing out the soil. (11/3/2004)
* Sugar Buzz -- Two Wisconsin engineers have developed a cheaper,
easier and more sustainable way to produce hydrogen, a possible
fuel of the future. (11/4/2004)
* Lights Out to Save Birds -- A group in Toronto tries to shed some
light on the problems of birds that migrate at night. (11/5/2004)
* Energy Connection -- A professional organization injects its expertise
and a minority viewpoint into the development of energy policy.
(11/8/2004)
* Renewed Outlook -- Solar, wind and other renewable resources make
up only a small part of America's energy supply, but these technologies
are rapidly improving. (11/9/2004)
* A Living Lake? -- Scientists cautiously assess a lake buried under
the ice of Antarctica to see if anything might be living in it.
(11/10/2004)
* Fire and Fish -- Some chemicals that put out forest fires kill
fish in nearby rivers. Advance planning can avoid the problems with
fish without handicapping firefighters. (11/11/2004)
* Saving Forests by the Book -- A number of book publishers have
signed on to an effort to save endangered forests by changing the
paper they use. (11/12/2004)
* A Little Bit is Too Much -- Addicts who cook up methamphetamines
at home create a hazardous mess that can be particularly dangerous
for children. (11/15/2004)
* Who's Leaving Whom -- The tiny creatures that create coral reefs
need help from algae, but sometimes the relationship falls apart.
(11/16/2004)
* Seeds of Stability -- Small farms in Africa are threatened by
natural disasters, and sometimes by the good intentions of those
who try to help. (11/17/2004)
* Austin City Limits -- A community group in Austin, Texas, fights
a legacy of what it calls "environmental racism." (11/18/2004)
* Oceans Overdo CO2 -- A lot of greenhouse gases that we add to
the atmosphere are absorbed into the oceans. They might cause big
problems for tiny organisms in the marine environment. (11/19/2004)
5) Staff News
MI Sea Grant - New Position Opening: Sea Grant Agent and Outreach
Coordinator for the Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human
Health
The NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (the
Center) is a new program of the Office of Global programs. It is
one of three Centers of Excellence for Ocean and Human Health designated
nationally to date. The Coordinator will seek to collaborate with
the other NOAA Centers to develop a common core of education and
outreach materials. Partners in the Center include NOAA's Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Michigan State
University, Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, U.S. EPA (Great Lakes
National Program Office B GLNPO - and Athens), the Great Lakes Human
Health Network (GLHHN), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Florida Institute
of Oceanography, NOAA NOS Beaufort Laboratory, and the University
of Michigan. Initial focus areas for the Center include ecological
forecasting, near shore transport, drinking water, beach closings,
and harmful algal blooms.
The primary responsibility of the Coordinator will be to manage
all stakeholder involvement with Center activities. The Coordinator
will build on existing communications networks for Great Lakes human
health issues by leveraging existing relationships within and through
the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, as well as resources of other
networks such as the GLHHN. The Coordinator will seek to broaden
the client base for water quality and human health related water
quality forecasts to include more medical, drinking water, water
treatment, and beach management constituencies.
Position #: 1428
Office Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Available: February 1, 2005
Starting Salary Range: Commensurate with training & Experience
($35K - $55K)
Apply by using the web employment process at: http://www.msue.msu.edu/jobs
NY Sea Grant - 2 Recreational Fisheries Specialist positions
available
Recreational fisheries specialists for the New York Sea Grant Extension
Program, which is part of Cornell Cooperative Extension. Two identical
positions are available, one located in Long Island City, Queens,
New York, and the other in Stony Brook, Long Island (please specify
which location you prefer, or if you wished to be considered for
both). Major responsibility is to work closely with the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation to implement a program
called I Fish New York. Duties include planning, implementing, and
evaluating an educational fishing program for youth and adults in
a variety of settings including outdoor clinics and in schools.
Develop educational support materials including new fact sheets
and curriculum materials. Topics covered include angling skills,
fish biology, and fisheries management, angling ethics, and seafood
safety. Develop marketing tools and strategies for the program,
and conduct program evaluations. Work with the I Fish New York Team,
and serve as a team member of the Sea Grant Marine District Staff.
Minimum Qualifications: A Masters degree in any of the following
fields: fisheries science, marine science, natural resource management,
and outdoor or environmental education. At least 3 years experience
in fisheries management or environmental education. Must be able
to work some weekends and evenings.
To apply: Send cover letter indicating interest in the position,
resume, and official college transcripts to Nancy Greenawalt, New
York Sea Grant, 112 Rice Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853,
or e-mail her a nag3@cornell.edu.
Questions about applying contact Nancy Greenawalt at 607-255-2832.
Questions about the positions call Robert J. Kent, Marine District
Program Coordinator, New York Sea Grant, at 631-727-3910, or e-mail
him at rjk13@cornell.edu.
Deadline to apply: December 30, 2004
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October 2004
Content
1. Event Date Changes...
2. OH Sea Grant - Network Meeting Followup
3. Creating a New 'HABITATTITUDE' on Aquatic Invasive
Species
4. NY Sea Grant - Sea Grant Study Finds New York's Recreational
Boaters Spent $2.4 Billion in 2003
5. Ohio Sea Grant - Ashtabula River Partnership
6. Ohio Sea Grant - Municipal Marina Development
7. MI Sea Grant - Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW)
8. Ohio Sea Grant - Marinas and Boaters Sign Pledges at Kick-off
9. MN Sea Grant - Meeting to Focus North Shore's Future
10. Publications
- MN Sea Grant - Superior Science, Stories of Lake Superior Research
- MN Sea Grant - Seiche - September 2004 - http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/index.html
- MN Sea Grant - New Reprints - zooplankton, invasive plants, ruffe,
benthos
- Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
11. Staff News
- MN Sea Grant - Grant to look at impervious surfaces
- New York Sea Grant - Position Announcement, water quality educator
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Position Announcement: Aquaculture Marketing
Specialist
- MI Sea Grant - Brenner leaving for NOAA
- MN Sea Grant - PAT Review
- MN Sea Grant - Award for Shoreland Education
- MN Sea Grant - DuluthStreams web site wins awards
- MN Sea Grant - Exotics on the Move takes Award
- MI Sea Grant - Detroit American Heritage River Initiative Receives
Award
1. Event Date Changes...
MI and WI Coaster Brook trout workshops have been postponed until
later this calendar year. The MN workshop will continue as scheduled.
2. OH Sea Grant - Network Meeting Followup
What do Sea Granters like most about Great Lakes Network Conferences?
The hands-down vote goes to meeting and sharing with Sea Grant colleagues,
whether you call it 'networking,' 'connecting'
or something else. When the 2004 Network Conference evaluations
came in, 83 percent of the respondents said networking with peers
was the most valuable activity of all. And this finding was no surprise
- it's right in line with the evaluations of previous
conferences, something for future planners to keep in mind.
Among the conference's presentations, concurrent sessions
on rip currents, heritage preservation and smart growth scored the
highest marks - perhaps not surprisingly since they drew people
who were particularly interested in those topics. Among the plenary
sessions, the program updates and directors' panel drew top
scores.
3. Creating a New 'HABITATTITUDE' on Aquatic Invasive
Species
Excerpt from Press Release
Federal agencies and the pet industry are teaming up to help consumers
prevent the release and escape of non-native plants and animals
through HabitattitudeTM, a new public education and outreach effort
launched today at the Super Zoo trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The government-industry coalition is formed from the Pet Industry
Joint Advisory Council, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Great Lakes
Sea Grant Network.
HabitattitudeTM encourages aquarium owners and water gardeners
to avoid unwanted introductions of non-native species by adopting
simple prevention steps when faced with an unwanted aquatic plant
or fish:
-Contact a retailer for proper handling advice or for possible
returns.
-Give/trade with another aquarist, pond owner or water gardener.
-Donate to a local aquarium society, school or aquatic business.
-Seal aquatic plants in plastic bags and dispose in the trash.
-Contact a veterinarian or pet retailer for guidance on humane disposal
of animals.
"Beginning this fall, when aquarium hobbyists, backyard pond
owners and water gardeners purchase fish or plants for their tanks
or ponds, they'll receive the HabitattitudeTM message," said
Marshall Meyers, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of
the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC). "Through collaboration
with NOAA's Sea Grant Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
state fish and wildlife agencies, the American Nursery and Landscape
Association and other industry partners, we plan to get HabitattitudeTM
in front of millions of consumers." HabitattitudeTM materials
will be displayed in aquarium stores, aquatic retail outlets, hobby
magazines and nursery and landscape businesses across the country,
as well as on packaging of related products.
A new Web site, http://www.habitattitude.net,
will help consumers to learn more about responsible behaviors and
how to prevent the spread of potential aquatic nuisance species.
The site includes information on federal and state laws and statutes
that regulate aquatic organisms, recommended alternatives to releasing
plants and animals, instructions on how individuals and clubs can
get involved, and detailed information on some of the more problematic
aquarium and water garden species that have created problems with
our native aquatic systems.
"HabitattitudeTM builds on the successful government, business
and citizen partnership that is helping stem the spread of the zebra
mussel across the United States," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Director Steve Williams. "While most invasive species
come into the country as hitchhikers through commercial trade, some
aquarium owners and water gardeners have unknowingly complicated
the challenge invasive species pose for conserving America's wildlife
and landscapes. HabitattitudeTM will give them the knowledge they
need to help them prevent invasive species introductions and conserve
the natural world they appreciate so
much."
PIJAC and its members, who represent 70 percent of the U.S. pet
industry and 90 percent of the aquarium industry, have committed
over $1.1 million to the campaign. Their contribution leveraged
a $300,000 grant from NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program
to five Great Lakes Sea Grant Network programs (Illinois-Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota - lead, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) and a $100,000
U.S. Fish and Wildife Service effort.
4. NY Sea Grant - Sea Grant Study Finds New York's Recreational
Boaters Spent $2.4 Billion in 2003
Excerpt from Press Release
In a New York Sea Grant-funded study out this month, Cornell researchers
found that NY state's recreational boaters spent a whopping
$2.4 billion last year despite the poor summer weather. The effort
is the first of its kind to directly measure expenditures related
to recreational boating and their impact on the state's economy.
Using questionnaires sent to a sample of New York's half a
million registered boaters, researchers estimate that in 2003 recreational
boating had a total statewide economic impact of $1.8 billion, accounted
for approximately 18,700 jobs, and contributed $728 million to labor
income.
Researchers Nancy Connelly, Tommy Brown and David Kay of Cornell
University's Department of Natural Resources found that for
boating trip related expenditures such as launching fees, lodging,
food, and gas, boaters spent over $431 million statewide. The survey
also tabulated how much boaters spent on boat purchases, equipment,
boat repair, insurance, and annual fees associated with the use
of marinas and yacht clubs. Overall in 2003, almost $2 billion was
spent statewide on these non-trip related expenses. Of this figure,
$1.2 billion was for boat purchases.
"With these research findings, it is clear that recreational
boating is big business and an important economic generator for
the people of New York State," said Jack Mattice, New York
Sea Grant Director. "The intent of the study was not only to
quantify the impact of boating, but also to provide information
that will help managers, planners, and other decision makers make
more informed decisions regarding coastal resource use and development,"
adds NYSG's coastal processes and facilities specialist Jay
Tanski who served as project manager.
As one of the nation's major boating states, boating is a key recreational
industry in virtually all areas of New York, especially the marine
waters, Hudson River, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, the Finger
Lakes, and Lake Champlain. The economic data will be used to develop
tools that will allow managers to better evaluate the impact of
boating on a regional scale.
The New York Sea Grant study broke out expenditure and economic
impact figures by boating region and major water body:
Trip related expenditures: $173 million associated with trips to
and in regions bordering the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes
Non-trip related expenditures: $661 million associated with the
economic regions bordering the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes
Total economic impact by region: $600 million associated with the
economic regions bordering the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes
The figures do not include spending by transient boaters and others
who are not registered in the state. Additional expenditures are
most likely made in water bodies bordering other states, especially
around Long Island and New York City. Non-motorized boaters, such
as kayaks, canoes and small sailboats, are also likely to have made
economic contributions throughout the state, but were not included
in the study since they are not registered by the state.
For a downloadable copy of the report, go to:
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/coastalgeo/boatingexpenditures03.htm
or go to New York Sea Grant's home page http://www.nyseagrant.org
and follow the links.
5. Ohio Sea Grant - Ashtabula River Partnership
After a decade of partnering with the USACE, US EPA, Ohio EPA,
local citizens, marine businesses, township, city, county and state
government, industry, Ohio Sea Grant (Frank Lichtkoppler) and others
the Final Comprehensive Management Plan (Feasibility Report) and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Ashtabula River Environmental
Dredging Project was approved by the Assistant Secretary of the
Army (Civil Works) on Thursday September 23, 2004, and has been
sent to the Office of Management and Budget for review of consistency
with the current administration policy. The Ashtabula River Partnership
can now proceed on to final design and implementation of the long
sought clean-up of contaminated sediments from the lower Ashtabula
River and harbor.
6. Ohio Sea Grant - Municipal Marina Development
The Port Clinton Mayor's Core Group, assembled to initiate
development of a large transient municipal marina, approved a final
design plan to submit to government and private funding sources
during the spring and has now received commitments for $9.5 million
in funding from these sources. Ohio Sea Grant Extension initiated
this project through meetings brokered between the Port Clinton
Mayor's Office and the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources. Fred
Snyder is a Core Group member, providing advice and planning assistance
in water quality and sediment issues, and boating and fishing industry
concerns.
7. MI Sea Grant - Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW)
Michigan Sea Grant is currently in the development phase of Project
FLOW (Fisheries Learning On the Web). This project enhances Great
Lakes science education by transforming award-winning education
material into a series of engaging, Web-based lessons for Michigan
science teachers and their students in grades 4-8. Lessons will
facilitate learning in an accessible, cost-effective method and
will be developed in accordance with state and national standards.
Project FLOW will help to engage students in activities about Great
Lakes fisheries and stewardship. Content will include colorful illustrations,
photography and sound/video.
8. Ohio Sea Grant - Marinas and Boaters Sign Pledges at Kick-off
Excerpt from Press Release
The Ohio Sea Grant College Program, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNR), Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), Ohio Department
of Health, Ohio Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast Guard, and the
Lake Erie Marine Trades Association (LEMTA) kicked off their Ohio
Clean Marinas and Boater Programs at the North American In-Water
Boat Show at Cedar Point on Saturday with eight local marinas signing
the Clean Marinas pledge and over 200 boaters signing the Clean
Boater pledge. Marinas that took the Ohio Clean Marinas pledge included
Lakefront Marina, Sandusky Harbor Marina, Huron Lagoons Marina,
Battery Park Marina, Sima Marine, Beaver Park Marina, Cedar Point
Marina, and the Lake County Yacht Club.
"Lake Erie is arguably the most important lake in the world,
but since 1996, the ecosystem has been on a downward spiral,"
stated Dr. Jeff Reutter, Director of Ohio Sea Grant. "The Clean
Marinas and Boater Programs will allow marinas and boaters, people
who depend on Lake Erie for their livelihood and their recreational
enjoyment, to do their part to improve the Lake Erie ecosystem."
To become an Ohio Clean Marina, marinas agreed to within one year
bring their marinas into compliance with all state and federal regulations
along with management goals identified by the advisory board. In
exchange, marinas can advertise themselves as clean marinas and
be eligible for components of the Ohio Clean Marina incentive package.
Ohio Clean boaters are expected to abide by the Best Boater Practices
listed in the clean boater program brochure. As part of marinas'
compliance, the first workshop will be on November 9 from 10:00-3:00
at the Ottawa County Visitors Bureau. A second workshop is scheduled
for the Cleveland area (location to be determined) on November 16.
For additional information, go to the Ohio Clean Marinas website
at www.ohiocleanmarina.osu.edu or the Ohio Clean Boater web site
at http://www.ohiocleanboater.osu.edu
9. MN Sea Grant - Meeting to Focus North Shore's Future
Excerpt from Press Release
Citizens, elected officials, agency staff, and resource planners
will work together to create a vision for the future of the North
Shore at State of the Coast 2004 and Beyond, set for Saturday, October
16. This interactive meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15
p.m. in Duluth, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Mid-Continent
Ecology Division Gitchee Gumee Conference Center (6201 Congdon Blvd.).
Lake Superior's North Shore is changing - socially, economically,
and physically. State of the Coast 2004 and Beyond will examine
these changes and their associated challenges. Conference participants
will work with each other to develop goals for the future of the
North Shore's landscape and communities. Plans for implementing
the goals will be discussed at a related meeting in the spring of
2005.
Keynote speaker, Steven Ames, a community planning consultant from
Portland, Oregon, is the author of the award-winning A Guide to
Community Visioning: Hands-on Information for Local Communities.
This handbook has helped communities across the country design and
implement plans to achieve their long-term goals. During the State
of the Coast 2004 and Beyond, Ames will address crafting community
visions that carry cultural identities into a sustainable future.
Following opening presentations, participants will look at North
Shore trends and work to develop a collective vision of a preferred
future under Ames' guidance.
Meeting sponsors include Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Arrowhead Regional
Development Commission (ARDC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program,
Superior National Forest, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, North
Shore Scenic Drive Council, U of M Northeast Minnesota Sustainable
Development Partnership, Center for Rural Planning, and interested
citizens.
10. Publications
MN Sea Grant - Superior Science, Stories of Lake Superior
Research and a related CD offer the public a chance to experience
Lake Superior through the eyes of researchers. Spirited text and
full-color illustrations delve into the processes, results, and
quirks of investigations happening around this Great Lake. Author
Sharon Moen, of the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program, based
this 72-page softcover book on presentations given by some of Lake
Superior's finest scientists through the Superior Science for You!
speaker series hosted by Sea Grant last year. Thanks to support
from the Lake Superior Coastal Program, Sea Grant is offering the
first printing of Superior Science, Stories of Lake Superior Research
for the cost of shipping; just $2 each. Supplies are limited (ISBN
0-9638011-6-3).
The compact disk, Superior Science for You!, features PowerPoint
slides and video files of the series presentations (it does not
contain the book text). Also produced with Lake Superior Coastal
Program support, the Superior Science for You! CD is available for
$1.50.
Both products can be ordered from Minnesota Sea Grant: (218) 726-6191,
seagr@d.umn.edu, http://www.seagrant.umn.edu.
MN Sea Grant - Seiche - September 2004 - http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/index.html
* Habitattitude. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Pet Industry
Joint Advisory Council, Sea Grant, and other partners promote a
"don't release" message to aquarium owners and water gardeners
through a national public education campaign.
* Gaining a Superior Perspective. Participants in "A View from
the Lake" got more than a view from the lake. Roughly 500 people
learned about water quality, land use, and Lake Superior from the
deck of the L.L Smith, Jr. this summer.
* Mail-Ordering Aquatic Plants Can Be Dangerous. Buyers beware.
University of Minnesota researchers found that 93 percent of mail-ordered
aquatic plants contained unwanted species and 93 percent of orders
they placed for illegal plants were filled.
* Citizens Identify Priorities for Lake Superior Restoration. Restoring
and protecting habitats and coastal wetlands to enhance fish and
wildlife, and creating opportunities for coastal communities to
adopt sustainable use practices were top Lake Superior priorities
during a workshop in Duluth.
* UMD Professor to Chair Great Lakes Commission. Minnesota state
Rep. Thomas Huntley (DFL-Duluth) has been elected chair of the Great
Lakes Commission, a binational agency representing the region's
U.S. states and Canadian provinces on matters related to the health,
protection and sustainable use of the Great Lakes.
MN Sea Grant - New Reprints - zooplankton, invasive plants,
ruffe, benthos
Order at http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/pubs/jrorder.html
* Brown, M. and Branstrator, D. (2004) A 2001 Survey of Crustacean
Zooplankton in the Western Arm of Lake Superior. Journal of Great
Lakes Research 30(1): 1-8. JR 502 Free.
* Maki, K. and Galatowitsch, S. (2004) Movement of invasive aquatic
plants into Minnesota (USA) through horticultural trade. Biological
Conservation 118(3): 389-396. JR 503 Free.
* Ogle, D. (1998) A Synopsis of the Biology and Life History of
Ruffe. Journal of Great Lakes Research 24(2): 170-185. JR 507 Free.
* Sierszen, M., McDonald M., and Jensen, D. (2003) Benthos as the
basis for arctic lake food webs. Aquatic Ecology 37: 437-445. JR
506 Free.
Earthwatch Radio http://ewradio.org
* Strange Days in Alaska -- To Alaskans, discussions about the
weather are more than small talk these days. (9/27/2004)
* Wild Idea -- A group of biologists and their supporters have a
100-year plan to create uninterrupted strips of wilderness across
North America. (9/28/2004)
* Flame Retardants in Food -- A chemical that keeps us safe from
fire is not necessarily safe when it's in our food or bodies, and
research shows that one particular compound is showing up in our
blood and in the food we eat. (9/29/2004)
* Farming with Prairie Patterns -- Researchers in Kansas try to
find ways to make modern farming mimic the ancient patterns of prairie
ecosystems to make farming more efficient and environmentally friendly.
(9/30/2004)
* No Eyes for Glass -- Birds can't see glass very well, and a lot
of them die after they fly into windows. A biologist has some ideas
for how to help the birds avoid these collisions. (10/1/2004)
* Taming the Longhorn -- The Asian Long-horned Beetle is killing
trees around Toronto. Canadian officials are trying to stop the
foreign insect, and they've had to make a special effort to get
landowners to help out. (10/4/2004)
* Problems with Dairy Air -- A California scientist builds a special
tent to house cows and monitor the air around them. It's in response
to a state law that's designed to limit the impact of dairy herds
on regional air quality. (10/5/2004)
* Still Raining -- We don't hear much about acid rain these days,
but it's still a big problem in the Northeast. (10/6/2004)
* What Kids Really Want -- Kids want more time with friends and
nature and less with TV and shopping malls, according to a nationwide
survey. (10/7/2004)
* Keeping Campus Cool -- The city of Toronto recently turned on
an airconditioning system that uses water from the depths of Lake
Ontario. It's modeled on a project that's been running for four
years at Cornell University. (10/8/2004)
* Growing Gridlock -- People are wasting more time and money sitting
in traffic jams than ever before. (10/11/2004)
* Scaling Down -- Efforts to solve international environmental problems
have moved away from big treaties and toward more local and regional
approaches. (10/12/2004)
* Trading Profits and Pests -- The boom in global trade creates
new opportunities for plants and animals to move from their native
habitats into new environments. That's giving rise to growing problems
with invasive species. (10/13/2004)
* Mississippi River Percentages -- A warmer world could dramatically
change the volume of water in the Mississippi River, and that could
seriously affect water quality in the Gulf of Mexico. (10/14/2004)
* Strange Trip -- An author witnessed a disconnection between what
we know about the environment (10/15/2004)
* Reducing Rush Hour -- Cities need to give more thought to transportation
issues in their planning process, according to a new report out
of Texas. (10/18/2004)
* Shell Shocked -- Some displaced oysters led this author to look
at the world in a whole new way. (10/19/2004)
* Making the Grade -- Sometimes people pour new sand on oceanfront
beaches to compensate for erosion, but that new sand can cause problems
for sea turtles that build their nests along the waterfront. (10/20/2004)
* Green Buildings -- Architects and contractors create a check list
to clearly define what makes a "green building" distinct
from run-of-the-mill construction. (10/21/2004)
* Overdrawn -- An advocacy group contends that personal debt and
environmental trouble go hand in hand. (10/22/2004)
11. Staff News
MN Sea Grant - Grant to look at impervious surfaces
Jesse Schomberg, coastal communities and land use planning educator,
Stacey Stark (UMD Geography Dept.), George Host (Natural Resources
Research Institute), and Bill Befort (MN DNR) were awarded $34,400
from Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program to evaluate methods
of measuring the amount of impervious surfaces (such as parking
lots, roads, or rooftops) along the North Shore. High amounts can
degrade watersheds. The project will measure current conditions
and compare them to estimates from the early 1990s.
New York Sea Grant - Position Description
WATER QUALITY EDUCATORS (2 Positions available): Location SUNY/Stony
Brook, NY
This professional will provide environmental management support
to Long Island local governments. Responsible for delivery of the
New York Sea Grant Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials Program,
the NEMO Water Quality Educator works to ensure effective municipal
stormwater management and compliance with the Phase II stormwater
regulations. Through presentations, workshops and consultations,
the NEMO Educator promotes implementation of municipal policies
and practices that reduce the impacts of contaminated runoff on
Long Island's estuaries. Under the supervision of the New York Sea
Grant NEMO Program Manager, the NEMO Educator delivers the information
and tools needed to strengthen municipal programs that result in
healthy shellfishing areas, clean bathing beaches, and improved
water quality.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Master's degree in marine science, land use planning, natural resource
management or related field and three years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated skill in giving presentations and writing about technical
subjects for non-technical audience, knowledge of geospatial information
technology, knowledge of watershed management, excellent organizational
and interpersonal skills, ability to work as part of a team, ability
to travel throughout Long Island, with occasional statewide and
Northeast Regional travel, available to work occasional evenings/weekends,
computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Power Point.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS;
A thorough working knowledge of local government processes, experience
working on water quality and land use issues, proficiency with ArcView
GIS, experience working with state and federal agencies, familiarity
with Extension non-advocacy educational programming.
HOW TO APPLY:
Send letter of intent, resume and transcripts by November 1, 2004
to Nancy Greenawalt, 112 Rice Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY 14853. For questions, additional information or if you would
like a full position description, contact Eileen Keenan at 631-632-8730.
IL-IN Sea Grant - Position Announcement: Aquaculture Marketing
Specialist
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Company: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, Purdue University
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois Extension
Company URL: http://iisgcp.org/
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications
Closing Date: Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Qualifications:
The candidate must have an M.S., M.B.A., or Ph.D. in Marketing,
Agricultural Economics, Aquaculture, or a related field, and have
a minimum of two years Extension or outreach experience. The individual
must possess the ability to function in multi-departmental and multi-university
teams and to secure funding for Extension education and applied
research programs. Strong oral, written, and electronic communication
skills are essential. The incumbent should have the ability or experience
to lead and facilitate meetings, forums, and workshops involving
diverse audiences including aquaculturists, business and industry
representatives, governmental agencies, the media, and the general
public. The capacity to understand applied research and communicate
it to diverse audiences is also critical. Interest and experience
in Extension or comparable outreach is essential.
Description:
DESCRIPTION: This is a twelve-month, administrative/professional
position. The position is 100% Extension and is funded by Purdue
University, the University of Illinois, and the Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant College Program. The incumbent will be located in the
Department of Agricultural Economics and will work closely with
faculty and staff in multiple departments and schools at Purdue
University, the University of Illinois, the Illinois-Indiana Sea
Grant College Program and the Aquaculture Industry in Illinois and
Indiana.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful applicant is responsible for working
with industry, aquaculture producers, aquaculture associations,
distributors, restaurants, retail outlets, and consumers to develop
a viable market structure program for Indiana and Illinois farm-raised
aquaculture products. Working with other campus-based specialists,
this position is responsible for developing an applied research
and technology transfer program emphasizing analysis of market potential,
problem-solving assistance, and the packaging and delivery of research-based
information to target audiences. An applied research-based program
responsive to the needs of the aquaculture industry will consist
of: market analysis, market definition, facilitating the development
of distribution and market structures, identification of value-added
opportunities for aquaculture products and feeds, and development
of enterprise budgets. This position may conduct applied research
and associated Extension programming to explore market and production
opportunities for aquaculture products in Chicago and other large
urban settings. The successful candidate will assist communities,
commodity groups, and producers in pursuing and realizing economic
and market development opportunities that the aquaculture industry
may provide. The person in this position will also coordinate the
Aquaculture Extension Team at PurdueUniversity and the University
of Illinois Extension.
FACILITIES: The incumbent will work with and have access to the
expertise, educational materials, and outreach programs offered
by faculty and Extension educators working in the Purdue New Ventures
Team and the Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center
(AICC) at Purdue. Purdue also offers the Purdue Animal Sciences
Research and Education Center, a modern research and Extension support
facility including a 4,500 ft2 research laboratory and 12, quarter-acre,
research ponds.
Contact Name: Dr. Sarahelen Thompson
Contact Phone: (765) 494-4191
Contact Email: sallyt@purdue.edu
Other Contact Information: Candidates should submit a letter of
application, curriculum vitae including statements of Extension
or outreach philosophy, college transcripts, and be prepared to
provide three references upon request to: Dr. Sarahelen Thompson,
Agricultural Economics, 403 W. State Street, KRAN 651,West Lafayette,
IN 47907-2056.
MI Sea Grant - Brenner leaving for NOAA
Webmaster and graphic designer Dave Brenner is leaving MI SG. Dave
has accepted a technology position at NOAA (the Admiral's office).
He will be here through the end of Oct. and then off to DC.
MN Sea Grant - PAT Review
Minnesota Sea Grant earned the highest rating possible (Category
1 out of four) in a review by the National Sea Grant Program and
a Program Assessment Team. The review took place in September 2003,
and found that Minnesota Sea Grant has done an outstanding job with
administration, connecting with users, long-range planning, and
producing significant results. As a result, the program will receive
merit funds for the next four years.
MN Sea Grant - Award for Shoreland Education
Cindy Hagley, water quality specialist, and Barb Liukkonen, water
resources education coordinator, were part of a team that earned
a bronze award from the Association of Natural Resource Extension
Professionals (ANREP) for promotional materials produced for the
Shoreland Education Program. The award was presented in May at the
ANREP national conference held in Wheeling, West Virginia. Other
team members include Mary Blickenderfer, Eleanor Burkett, and Ron
Struss with the University of Minnesota Extension Service, and Wendy
Strombeck, president of oneD design.
MN Sea Grant - DuluthStreams web site wins awards
Hagley and Sharon Moen, editor, each earned APEX awards of excellence
from Communications Concepts, Inc. Hagley earned honors for the
DuluthStreams Web site (http://www.duluthstreams.org)
in the special purpose video and electronic publications category.
Others involved in the project include Jesse Schomberg, Bruce Munson,
and Carl Richards from Sea Grant; Marion Lonsdale from the City
of Duluth Public Works and Utilities; and Richard Axler and George
Host from NRRI. Moen earned honors for feature writing for her article
about zebra mussels, "Coming to a Lake Near You?" for
Cabin Life Magazine. The APEX Awards are based on excellence in
graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall
communications excellence. There were nearly 5,500 entries with
1,667 awards of excellence given.
MN Sea Grant - Exotics on the Move takes Award
The Great Lakes Invasion - Exotics on the Move Newspaper in
Education tabloid coordinated by Moen; Marie Zhuikov, communications
coordinator; and Doug Jensen, Aquatic Invasive Species Information
Center coordinator, earned third place in a national competition
for literacy programs from the Newspaper Association of America
Foundation. The tabloid was designed by the Erie Times-News in Education
program with assistance from the Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program.
MI Sea Grant - Detroit American Heritage River Initiative
Receives Award
The Greater Detroit American Heritage River initiative is the 2004
recipient of the John A. Hannah Award for Outstanding Extension
Program from the Michigan Council of Extension Associations. This
is the highest award in MSU Extension and is certainly a credit
to the work that Mark Breederland and Barry Murray and their collaborators
have done over the past several years.
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September 2004
Thanks to OH Sea Grant for hosting an informative Great Lakes Sea
Grant Network meeting with lots of opportunity for interaction.
I met lots of new Sea Grant folks at the meeting and had a good
time getting to know everyone. However, I am not sure that I have
all of them on my mailing lists. Can communicators for each program
please double check the header on this message and make sure I am
not missing anyone in your program?! FYI, GLERL and Sea Grant Updates
are archived on the web at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/
(along with all of my web projects).
Contents:
1. MI Sea Grant - Public Notice: Michigan Sea Grant College Program
Invites Comments
2. NY Sea Grant - New Great Lakes Research Projects
3. Events
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Coast Week Offers Something for Everyone
- OH Sea Grant - Ohio Clean Marinas Program Kick-off at North American
In-Water Boat Show
- MI Sea Grant - Michigan Clean Marina Workshops
- NY Sea Grant - Promoting Clean Boating Across New York State
- NY Sea Grant - ANS HACCP Training
4. In the News
- MI Sea Grant - Michigan Public Radio interviews Don Scavia,
Michigan Sea Grant Director
5. Publications
- NY Sea Grant - Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
- WI Sea Grant - New Reprints: toxicology, benthic invertebrates
- NY Sea Grant - New Reprints - contaminants, seston, plankton,
fish consumption
- NY Sea Grant - New Outreach Publications
- NY Sea Grant - Coastlines - Summer 2004
- WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift - July/August
- WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio
6. Staff News
- MI Sea Grant - Extension Chooses Experienced Planner as Sea
Grant Agent in SE Michigan
- WI Sea Grant - Schmitt Returns Home
- NY Sea Grant Staff Responsibilities Shift
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1. MI Sea Grant - Public Notice: Michigan Sea Grant College Program
Invites Comments
Michigan Sea Grant College Program will undergo a site visit and
review by a federally-appointed Program Assessment Team on October
24-28, 2004. Congress has mandated that Sea Grant College Programs
be regularly reviewed.
If you would like to submit comments to the Michigan Sea Grant
Program Assessment Team on any aspect of Michigan Sea Grant's program
or its work, please send your written comments by September 30,
2004 to:
Dr. Leon Cammen, NSGO Program Officer
National Sea Grant College Program
NOAA R/SG, 1315 East-West Highway
Silver Springs, MD 20910.
2. NY Sea Grant - New Great Lakes Research Projects
Abstracts available in Coastlines http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/Pages/Coastlines/Summer04.pdf
* Mysis in Crisis: Food Web Disruption and the Decline of Mysis
relicta in Lake Ontario. Lars Rudstam (Cornell) and Ora Johannsson
(Fisheries and Oceans, Canada).
* Evaluating the Effects of Environment and Stressors on Thiaminase
Expression in Alewife. Clifford Kraft
and Tadgh Begley (Cornell)
* Estimating Natural Recruitment of Chinook Salmon in the Salmon
River, New York. Neil Ringler (SUNY College of Environmental Science
and Forestry) and Lars Rudstam (Cornell)
* Low P and High F: Testing for Unexpected Synergistic Effects of
Phosphorus Abatement and Bivalve Filtration. Kim Schulz and Karin
Limburg (SUNY ESF)
3. Events
IL-IN Sea Grant - Coast Week Offers Something for Everyone
Excerpt from Press Release
Indiana's Lake Michigan Coast Week, which runs September 11-18,
offers one last chance to hit the beach. This time, visitors can
do more than soak up the sun and surf. "It's a chance
to celebrate the diversity and beauty of the Lake Michigan coastal
region through a variety of events for all ages and interests,"
said Leslie Dorworth, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant aquatic ecology
specialist.
Coast Week is sponsored by the Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Program
and other regional organizations, including Illinois-Indiana Sea
Grant. Over the course of the week, participants can take part in
nature hikes, festivals, music and educational opportunities. "These
events will highlight the cultural, historical and natural resources
of northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan," said Dorworth.
On September 16, Sea Grant presented a workshop titled "Can
we Keep Our Beaches Healthy?" The discussion focused on issues
such as E. coli contamination in the water, and the health of the
dunes. Participants learned how beach goers can do their part to
keep beaches healthy and enjoyable.
The week culminates on Saturday, September 18 with a number of
events, including a South Shore tour and a beach cleanup. "The
International Coastal Cleanup is the world's oldest and largest
volunteer effort to clean up our marine and Great Lakes environments,"
said Dorworth. Every year, nearly a million volunteers around the
world spend three hours combing the beaches for shiny wrappers,
discarded cigarettes, deflated balloons and other litter. "This
trash pollutes our waters, harms aquatic life, hampers tourism and
poses health risks for beach-goers," added Dorworth.
The cleanup starts out at Washington Park Jaycee Stage at 9:00
a.m. and ends at 12:00 p.m. For more information, contact Dorworth
at (219) 989-2726 or dorworth@calumet.purdue.edu. If you are interested
in information about other cleanup sites along southern Lake Michigan,
contact the Grand Calumet Task Force at (219) 938-1400. To learn
more about the Coast Week schedule of events, you can go online
to http://www.in.gov/dnr/lakemich/news/coastweek.html.
OH Sea Grant - Ohio Clean Marinas Program Kick-off at North
American In-Water Boat Show
Excerpt from Press Release
As a collaborative effort to improve the quality of Ohio's waterways,
the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNR), Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), Ohio Department
of Health, Ohio Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast Guard, and the
Lake Erie Marine Trades Association (LEMTA) will kick off their
Ohio Clean Marinas Program at the North American In-Water Boat Show
at Cedar Point on Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 2:00 p.m.
The Ohio Clean Marinas Program is a proactive partnership that
encourages marinas and boaters to use best management practices
to keep Ohio's coast and inland waterways clean. The Program, housed
under Ohio Sea Grant, will be launched Saturday at the Ohio Clean
Marinas booth by ODNR's Director, Sam Speck, who will be representing
Governor Bob Taft. This kick-off is the first time the Program will
be accepting pledges from marinas to become Clean Marinas.
This program should benefit the local environment and economy around
each of the Clean Marinas. As a voluntary program, the Ohio Clean
Marinas Program is a model for collaboration between government,
the private sector, and academia. Marinas that take the program
pledge will be instructed through workshops, a corresponding guidebook,
and web site information. There are over 100 best management practices
marinas will need to comply with within a year in order to be designated
as Clean Marinas. Attending a workshop like the one on November
8th will be the first step to becoming a clean marina. Besides being
recognized as a Clean Marina, participating marinas will obtain
priority for incentive grants, be able to use the clean marinas
logo for advertising, and participate in the Clean Marinas Education
and Awareness Program.
For additional information, check out the Ohio Clean Marinas website
at http://www.ohiocleanmarina.osu.edu
MI Sea Grant - Michigan Clean Marina Workshops
Excerpt from Press Release
Michigan marinas can protect water quality and save money by preventing
pollution and reducing waste. Marina owners, managers and employees
can learn more about these strategies by joining the state's
Clean Marina Program and participating in one of three workshops
being offered in September and October.
The Clean Marina Program was developed to promote voluntary implementation
of pollution prevention strategies; promote industry compliance
with environmental laws and regulations; foster communication among
the marina industry, state agencies, academic institutions and environmental
groups; and develop recognition and economic incentives for environmentally
proactive marina operations. The program is a partnership between
the MBIA, Michigan Sea Grant and the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality. For additional information about the Clean Marina Program,
visit www.miseagrant.umich.edu/CMP.
Each workshop will feature an explanation of the steps to become
a Michigan Clean Marina and how to maintain the designation; a chapter-by-chapter
review of the Michigan Clean Marina Guidebook; and a description
of the benefits to marinas and harbors that receive the Michigan
Clean Marina designation.
Workshops will be held Sept. 15 in Gaylord; Sept. 22 in Holland;
and Oct. 21 in
Harrison Township (Macomb County). All workshops will run from 9
a.m. to noon.
The workshop fee is $199 per company ($149 for Michigan Boating
Industries Association members) and includes the Clean Marina Guidebook
and future updates, checklist, site visit and evaluation by Clean
Marina representatives and processing. For more information about
the workshops, go to http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu.
NY Sea Grant - Promoting Clean Boating Across New York State
Excerpt from Press Release
260 marinas and all Coast Guard Auxiliary and U.S. Power Squadron
units across upstate New York State are now receiving Clean Boating
Packets with information and free products that marina operators
and boating educators can use to implement best practices for preventing
and reducing pollution in New York's waters. New York Sea Grant
is partnering with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 2, the
Boating Industries Association of Upstate New York, the National
Clean Boating Campaign and the Marine Environmental Education Foundation
to distribute packets that include:
* information on new techniques and environmentally-friendly boat
cleaning products
* information on a grant program that would help marinas install
pumpout and dump stations and increase their use
* National Clean Boating Campaign information from the Marine Environmental
Education Foundation
* information on National Marina Day, a program of the Marina Operators
of America Association
* a bilge sock and fuel nozzle bib that can be shown to boaters
to raise awareness of two simple, inexpensive ways boaters can prevent
or reduce petroleum discharges.
"New York Sea Grant and its partners began this program a
year ago with four marinas on various waters in New York State.
The response from the marina operators and their boaters was so
positive that we have now expanded the program to include 260 marinas
statewide," says David G. White, Marine Facility Specialist
for New York Sea Grant.
Dennis Honeywell, executive director of the Boating Industries
Association of Upstate New York, says marina operators can give
the packets to new boaters to reinforce the importance of clean,
environmentally-aware boating. "Our 115 marina and marine business
members are committed to the Sea Grant and Boating Industries Association
partnership that is enhancing clean boating by recreational boaters,"
says Honeywell.
To learn more about clean and safe boating practices and best practices
for marinas, visit http://www.nysmarina.org or contact David G.
White, Marine Facility Specialist for New York Sea Grant, SUNY-Oswego,
62B Mackin Hall, Oswego, NY 13126, 315-312-3042.
Websites with regional, state and national clean and safe boating
information include:
http://www.nysgmarina.org/
- New York Sea Grant
http://www.meef.org/
- Marine Environmental Education Foundation
http://www.cgaux.org/
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/seapart.htm
- Coast Guard Sea Partners
http://www.moaa.org/
- Marina Operators of America Association
http://www.nysefc.org/
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.
NY Sea Grant - ANS HACCP Training
NY Sea Grant and USFWS are working together to hold a HACCP - Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control Point training on September 21st at
the USFWS office in Amherst, NY. HACCP planning is a pathway management
tool that provides a method to identify risks and focus procedures
to prevent spread of ANS species through natural resource pathways.
Participants will learn how to manage the risk of inadvertently
spreading invasive species during their day-to-day activities. The
primary intent of this course is to prepare participants to implement
a HACCP plan and to teach HACCP to others.
The suggested audience includes: baitfish harvesters and suppliers;
hatchery operators and aquaculture representatives; USFWS and other
agency staff and interested stakeholders.
There is no fee for the program, but reservations must be made
in advance, so adequate materials and lunches can be ordered. Registration
deadline is September 17, 2004. Flyers available (from Rochelle
or Helen Domske) if you want more information.
4. In the News
MI Sea Grant - Michigan Public Radio interviews Don Scavia,
Michigan Sea Grant Director
interview http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=2382
and
news release http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2004/Aug04/r080304
Research from the University of Michigan shows that the current
federal plan to reduce the "dead zone" in the Gulf of
Mexico may not be enough to protect the region's half billion dollar
a year shrimp industry. "The hypoxic region is an area where
water lacks sufficient oxygen to sustain most marine life, and in
the Gulf of Mexico it is caused by excess nitrogen "largely
runoff from mid-west agriculture," said Donald Scavia, Director
of the Michigan Sea Grant College Program and Professor in the School
of Natural Resources and Environment.
5. Publications
NY Sea Grant - Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
The July-September issue of Aquatic Invaders (Volume 15 No 3, July-September
2004) is at the printers and will be available by the end of September.
The issue includes:
- Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides: a successful invader
of Eastern, Canada. AL Schmidt
- A research brief on recent studies of adult-zebra-mussel
movement. D McCabe
- Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) and potential exposure
of humans to mercury in southern San Francisco Bay, California,
USA. E Williams, CA Hui, and D Rudnick
Features
- Web Watch - Spotlight on NOVA's Caulerpa taxifolia
page; Phytopia educational CD; Preventing a Hostile Takeover - Carp
footage from the Mississippi
- What's New - Newly acquired papers in the Clearinghouse
Collection
- Annotations of articles from the collection
- Announcements
The National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse quarterly digest,
"Aquatic Invaders," publishes papers on research and policy
initiatives relating to all types of freshwater, estuarine, and
marine aquatic invasive and nuisance species issues. The digest
is published quarterly, and is aimed at a technically literate audience,
researchers, resource managers, utility managers, and policy makers.
We welcome submissions. Please contact Diane Oleson for details.
WI Sea Grant - New Reprints: toxicology, benthic invertebrates
Abstracts available at http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu
For reprints email publications@seagrant.wisc.edu
* Prasch, AL; EA Andreasen, RE Peterson, and W Heideman. 2004.
Interactions between 2,3,7,8-Tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)
and Hypoxia Signalling Pathways in Zebrafish: Hypoxia Decreases
Responses to TCDD in Zebrafish Embryos. Toxicological Sciences,
78:68-77, 2004. WISCU-R-04-003.
* MacKenzie, RA; JL Kaster, and J Val Klump. 2004. Ecological Patterns
of Benthic Invertebrates in a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland. Journal
of Great Lakes Research 30(1)58-69, 2004. WISCU-R-04-004.
NY Sea Grant - New Reprints - contaminants, seston, plankton,
fish consumption
For reprints: New York Sea Grant Communications, 121 Discovery Hall,
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001/631.632.9124
* Twiss, M.R.; B.S. Twining, and N.S. Fisher. 2003. Partitioning
of dissolved thallium by seston in Lakes Erie and Ontario. Can.
J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 60:1369-1375.
* Twining, B.S. and N.S. Fisher. 2004. Trophic transfer of trace
metals from protozoa to mesozooplankton. Limnol. Oceanography 49(1):28-39.
* Knuth, B.A.; N.A. Connelly, J. Sheeshka, and J. Patterson. 2003.Weighing
health benefit and health risk information when consuming sportcaught
fish. Risk Analysis 23(6):1185-1197.
NY Sea Grant - New Outreach Publications
* QPX Disease in Hard Clams Quahog Parasite Unknown. Brochure.
New York Sea Grant. 2003. Free
* Great Lakes and Long Island Bays food web posters. Two separate
24" X 36" full-color illustrated posters with identification
keys. Individual poster: $5; one of each: $8. Posters shipped in
mailing tube. CD with both images (pdf) to print out 11" x
17": $8. CD and both posters: $15. Call 631.632.9124 for discounts
on multiple posters.
* Lobster Life Cycle and Habitat. Connecticut and New York Sea
Grants, supported by the Long
Island Sound Lobster Research Initiative. 11" x 17" color
poster. Jan Porinchak, Illustrator. 2004. Free
NY Sea Grant - Coastlines - Summer 2004
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/Pages/Coastlines/Summer04.pdf
* Breaking Through by Patrick Dooley and Barbara A. Branca (Long
Island Sound Barrier Beaches)
* From the Director by Jack Mattice (Ocean Policy)
* Funding Breakthrough Research by Barbara A. Branca, Patrick Dooley
and Lane Smith
* NYSG a Sounding Board for Governor on Ocean Report by Barbara
A. Branca and Jack Mattice
* Are Marshes Losing Ground? by Barbara A. Branca
* Powering the Future: Great Lakes Student Summit by Paul C. Focazio
* Botulism Update by Helen Domske and Lane Smith
* Currents: Stakeholders Set Great Lakes Priorities by Paul C. Focazio
* Earthstock 2004 by Susan M. Hamill (Earth Day Outreach)
* Annual Report by Stefanie Massucci
* Seafood Corner: Black Sea Bass by Barbara A. Branca
WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift - July/August
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/news/documents/DriftJulyAug04.pdf
(Copy in the GLERL Breakroom too)
* The Incredible Shrinking Water Quality Sensor (MEMS nanotechnology
article)
* Citizens Tackle Great Lakes Restoration Issues (Regional Workshop)
* Kiosk Launched on the SS Badger (AIS Outreach)
* Break the Grip of the Rip (National Outreach Campaign)
* UW Students Awarded Fellowships (Groundwater Sustainability &
Drinking Water Treatment)
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio http://ewradio.org
- Choosing the Future -- Male aggression and greed cause a lot
of our planet's worst problems, but they also lead to success
with females, according to a new book by an Oxford geneticist.
(8/30/2004)
- New Nanotech Considerations -- Nanotechnology is a world of
engineering feats at the microscopic level. It might carry serious
risks as well as great rewards. (8/31/2004)
- The Blueprint of the Dolphin Brain -- Scientists examine the
brains of dolphins, and the layout suggests levels of intelligence
that are similar to those of humans but ways of thinking that
are much different. (9/1/2004)
- The Sound of Whale Watching -- A scientist says killer whales
have their limits when it comes to underwater noise, and in some
places the boats that carry whale watchers might be putting the
big creatures on edge. (9/2/2004)
- Natural Reaction -- The return of a top predator to Yellowstone
National Park is restoring balance to the ecosystem. (9/3/2004)
- Voting Priorities -- Few votes are likely to hinge on the environment,
so don't look for the presidential candidates to talk much about
it. (8/23/2004)
- Capitalizing on Cleaning Up -- Some Fortune 500 companies have
found that cutting their environmental impact is good for the
bottom line. (8/24/2004)
- Drilling for Knowledge -- An international research project
is going to sea to drill the deepest holes ever into the ocean
floor. (8/25/2004)
- Cell Phones in the Trash -- The cell phone is a popular communication
tool that is becoming common in trash cans as well. A researcher
wants to know what that might mean for the groundwater below landfills.
(8/26/2004)
- Shades of Gray -- An author sees the complexities of human nature
during a visit with some East Coast shrimp fishermen. (8/27/2004)
- Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch -- Great currents that swirl around
the North Pacific Ocean sweep up all kinds of debris and dump
it into a huge floating garbage patch. (9/6/2004)
- Setting New Records Every Year -- A federal government lab that
measures greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reports that levels
of carbon dioxide set a new record last year. The record breaking
is routine. CO2 concentrations go up every year because of our
use of fossil fuels. (9/7/2004)
- Tracking the Compass -- The compass has been around for more
than 600 years, and it's still one of the most essential instruments
on ships at sea. (9/8/2004)
- No Disaster -- Fires burned more than 36 percent of Yellowstone
National Park in 1988, but a wildfire expert says the frightening
event was not harmful or unusual in natural terms. (9/9/2004)
- Cleaning up Smokestacks at Sea -- The international organization
that oversees shipping sets ground rules to help the world's fleets
cut backon emissions of greenhouse gases. (9/10/2004)
- Losing the Hunt -- Native whale hunters in Alaska face increasingly
dangerous conditions, possibly due to a changing climate. (9/13/2004)
- Early American Farmers -- Farmers in colonial New England practiced
what would now be called "sustainable agriculture."
(9/14/2004)
- Chances for Climate Change in the North Atlantic -- An Atlantic
Ocean current helps moderate the climate of Northern Europe, and
scientists are trying to get more details about its current condition.
(9/15/2004)
- Drastic Plastic Trash -- There's a lot of plastic trash floating
around the oceans, and this debris can cause a lot of problems
for marine animals. (9/16/2004)
- Draining a Lake -- A proposal to drain a gigantic reservoir
in Utah has been met with derision. But a prolonged drought has
already taken half of Lake Powell's water. (9/17/2004)
- Ships on the Rocks -- Regular maintenance on the ships' compasses
might have prevented a 1707 shipwreck disaster that took 2,000
lives. (9/20/2004)
- Feeding the Streams -- Fire on the land can be good for life
under water. (9/21/2004)
- Deep Pacific Warming -- An ocean current that snakes around
the world on the sea floor gets warmer by one degree, and it's
enough to make some people wonder what's going on. (9/22/2004)
- Limits to the Tallest Trees -- The leaves at the top of the
tallest trees in the world get extremely thirsty, and gravity
and friction are partly to blame. (9/23/2004)
- History Lesson -- Family considerations, social pressure and
concern for the future prompted early American farmers to take
good care of the land, according to a Massachusetts historian.
(9/24/2004)
6. Staff News
MI Sea Grant - Extension Chooses Experienced Planner as Sea
Grant Agent in SE Michigan
Barry S. Murray is the new Michigan Sea Grant Extension agent in
southeastern Michigan. Many of you will have had the opportunity
to meet Barry at the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network meeting. Barry
brings 25 years' experience in urban planning to the seven-county
district, which reaches from Huron County through Monroe County
along Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit
River and Lake Erie. As vice president for JJR, Barry led the firm's
cities and communities practice in southeastern Michigan. He worked
extensively with Michigan Sea Grant Extension on projects such as
the Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative of the Metropolitan
Affairs Coalition, the International Wildlife Refuge and the Downriver
Linked Greenways Initiative. He expects to continue involvement
with these projects in his new role.
Barry's earlier experience included planning responsibilities
with the city of Jackson and the Region II Planning Commission in
Jackson, as well as several years as a research associate with Applied
Environmental Research in Ann Arbor. He has a master's degree
in urban planning from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's
degree in political science and psychology from Wayne State University.
Barry will be located at the MSU southeast regional office at 28115
Meadowbrook Rd. in Novi; phone is (248) 380-9100, ext. 209.
WI Sea Grant - Schmitt Returns Home
Excerpt from Littoral Drift
Kathleen Schmitt started her Sea Grant career 3 years ago as a student
writer for WI Sea Grant's Earthwatch Radio. After graduating, Kathleen
worked for 2 years as a science writer for New Hampshire Sea Grant
and now returns to WI Sea Grant as a science writer. Kathleen can
be reached at 608-262-6393 kmschmitt@aqua.wisc.edu.
NY Sea Grant Staff Responsibilities Shift
As of September 1st, Dave White is on a special one year assignment
working with the major NY organizations and agencies, who will be
involved in Great Lakes coastal restoration activities. Dave will
be spending about 20 percent time on this effort, and to accomplish
that he will give up his role as NY Sea Grant Great Lakes Coordinator
for this time period. Chuck O'Neill has graciously agreed to be
the acting Great Lakes Coordinator for the next year.
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August 2004
Contents
1) Events
- Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference Reminder
- MN Sea Grant - Superior Science for You Seminars - Great Lakes
in a Changing Climate and Restoring Coaster Brook Trout
- WI Sea Grant - Lake Michigan Restoration Workshops Scheduled
- MN Sea Grant -Citizens Identify Priorities for Lake Superior Restoration
- PA Sea Grant - International Coastal Cleanup
2) Articles
- MN Sea Grant - Spotlight for NOAA Research - Guarding Water Gardens
Against Invasive Species
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Asian Carp May Compete with Key Mississippi
River Fish
- NY Sea Grant - Website Shows Lake Ontario Student Dune Steward
Program Works
3) Web News
- PA Sea Grant - New NEMO Pages
- WI Sea Grant -Earthwatch Radio
4) Publications
- OH Sea Grant - Twine Line - May/June
5) Staff News
- MI Sea Grant - New Agent for SE Michigan
- OH Sea Grant - New Agent for Fisheries Extension
- OH Sea Grant - New Assistant Director
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1) Events
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference Reminder
Sea Grant staff from across the Great Lakes will meet September
12-15, 2004 at the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference, to
be held at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. A conference web site is available
at:http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/glnc/
For further details contact Fred Snyder at (419)635-1022 or snyder.8@osu.edu
MN Sea Grant - Superior Science for You Seminars - Great
Lakes in a Changing Climate
August 10 at 7 p.m. at the EPA Gitchee Gumee Conference Center,
Duluth, MN.
August 11 at 7pm, Grand Marais
Lucinda Johnson, associate departmental director at UMD's Natural
Resources Research Institute, will discuss how ecosystems have been
changing and what the latest climate research suggests about the
future of the Great Lakes. This region is already experiencing warmer
temperatures and increased precipitation compared with records collected
over the last century. By 2100, summer temperatures near Lake Superior
are expected to be similar to those currently seen in Kansas.
- Restoring Coaster Brook Trout - Duluth -
September 7, Grand Marais- September 8
In this final talk of the Liquid Science series, Jeffrey Gunderson
of the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program will describe how,
by the early 1900s, coaster brook trout were nearly eliminated from
Lake Superior and its tributaries by human impacts. Research and
history suggest that rehabilitation of this native trout will require
careful planning and cooperation. Come learn about the biology and
management of coaster brook trout, and the partnerships that are
creating a future
for this magnificent fish.
WI Sea Grant - Lake Michigan Restoration Workshops Scheduled
Excerpt from Press Release
The public is invited to attend one of two Lake Michigan restoration
and protection priorities workshops scheduled for 12:30-5 p.m. Tuesday
at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay and 12:30-5 p.m. Wednesday
at the Union Ballroom on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.
Sponsored by the Great Lakes Commission, the workshops are designed
to obtain feedback and input from Wisconsin residents, businesses,
and private and public organizations on nine restoration and protection
priorities for Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes developed
last October by the Council of Great Lakes Governors. The workshops
are being organized and hosted by the University of Wisconsin Sea
Grant Institute in partnership with Wisconsin's Department
of Natural Resources and Coastal Management Program.
Keynote speakers for the workshops include Hallett "Bud"
Harris and John Janssen. Great Lakes Commission President Michael
Donahue and WDNR Great Lakes Office Director Charles Ledin, representing
the Council of Great Lakes Governors, will provide overviews of
the Great Lakes restoration and protection initiative and the nine
overarching priorities for it developed by the council.
Congress is currently reviewing a number of bills that may provide
significant funding for the Great Lakes, and the Great Lakes Commission
has been sponsoring similar workshops in every Great Lakes state
this year to solicit public input on the Great Lakes' most
critical restoration and conservation needs. Funded by a grant from
the National Sea Grant College Program, the Great Lakes restoration
initiative represents an unprecedented partnership between the Great
Lakes Commission and Great Lakes Sea Grant programs, governor's
offices and concerned state agencies.
For more information about attending the workshops, contact Victoria
Harris at the Sea Grant office at UW-Green Bay, (715) 394-8472,
or James Lubner at the Sea Grant office at UW-Milwaukee, (414) 227-3291.
MN Sea Grant -Citizens Identify Priorities for Lake Superior
Restoration
Excerpt from Press Release
The priority of people attending a recent Lake Superior restoration
workshop is public funding to restore and protect coastal habitats
crucial to fish and wildlife diversity. With almost equal keenness,
the 100 workshop attendees want sustainable practices adopted in
the Great Lakes that protect natural resources while enhancing recreational
and commercial values. Minnesota and Wisconsin citizens developed
this consensus at the Lake Superior Restoration and Protection Priorities
workshop held in Duluth on June 30. The workshop was conducted by
the Minnesota and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs in cooperation with
the Great Lakes Commission and the Council of Great Lakes Governors.
Workshop proceedings will be prepared in the coming weeks. The priorities
discussed include issues such as pollution, invasive species, public
health concerns, water quantity management, and protection of critical
habitats. Results of a previous workshop sponsored by the Minnesota
Environmental Partnership will also be included and submitted to
the Great Lakes Commission and the Council of Great Lakes Governors.
Workshop attendees also thought it important to ensure that the
federal government reauthorizes over $35 million to restore habitats
and coastal wetlands crucial to fish and wildlife diversity. Federal
legislators are currently considering two bills that would appropriate
between $4 billion and $6 billion for restoration work within the
Great Lakes over the next five to ten years. For more information
on the Great Lakes restoration workshops and to review the proceedings
as they become available, access the Great Lakes Commission's Web
site at:
http://www.glc.org/restwkshp/index.html.
Direct inquiries and comments regarding Lake Superior's restoration
workshop and proceedings to Minnesota Sea Grant by calling (218)
726-8106 or through e-mail at seagr@d.umn.edu.
PA Sea Grant - International Coastal Cleanup
Pennsylvania Sea Grant is one of many sponsors participating in
the 19th annual International Coastal Cleanup to be held September
18th - the oldest and largest volunteer shoreline cleanup of its
kind. Volunteers will be collecting tons of trash, but more importantly,
we will record what is found...how many cigarette butts, plastic
bottles, shopping bags, aluminum cans, etc. Cleanup partners will
use the information to find out what work we need to do together
to stop the littering of our shoreline and streams.
2) Articles
MN Sea Grant - Spotlight for NOAA Research - Guarding Water
Gardens Against Invasive Species
Full Article at:
http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/spot_watergarden.html
University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program is leading several projects
that investigate release pathways posed by water gardening and methods
to educate consumers about how to avoid accidentally releasing aquarium
and aquatic invasive species (AIS). These species can include fish,
plants, crayfish, snails, and turtles.
IL-IN Sea Grant - Asian Carp May Compete with Key Mississippi
River Fish
Excerpt from Press Release
Invasive Asian carp consume similar food as a native fish that is
a major component of the Mississippi River ecosystem, according
to preliminary results of an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant study. If
populations of Asian carp species go unchecked, they may adversely
affect numbers of gizzard shad, the most abundant fish in the river.
Brought to the U.S. for use in aquaculture, Asian carp escaped
into the Mississippi River in the 1980s. They are now plentiful
in much of the river--in fact, they have moved into the Illinois
River and are approaching Lake Michigan. At this point, an experimental
electric barrier stands between these fish and the Great Lakes.
But, concern is high because Asian carp consume zooplankton, which
all fishes typically feed on in their larval stages, so they have
the potential to adversely affect many species of fish in the Mississippi
River and Great Lakes.
John Chick and Mark Pegg, biologists at the Illinois Natural History
Survey, are assessing the potential impact of Asian carp on several
native Mississippi and Illinois River fish who feed in a similar
fashion to the carp, by filtering suspended food particles from
the water current through their gills. By analyzing stomach contents,
the researchers compared the diet of two Asian carp species, bighead
and silver carp, with the diet of paddlefish, bigmouth buffalo and
gizzard shad. "We sampled these fish in back-water habitats
during spring flooding, which is a good way to find all these species
in the same location," said Chick. They also collected zooplankton
samples at the same site.
Despite the fact that Asian carp can grow to more than 50 pounds
in the Mississippi River, the researchers found that these species
typically eat zooplankton smaller than 200 microns in length, as
do the prevalent gizzard shad. "On the other hand, in our samples,
paddlefish and bigmouth buffalo primarily ate larger prey, including
crustacean zooplankton, insects and fish larvae," explained
Chick. "At this point there's no evidence that Asian carp
are reducing abundance of zooplankton in the Mississippi River;
it is a very productive system," said Chick. "But if populations
of bighead and silver carp go unchecked, zooplankton numbers may
drop, impacting gizzard shad. The shad are eaten by all predatory
fish--channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish, largemouth
bass, walleye and more." "If Asian carp populations are
able to take off in Lake Michigan, the impact will likely be even
more detrimental," said Chick. "The lake is a less productive
system, and its zooplankton populations have already been depleted
by zebra mussels."
In addition to their preliminary data collection, the research
team has sampled fish from locations in the Mississippi and Illinois
Rivers throughout the spring and summer. When analyzed, this data
will provide a thorough picture of the diet of Asian carp and native
filter-feeding fish in these waterways.
Early detection of Asian carp in new waters can help control their
spread. You can help with the monitoring of these fish by learning
how to recognize them and reporting any sightings. To order a free
Bighead and Silver Carp Watch ID Card from Illinois-Indiana Sea
Grant, visit http://www.iisgcp.org/products/free.htm
on the Internet, or call Susan White at 217-333-9441 or email white2@uiuc.edu.
Report sightings in new locations online athttp://www.iisgcp.org/il-ans
or call 847-872-8677.
NY Sea Grant - Website Shows Lake Ontario Student Dune Steward
Program Works
Sandy beaches and dunes may look like perfect summer playgrounds
for hiking, biking and other recreation, but "no way"
say this year's Lake Ontario student Dune Stewards. A photo
monitoring website supported by the five students from colleges
in New York State shows the program to protect the fragile dune
ecosystem is working.
Students from SUNY-Oswego, the College of Environmental Science
and Forestry in Syracuse, and SUNY-Cobleskill are photographing
sensitive dune areas and educating visitors to Sandy Island Beach,
Sandy Pond Beach and Deer Creek Wildlife Management Area in Oswego
County, and Southwick Beach and Lakeview and Black Pond Wildlife
Management Areas in Jefferson County. The stewards' photos are posted
to the Eastern Lake Ontario section of the website at http://www.nysgdunes.org
and show how the dunes are being restored over time. Dune Steward
Program Coordinator Molly Thompson, a Dune and Habitat Specialist
with New York Sea Grant, Oswego says, "The photo monitoring
program is a great visual way to show how the dunes can be restored
when the proper protective measures are taken." The stewards
takephotos at several points at each site every two to three years.
Photos from 1989 to today of Sandy Island Beach, Sandy Pond Beach,
Southwick Beach and the Black Pond-El Dorado Wildlife Management
Area show a progression of bare sands to beach grasses, The New
York Sea Grant Institute is a cooperative program of the State University
of New York and Cornell University.
In addition to photographing the dunes, the stewards talk one-on-one
with visitors, lead nature walks, string protective fencing, pick
up trash, and conduct visitor survey data that is provided to site
managers for decision
making assistance.
To view the photos, go to http://www.nysgdunes.org,
click on the Eastern Lake Ontario Dunes tab, and then click on the
Photo Monitoring tab. The stewards are on the dunes now through
Labor Day weekend.
For more information on the Lake Ontario Dune Program, contact New
York Sea Grant, SUNY-Oswego, 62B Mackin Hall, Oswego, NY 13126,
315-312-3042, http://www.nysgextension.org
or http://www.nysgdunes.org.
3) Web News
PA Sea Grant - New NEMO Pages - http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/extension/nemo.html
NEMO is an educational program for land-use decision makers addressing
the link between land use and natural resource protection. Currently,
there are 33 projects in 32 states across the United States and
U.S. territories. The goal of the Pennsylvania Lake Erie NEMO program
is to improve water quality in the Pennsylvania Lake Erie drainage
basin by increasing local land-use decision makers' knowledge of
the link between land use and water quality. The primary target
regions for the program are those municipalities located within
the Walnut Creek, Mill Creek, and Fourmile Creek watersheds in Erie
County. These pages were developed as a resource supporting the
PA Lake Erie NEMO program.
WI Sea Grant -Earthwatch Radio http://ewradio.org
* Energizing the Farm Economy -- Production of wind power and
other renewable sources of energy could renew the farm economy in
Colorado and other states. (7/26/04)
* Turning Back the Clock -- The author of "The Population Bomb,"
written 36 years ago, says time has proven him right. (7/27/04)
* Canada Bounces Back -- The impact of the glaciers that once covered
North America can be measured to the millimeter with signals from
satellites. (7/28/04)
* A Matter of Moths -- Luna, cecropia and other giant moths seem
to be dwindling in numbers. Scientists are trying to figure out
why. (7/29/04)
* Facing Our Fear -- Terrorism, weather catastrophes and other troubles
have created a climate of fear. An author says individuals and societies
need to control this powerful emotion. (7/30/04)
* When Your Snakehead Grows Up -- A predatory fish from Asia is
sometimes raised as a pet in the United States. When their owners
get tired of them, they don't always deal with their pets responsibly.
(8/2/2004)
* Rediscovered Wood -- An environmental group is working to develop
a market for old wood. The project keeps wood out of landfills and
spares a few living trees in the process. (8/3/2004)
* Going It Alone -- A southwestern lizard species is all females,
and it reproduces just fine without males. (8/4/2004)
* Lionfish along the Atlantic Shores -- A beautiful tropical fish
from warm waters in the Pacific Ocean is showing up along the Atlantic
Coast of the United States. (8/5/2004)
* Get SMART -- A group of 24,000 doctors wants to find a cure for
terrorism, and they see one in addressing poverty and environmental
degradation. (8/6/2004)
* State Response -- With little action at the federal level to address
global climate change, many states are taking up the cause. (8/9/2004)
* Off Season -- An author visited seaside communities during the
winter and discovered a world trying to hang on to its past. (8/10/2004)
* European Ban on Atrazine -- An herbicide that's widely used in
the United States has been banned in much of Europe. A cancer researcher
talks about the reasons. (8/11/2004)
* Groundwater Culprit -- Sometimes public beaches are closed because
of high levels of bacteria in the water, but the sources of the
bacteria are not always apparent. Contaminated groundwater might
be one source. (8/12/2004)
* A Louder Beat -- The environment is becoming a more regular part
of thedaily news. (8/13/2004)
* Rubber Ducks at Sea -- Toy ducks that washed off a ship 12 years
ago in the Pacific Ocean might show up this year along the east
coast of the United States. An oceanographer is tracking their travels.
(8/16/2004)
* Underwater Logging -- There's timber to be found at the bottom
of some rivers and reservoirs, and an environmental group is helping
loggers make use of it. (8/17/2004)
* Adam's Curse -- A new book warns that the genes that determine
the male sex in humans are degrading. (8/18/2004)
* Time to Talk -- Paul Ehrlich has been warning about population
and the environment for 40 years. He says it's time for a serious
discussion. (8/19/2004)
* Carp Cleaning Out the Mississippi -- A U.S. government biologist
is examining the impacts of Asian carp that are swimming up the
Mississippi River. (8/20/2004)
4) Publications
OH Sea Grant - Twine Line - May/June http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/PDFS/PUBLICATIONS/TWINELINE/2004/tl-mj-04.pdf
* Mass Aquatic Transit: Seiches Transport Organic Matter Between
Wetlands and Lakes
* New Clean Marinas Brochure - "Best Boater Practices"
* Walleye License Plate
* Ask your Agent: What is the Lake Erie Balanced Growth Initiative?
* Surveying Stone Lab Education
* Research Vessel Named ... R/V Erie Monitor
* Stone Lab Open House
* Experiencing the Lake Erie You Never Knew Existed...Coastal Ohio
5) Staff News
MI Sea Grant - New Agent for SE Michigan
Beginning September 1, Barry Murray will be Michigan Sea Grant Extension's
agent in southeastern Michigan. Barry brings 25 years' experience
in urban planning to the seven county district that covers Huron
County through Monroe County along Lake Huron, the St. Clair River,
Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River and Lake Erie.
As Vice President for Smith Group JJR, Barry led the firm's Cities
and Communities practice. He has worked extensively and intensively
with Michigan Sea Grant Extension on projects such as the Greater
Detroit American Heritage River Initiative and Downriver Linked
Greenways Initiative in partnership.
Barry's earlier experience included planning responsibilities with
the City of Jackson and the Region II Planning Commission in Jackson,
as well as several years as a research associate with Applied Environmental
Research in Ann Arbor.
Barry has a master's degree in urban planning from the University
of Michigan and a bachelor's degree in political science and psychology
from Wayne State University.
Send your greetings to Barry.Murray@jjr-us.com
OH Sea Grant - New Agent for Fisheries Extension
Funding from Fisheries Extension Enhancement (FEE) has enabled
Ohio Sea Grant to add Kelly Riesen, a fisheries extension program
coordinator to its staff. Kelly is not new to Lake Erie, Sea Grant
or Stone Laboratory. She received her BS in environmental studies
from Ohio Northern University where she interned twice for the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency as a fisheries intern and studied
abroad at the University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. After completing
her degree, she began working as an aquatic workshop instructor
with Ohio Sea Grant at Stone Laboratory. She later worked for Sea
Grant as a research associate to help complete a steelhead trout
angler survey during the fall and winter in streams in North Central
and Northeastern Ohio. Wading out into the streams at that time
of year to contact anglers can be challenging, but she must have
done something right for our return rate on the surveys was over
80%! When the survey was completed, she went back to Stone Lab to
again lead our workshop/field trip program for the 2003 field season
for students from grade 4 through adults.
Kelly just started her third week on the job, but already has helped
instruct a one-week aquatic biology course at Stone Lab, judged
a bass tournament, and participated in a briefing for reporters
and our State Legislature/Congressional Day on Lake Erie.
Kelly's office is in the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center in
Bay Village, Ohio. This unique partnership with the Center will
provide Kelly with a ready made audience of over 100,000 visitors
annually. She can be contacted at: Kelley Riesen, Ohio Sea Grant
Extension, Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, 28728 Wolf Rd.,
Bay Village, OH 44140, (440) 871-2900 riesen.4@osu.edu
OH Sea Grant - New Assistant Director
Eugene Braig has joined Ohio Sea Grant as its new assistant director,
located in the main program office in Columbus, Ohio. Eugene grew
up fishing the shores and tributaries of the Great Lakes with his
grandfather. His passion for the sport and the outdoors grew to
encompass his professional life. He completed his BS in Environmental
Education under Bob Roth. He completed his MS in Fisheries Management
under Dave Johnson in 1999. For the last five and one half years,
Eugene has worked as a full-time fisheries biologist for OSU's School
of Natural Resources where he coordinated the field efforts of the
program of Fisheries Management. This encompassed a great deal of
field work; supervising the work of graduate students,
undergrad technicians, and volunteers; assistance with the preparation
of grant proposals, reports, and manuscripts; assisting in the teaching
of fisheries courses, especially regarding field collection techniques;
administration of program budgets; etc. Over the course of his career,
Eugene is very proud to have built excellent working relationships
and friendships with biologists and managers in many of the state,
federal, and private agencies working with the Great Lake's myriad
resources. He has also served as a peer reviewer for Ecological
Engineering and edited manuscripts for OSU Extension. Eugene first
came to Stone Lab in 1998 when he worked as a TA for Dr. Smith's
Ichthyology course and as an RA where he cataloged the fish collection.
Eugene remains active in aquatic issues off the clock as well.
He is a member of several professional societies. He is a past board
member and currently serves as secretary of The Ohio Smallmouth
Alliance, a state-wide, non-profit aquatic-conservation organization.
He is also faculty co-advisor to TerrAqua, an OSU club devoted to
aquatic interests. On multiple occasions, he has been invited to
address Boy Scout troupes on fisheries management at the Columbus
Zoo. He regularly is invited to give interpretive tours of the wetland
facilities at the Gwynne Conservation Area by OSU Extension.
With so much time dedicated to fishes, fishing, fisheries, and
water, there is little time for else; still, Eugene is an avid amateur/semiprofessional
classical musician. He plays professionally with local chamber ensembles
and serves as Artistic Director of the Columbus Guitar Society's
concert series. His ensemble was invited by the governor's office
to perform at the state of Ohio's Christmas tree lighting ceremony
in 2002. He has edited manuscripts for publication by the journal
of the Lute Society of America and been invited to contribute to
a pending book on mandolin history. Eugene has also served as a
proofreader for Editions Orphée, Inc., a prestigious publisher
of guitar and lute music. He can be reached at: Eugene C. Braig
IV, Assistant Director,Ohio Sea Grant College Program, F.T. Stone
Laboratory, CLEAR, and GLAERC, The Ohio State University, Area 100
Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH 43212 Phone: 614-292-8949
FAX: 614-292-4364 e-mail: braig.1@osu.edu
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July 2004
Apologies for the delay in getting out this month's Update - storm
knocked out my computer leaving my draft locked inaccessibly (fortunately
temporarily) in my hard drive.
Contents
1. IL-IN Sea Grant - The Troubled Youth of Lake Michigan Yellow
Perch
2. IL-IN Sea Grant - Asian Carp May Compete with Key Mississippi
River Fish
3. NY Sea Grant - Great Lakes Charter Captains Survey Suggests Strategies
for Profitability
4. MN Sea Grant - Sea Grant and City of Duluth Offer Safety Advice
for Lake Superior Swimmers
5. Publications
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Carp Poster
- NY Sea Grant Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse Digest
- WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
6. Web News
- MI Sea Grant - Sturgeon Restoration
- MI Sea Grant - Clean Marinas
7. Staff News
- IL-IN - Position Announcment - Extension Specialist, Great
Lakes Contaminants, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
1. IL-IN Sea Grant - The Troubled Youth of Lake Michigan Yellow
Perch
Excerpt from Press Release
Not long after they hatch, yellow perch larvae from the west side
of Lake Michigan leave home. They are swept away by the great lake's
massive currents, possibly traveling clear across to the Michigan
coast. There, in terms of food sources for perch, it is the poor
side of town. This information is critical to understanding the
perils of the perch, assessing the species status and managing it
for the future, according to John Janssen, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
biologist. Lake Michigan perch have had poor recruitment since the
late 1980s. "The decline of yellow perch abundance is due primarily
to poor recruitment of newly-hatched perch into the fingerling life
stage," said Tom Trudeau, Illinois Department of Natural Resources,
Lake Michigan Fisheries Program administrator. "If this trend
continues the yellow perch populations in the lake could become
critically low," said Janssen. "This has biological implications
for the entire lake food web." Changes that have already taken
place in the food web, combined with the lake currents, may be taking
their toll on the popular sportfish. Zebra mussels, introduced into
Lake Michigan in the late 1980s, may be the cause of depleted Diporeia
sp. populations, the young yellow perch's food source. Diporeia,
an amphipod, feeds on phytoplankton that has settled on the muddy
bottom. Zebra mussels siphon water just above them, so the mussels
are able to feed on phytoplankton before the amphipods can. According
to Janssen and fellow researchers, the west side of Lake Michigan
is rockier than the east side and it provides the preferred habitat
of yellow perch for feeding and spawning. There, food is abundant.
But, Janssen has documented that tiny yellow perch larvae that hatch
on the rocky west side of the lake are swept into the sea-like currents
of Lake Michigan and travel for 40 or more days, adrift in the water
column--away from the food source they will need when they grow
larger, and towards Michigan, where this soft-bottomed region has
become a veritable desert in terms of Diporeia. "We were able
to measure the movement of the larvae directly by towing out our
nets while riding on research ships on other missions. Two weeks
after hatching, the larvae had traveled 20 miles," said Janssen.
Originally, perch evolved in smaller water bodies, where the current
effect is less dramatic on the tiny larvae. Janssen compares the
flows in the Great Lakes to oceans, where marine fish larvae frequently
drift far from coral reefs and other feeding grounds. "Getting
a good year class of perch for the west side of Lake Michigan may
require unusual current patterns to return the young fish to the
west side," said Janssen. Janssen's research provides
insights that can play a role in monitoring and managing this species.
First, if perch prefer rocky habitat, assessing young-of-the-year
perch through the use of trawls on soft bottoms is probably ineffective.
This sampling method is commonly used in Lake Michigan. "The
perch's preference for rocks also suggests that it may be a
good idea to manage the yellow perch in terms of sources and sinks,"
said Janssen. "We might aim for robust populations off the
rocky coasts of Illinois and Wisconsin, but to be less concerned
about maintaining significant populations along Michigan. Accomplishing
this would require well-integrated multi-state coordination and
cooperation." "Janssen's work has improved our understanding
of the early life history of yellow perch," said Trudeau. "The
significance of perch larval drift in determining annual recruitment
success will be better understood as we learn more about larval
perch diet as well as how fingerlings return to areas where they
began as newly-hatched perch." This project was funded by Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant and coordinated with the Lake Michigan Yellow Perch Task
Force.
2. IL-IN Sea Grant - Asian Carp May Compete with Key Mississippi
River Fish
Excerpt from Press Release
Invasive Asian carp consume similar food as a native fish that is
a major component of the Mississippi River ecosystem, according
to preliminary results of an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant study. If
populations of Asian carp species go unchecked, they may adversely
affect numbers of gizzard shad, the most abundant fish in the river.
Brought to the U.S. for use in aquaculture, Asian carp escaped into
the Mississippi River in the 1980s. They are now plentiful in much
of the river--in fact, they have moved into the Illinois River and
are approaching Lake Michigan. At this point, an experimental electric
barrier stands between these fish and the Great Lakes. But, concern
is high because Asian carp consume zooplankton, which all fishes
typically feed on in their larval stages, so they have the potential
to adversely affect many species of fish in the Mississippi River
and Great Lakes. John Chick and Mark Pegg, biologists at the Illinois
Natural History Survey, are assessing the potential impact of Asian
carp on several native Mississippi and Illinois River fish who feed
in a similar fashion to the carp, by filtering suspended food particles
from the water current through their gills. By analyzing stomach
contents, the researchers compared the diet of two Asian carp species,
bighead and silver carp, with the diet of paddlefish, bigmouth buffalo
and gizzard shad. "We sampled these fish in back-water habitats
during spring flooding, which is a good way to find all these species
in the same location," said Chick. They also collected zooplankton
samples at the same site. Despite the fact that Asian carp can grow
to more than 50 pounds in the Mississippi River, the researchers
found that these species typically eat zooplankton smaller than
200 microns in length, as do the prevalent gizzard shad. "On
the other hand, in our samples, paddlefish and bigmouth buffalo
primarily ate larger prey, including crustacean zooplankton, insects
and fish larvae," explained Chick. "At this point there's
no evidence that Asian carp are reducing abundance of zooplankton
in the Mississippi River; it is a very productive system,"
said Chick. "But if populations of bighead and silver carp
go unchecked, zooplankton numbers may drop, impacting gizzard shad.
The shad are eaten by all predatory fish--channel catfish, blue
catfish, flathead catfish, largemouth bass, walleye and more."
"If Asian carp populations are able to take off in Lake Michigan,
the impact will likely be even more detrimental," said Chick.
"The lake is a less productive system, and its zooplankton
populations have already been depleted by zebra mussels." In
addition to their preliminary data collection, the research team
has sampled fish from locations in the Mississippi and Illinois
Rivers throughout the spring and summer. When analyzed, this data
will provide a thorough picture of the diet of Asian carp and native
filter-feeding fish in these waterways. Early detection of Asian
carp in new waters can help control their spread.You can help with
the monitoring of these fish by learning how to recognize them and
reporting any sightings. To order a free Bighead and Silver Carp
Watch ID Card from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, visit:http://www.iisgcp.org/products/free.htm
on the Internet, or call Susan White at 217-333-9441 or email white2@uiuc.edu.Report
sightings in new locations online at http:// www.iisgcp.org/il-ans
or call 847-872-8677.
3. NY Sea Grant - Great Lakes Charter Captains Survey Suggests
Strategies for Profitability
Excerpt from Press Release
New York Sea Grant has published the New York results of a Great
Lakes charter fishing industry survey. In addition to profiling
the industry, the report suggests ways for New York's captains to
remain profitable. Of eight Great Lakes states, New York charter
businesses showed the highest average inclome per business ($22,907);
the state was third in overall estimated total sales with $7 million.
To attract traditional angling charter reservations, the report
suggests emphasizing the higher than average catch rates and a world
class Great Lakes angling experience. We also suggest targeting
nontraditional markets, such as women and minorities, to increase
the number of trips booked per year. Client bases might also be
expanded to include the growing number of middle-aged, nature-seeking
tourists with above-average disposable incomes, says report co-author
Diane Kuehn, an assistant professor with the College of Environmental
Science & Forestry, Syracuse. Marketing diving, sightseeing,
or other special charters may also help increase revenues.
Of the 305 charter captains licensed in New York state in 2002
(a decrease of 24% from the number of captains estimated in 1994),
143 returned surveys. Their responses show:
* The typical captain has been licensed for 15.4 years
* For 24% of respondents, charter fishing is a primary income
* 81% of respondents operate a single-boat business
* The average charter boat is 26.7¹ long and 15 years old
* 100% of respondents licensed to carry no more than six passengers
* 48% of respondents provide lodging and food
* Most operations averaged 50 full day and 11.1 half-day trips in
2002
* Average annual operating costs are $11,093; average annual revenues
are $22,907
* Word of mouth is the most effective advertising method.
For more information on "The Great Lakes Charter Fishing Industry
in 2002" survey, visit:
http://www.nysgextension.org/tourism
or call New York Sea Grant's Great Lakes Program office in Oswego
at 315-312-3042.
4. MN Sea Grant - Sea Grant and City of Duluth Offer Safety
Advice for Lake Superior Swimmers
Excerpt from Press Release
Lake Superior's waters are slowly getting warm enough for swimming.
The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and City of Duluth
want swimmers to be aware that on windy, wavy days, rip currents
can form in Lake Superior, especially off beaches and structures
extending into the lake, such as piers. Rip currents are narrow,
fast channels of water that flow away from shore. They are powerful
enough to sweep away even the strongest swimmers, which happened
last August on Duluth's Park Point beach. The City of Duluth encourages
people only to swim at the Park Point Beach House because it is
the sole location with lifeguards. The City trained its lifeguards
recently in rip current rescue techniques and posted two rip current
safety signs.
Rip currents are less common in Lake Superior than in other Great
Lakes. In the last two years, 18 people died along the shores of
Lake Michigan and rip currents are suspected causes for most of
the drownings. Nationally, more than 100 people die annually from
rip currents, and the United States Lifesaving Association estimates
that 80 percent of all lifeguard rescues result from rip currents.
The National Weather Service considers rip currents the third deadliest
weather-related hazard ahead of tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes
but behind heat waves and floods.
Recognize a rip current; look for:
-- A break in the incoming wave pattern.
-- A channel of churning choppy water.
-- A difference in water color.
-- Foam or objects that move steadily offshore.
More information about rip currents can be found at the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web site:
www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov. You can also order a free rip current
brochure from Minnesota Sea Grant by calling (218) 726-6191 or by
e-mail at seagr@d.umn.edu.
5. Publications
IL-IN Sea Grant - Carp Poster
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant has a new Asian carp poster being distributed
to bait shops and marinas
(http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/SGUpdate/CarpPosterF.jpg).
If other states are interested in obtaining copies with their own
state contact information, contact Kristin TePas at 847-872-0141
or ktepas@uiuc.edu and we'll arrange it.
NY Sea Grant Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
"As I noted in my 2002 annual Report to Parliament, invasive
species are second only to direct habitat destruction as a leading
cause of biodiversity loss. These organisms threaten our native
eco-systems with new diseases and loss of territory and food --
causing billions of dollars in damages each year. And, unlike most
chemical pollutants that degrade over time, this form of 'biological
pollution' has the potential to multiply, spread and persist
in the environment. And aquatic invaders are among the most noxious
of these organisms."
So says Johanne Gélinas, Canada's Commissioner of the
Environment and Sustainable Development in The "Golden Moment"
Revisited. Find out more about the economic impacts and policy implications
from the Canadian perspective in this issue of Aquatic Invaders.
The June issue of Aquatic Invaders (Volume 15 No 2, April-June
2004) is at the printers and will be available by the end of June.
The issue includes:
* Review and Prospective of a Long-term Monitoring Program for
Assessing the Invasion, Establishment, and Population Trends of
Dreissenid Mussels in the Upper St. Lawrence River and Eastern Lake
Ontario,1990-2003. Conn DB, Conn DA.
* Shipping Traffic Analysis and Cost Assessment for Ballast Water
Exchange En Route to the United States. Moore K, Ryan E.
* BWT Technology Development & Verification Facilities at the
Naval Research Laboratory. Lemieux E.
* The "Golden Moment" Revisited. Gélinas J.
* Web Watch - Spotlight on the Michigan Sea Grant Great Lakes Education
Site; Washington State DFW Aquatic Nuisance Species Site; and University
of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plant Site and Aquatic,
Wetland and Invasive Plant Information Retrieval System (APIRS)
Database.
* What's New - Newly acquired papers in the Clearinghouse Collection
* Announcements
The National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse quarterly digest,
"Aquatic Invaders," publishes papers on research and policy
initiatives relating to all types of freshwater, estuarine, and
marine aquatic invasive and nuisance species issues. The digest
is published quarterly, and is aimed at a technically literate audience,
researchers, resource managers, utility managers, and policy makers.
We welcome submissions. Please contact Diane Oleson for details.
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
* Gene Escape - Modified genes can make crops hardier and more
productive. They can also contaminate wild plants. (6/21/04)
* Getting from Here to There - From the new car lot to the neighborhood
bus stop, consumers can choose to cut their travel-related energy
use. (6/22/04)
* Arch and Gelatinous Enemies - Two creatures from the Atlantic
Ocean that resemble jellyfish are fighting it out in Europe's Black
Sea. Scientists say the results of their confrontation might help
resolve problems with a similar invasion elsewhere. (6/23/04)
* Smoother Sailing -- Modern technology lets ocean-going ships shake
off barnacles instead of killing them. (6/24/04)
* Combining Sciences - Environmental studies pull together most
of the sciences, and other fields, too. (6/25/04)
* Paying Full Price -- An author argues that we're not paying enough
for gasoline, and just about everything else we use. (6/28/04)
* Missing the Message -- What do recent wars, blackouts, and other
crises have in common? Our over-reliance on too few sources of energy,
according to an expert. (6/29/04)
* The Dirt on Invasive Plants -- The relationship between plants
and microscopic creatures in the soil can spell the difference between
a healthy plant community and one that's dominated by a few outside
invaders. (6/30/04)
* Fine Points in Fossils -- Modern medical technology gives researchers
a peek inside the heads of whales that died millions of years ago.
(7/1/04)
* New Predator in the Potomac -- The northern snakehead fish got
a lot of publicity two years ago when it showed up in a small pond.
It's back this year, and it's in the Potomac River. (7/2/04)
* Feature Report - Wetland Restoration in the Midwest, Hypoxia Relief
in the Gulf of Mexico - http://ewradio.org/feature_wetland.aspx
* Snowpack Shortage -- Winter snow on western mountains is melting
more quickly in the spring, and that might cause trouble for people,
plants and animals. (7/5/04)
* State Patrol for Zebra Mussels -- A roadside discovery at the
Washington state border shows how easily an aquatic pest can travel
over land. (7/6/04)
* Down Side to Fitness -- Air pollution takes a toll on the health
of kids who get plenty of exercise. (7/7/04)
* Roots of Terror -- A leading environmental scientist blames the
growing gap between rich and poor as a driving force behind terrorism.
(7/8/04)
* Mountains in the Mid-Atlantic -- Ocean experts are diving miles
into the Atlantic Ocean to study the longest chain of mountains
in the world. (7/9/04)
* Home Grown Energy -- Colorado might soon join a growing list of
states that require utilities to produce more energy from renewable
fuels. (7/12/04)
* Light of the Luna -- Luna moths provide spectacular sights on
summer nights. (7/13/04)
* Constant Challenge to Amphibians -- Frogs and other amphibians
around the world are suffering, and scientists are still trying
to figure out why. (7/14/04)
* Whale-Free Fishing -- An engineer helps design buoys for marine
fishing that will be easier on whales that live nearby. (7/15/04)
* One Rising Star -- Once persecuted and imprisoned, an environmental
activist has risen to a government post in Kenya's new democratic
government. (7/16/04)
* Nimble Giants with Bumpy Flippers -- The engineers of airplanes
might have something to learn from the flippers of the humpback
whale. (7/19/04)
* Algae for Dinner -- Fish in hatcheries get a dose of genetically
engineered algae to help them fight disease. (7/20/04)
* Costly Ailment -- An asthma epidemic is adding to the explosion
in health care costs. (7/21/04)
* One with History -- A new book argues that we're making the same
environmental mistakes that doomed a civilization 4,000 years ago.
(7/22/04)
* Web of Extinctions -- A scientist works with computer models to
understand more about the extinctions of plants and animals and
how they might be avoided. (7/23/04)
6. Web News
MI Sea Grant - Sturgeon Restoration
The Belle Isle/Detroit River Sturgeon Habitat Restoration, Monitoring
and Education Project consists of three related components: construction
of three demonstration lake sturgeon spawning reefs; public information/education;
and a robust monitoring program. Michigan Sea Grant communications
created a new Web site about the project that features photos from
the construction phase. For details, see http://miseagrant.umich.edu/sturgeon
MI Sea Grant - Clean Marinas
Nearly 30 marinas have signed up for Michigan Clean Marina Program,
see
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/boating/cleanmarina.html. Michigan
Sea Grant outreach is working on the guidebook to be used for workshops
in September, 2004.
7. Staff News
IL-IN - Position Announcment - Extension Specialist, Great
Lakes Contaminants, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
This is a 12 month, 100% time academic professional position working
as an extension specialist through the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
College Program and located at the EPA Great Lakes National Program
Office (GLNPO) in Chicago. This individual will work closely with
GLNPO personnel, faculty and staff from UIUC, Great Lakes Sea Grant
Programs, and other federal agencies.
Responsibilities: Under the direction of GLNPO and IL-IN Sea Grant,
the successful applicant will be responsible for developing an extension
and technology transfer program on Great Lakes contaminant restoration
issues and research. This role will emphasize problem-solving assistance
and the delivery of research-based information to Great Lakes stakeholders
in general and communities in Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC).
The focus of the position will be to work with GLNPO staff to develop
a communication plan for the Great Lakes Legacy Act, focusing on
both overall program coordination and on project-specific communication.
This specialist will work with scientists and GLNPO and Sea Grant
staff to develop products that address these needs.
Qualifications: An advanced degree in community development, planning,
public administration, sociology, or closely related field is required.
Education and /or research and practical work experience on fresh
water contaminant and sediment issues is desirable.
Application Deadline: Applications should be received by July 19,
2004. Preferred start date is as soon as possible after the closing
date, with a projected start date of September 7.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applications: Candidates should submit: letter of application that
includes a statement of extension philosophy, and detailed curriculum
vitae (including publications, outreach products, public presentations,
and experience in conducting workshops and conferences). Please
reference search #9304 when you apply. Email submission of applications
is preferred. Finalists will be expected to provide three letters
of reference and college transcripts. Please send to: Professor
Robert Darmody, Chair, c/o Linda Kemplin, Department of Natural
Resources & Environmental Sciences, W-511 Turner Hall, 1102
South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; 217-244-1484, fax 217-244-3219,
kemplin@uiuc.edu
For additional information contact: Brian Miller, Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant Program, Tel. 765-494-3586 Email: bmiller3@purdue.edu
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June 2004
Contents
1. Events
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Identification
Workshop
- OH Sea Grant - ANS HACCP Baitfish Training Offered in Sudbury,
Ontario
- IL-IN Sea Grant - River Restoration Conference www.iisgcp.org
- MN Sea Grant - Lake Superior Restoration and Protection Priorities
Workshop
- OH Sea Grant -Congressional/Legislature Day
- MN Sea Grant - "A View From the Lake"
2. Rip Currents Campaign
3. MI Sea Grant - Fisheries Learning On the Web (FLOW) proposal
funded by Great Lakes Fishery Trust
4. NY Sea Grant - Talking Angler Exhibits Promote Seaway Trail and
World-Class Sportfishing
5. Publications
- MN Sea Grant - Seiche - June 2004 - http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/index.html
- WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift - May/June 2004 - http://seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/news/documents/DriftMayJune04.pdf
- MI Sea Grant - Upwellings - June 2004 - (copy in the GLERL breakroom,
electronic coming very soon to http://www.miseagrant.org/pubs/up/index.html)
- NY Sea Grant - Coastlines - Spring 2004 - http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/Pages/Coastlines/Spring04.pdf
- MI Sea Grant - New Pubs and Reprints
- WI Sea Grant - Journal Reprints
- NY Sea Grant - Journal Reprints
- NY Sea Grant - Outreach Publications
6. Web News - WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
7. Staff News
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Purdue Office move
- WI Sea Grant - Jim Hurley named to Executive Committee
- WI Sea Grant - Keillor presented Leadership Award
- WI Sea Grant - Moy Receives Christie-Loftus Award
- ESCAPE "Great Lakes Invasion" wins award
- OH Sea Grant - Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Meeting Slated for
Put-in-Bay
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Position Announcement
- Ohio Sea Grant - Position Announcement - Program Coordinator,
Sea Grant Fisheries Extension
1. Events
IL-IN Sea Grant - Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Identification
Workshop
When: Thursday, June 24, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Rowan Park, 11546 S. Avenue L, Chicago, IL
Resource managers, citizen monitors and other interested parties
will receive an overview of the AIS issue, as well as hands-on identification
tips using real AIS specimens (both animals and plants) most problematic
to the Chicagoland region. Space is limited to 25 participants so
pre-registration is required (no fee). For more information or to
register, contact Kristin TePas at 847-872-0141 or ktepas@uiuc.edu.
Sponsored by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and the Chicago Botanic
Gardens
OH Sea Grant - ANS HACCP Baitfish Training Offered in Sudbury,
Ontario
The network's first training session under the new GLPF grant
in using HACCP procedures to eliminate aquatic invasive species
from baitfish operations was held June 10 in Sudbury, Ontario in
cooperation with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the
Bait Association of Ontario. Trainers for the program were Fred
Snyder (Ohio Sea Grant) and Helen Domske (New York Sea Grant). Ontario
has a very large wild baitfish harvesting industry and will now
use its own trainers who attended the Sea Grant session to continue
teaching the HACCP curriculum across the province.
IL-IN Sea Grant - River Restoration Conference www.iisgcp.org
Excerpt from Press release
On July 14 and 15 at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Wheaton,
Illinois, speakers from the region and from around the nation will
discuss successes and failures of a relatively new strategy at a
conference entitled "River Restoration Practices and Concepts--Riparian
Bioengineering and Restoration Techniques." The event is sponsored
by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and the Chicago Wilderness Consortium.
"Traditional stream repair methods are usually costly and
destroy aquatic habitats along with the natural beauty of the stream,"
said Leslie Dorworth, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant aquatic ecology
specialist. "For ten years now, bioengineering has offered
less expensive and more environmentally sound options. The pairing
of engineering principles and biological expertise can reduce erosion
while maintaining a more natural stream."
The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission has just completed
a detailed review of bioengineering and stream restoration projects.
"Landowners, resource managers, regulators, designers, environmentalists,
scientists and engineers are invited to come hear the details of
the review at this conference," said Dorworth.
In addition to many case studies, this conference features several
speakers that are involved in national and international river restoration
projects. Chester Watson, from Colorado State University is working
with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in a comprehensive effort
to develop ways to control erosion and channel degradation. Bill
Annable from University of Waterloo in Ontario Canada is responsible
for over 45 river restoration projects throughout southern Ontario
and British Columbia. He also has many projects in the U.S. Steve
Gough of Little River Research and Design in Murphysboro, Illinois
has designed urban stream projects in St. Louis as well as across
the country.
Enrollment for this conference is limited so register as soon as
possible. The cost is $135.00 if you register before July 1; $150.00
after that date. Included with your registration is a DVD of the
major study findings presented on the first day as well as footage
from project sites. Also included are continental breakfasts on
both days, lunch on the first day, and conference notes.
For more information about the conference, contact Leslie Dorworth
at 219-989-2726 or email dorworth@calumet.purdue.edu.
You can find the registration form on the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Web site at www.iisgcp.org;
look under Noteworthy News.
MN Sea Grant - Lake Superior Restoration and Protection Priorities
Workshop
The public is invited to a free Lake Superior Restoration and Protection
Priorities Workshop, to be held June 30 from 12:30 p.m. 5
p.m. at the Kirby Student Center Ballroom on the University of Duluth
Campus. The Great Lakes Commission, Council of Great Lakes Governors,
and the Sea Grant Programs from Minnesota and Wisconsin need input
from Minnesota and Wisconsin residents, businesses, and private
and public organizations on restoration and protection priorities
developed by the Council of Great Lakes Governors.
Nancy Costa, water projects coordinator with the Fond du Lac Reservation,
and Chuck Ledin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, will
provide an overview of issues in the keynote addresses. The proceedings
will be documented and shared with Great Lakes leaders to work toward
one voice across the eight Great Lakes States and advocate for long-term,
large-scale federal funding to protect and restore the Great Lakes.
For more information about the forum, contact Cindy Hagley or Diane
Desotelle with Minnesota Sea Grant at chagley@umn.edu
or (218) 726-8106.
OH Sea Grant -Congressional/Legislature Day
Legislators and their representatives from the U.S. Senate and
House and the Ohio Senate and House offices will join Ohio Sea Grant
staff, advisory committees and other Ohio State University administrators
for the 15th Congressional/Legislature Day on Lake Erie, July 16,
2004. This program highlights the accomplishments of Ohio Sea Grant
and illustrates the values and needs of the Lake Erie region to
elected officials. It likewise strengthens relationships between
elected officials and the University. This year marks the 22nd anniversary
of our first Congressional Day in 1982 and the 20th anniversary
of our first combined State Legislature/Congressional Day in 1984.
MN Sea Grant - "A View From the Lake"
Throughout the summer, a series of Lake Superior boat trips will
be offered aboard the L.L. Smith, Jr. Research Vessel that will
allow residents from Bayfield to Grand Marais to view their community
from the water. Educators from the Lake Superior Research Institute
and University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program will use the scene
to discuss land use, development, natural resources and water quality
issues. Participants can try their hand at collecting water samples,
see displays of local geographical information, and learn about
Lake Superior research.
The L.L. Smith, Jr. will be visiting ports in western Lake Superior
from June 18 July 13. Register for the Washburn and Bayfield
trips by calling the Inland Sea Society at (715) 682-8188. Register
for all other trips by calling Minnesota Sea Grant at (218) 726-8106.
Cost: $10
Schedule:
| Washburn, WI |
June 18
June 19 |
9:30 am
9:30 am and 1:30 pm |
| Bayfield, WI |
June 21
June 22 |
9:30 am
9:30 am and 1:30 pm |
| Grand Marais, MN |
June 25 & 26 |
9 am and 2 pm each day |
| Silver Bay, MN |
June 28 & 29 |
9 am and 2 pm each day |
| Two Harbors, MN |
July 9 & 10 |
9 am and 2 pm each day |
| Duluth and Superior |
July 12
July 13 |
9 am and 2 pm
5 pm |
This project is funded by grants from the Extension Great Lakes
Regional Water Quality Program, and the Wisconsin and Minnesota
Coastal Programs through the Coastal Zone Management Act.
2. Rip Currents Campaign
Though rip currents are associated with ocean beaches, they also
occur in the Great Lakes. In response to this issue, Sea Grant programs
in the Great Lakes hope to significantly reduce death and injury
by making the public aware of the danger of rip currents. Michigan
Sea Grant has designed new rip current brochures and beach signs
for distribution in the Great Lakes region and in coastal areas
across the nation. The new brochures are available by contacting
the following Sea Grant programs in the Great Lakes:
- Michigan Sea Grant, http://miseagrant.umich.edu/rip
- Minnesota Sea Grant, http://www.seagrant.umn.edu
- Wisconsin Sea Grant, http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/outreach
Production of the new brochures and signs was funded by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College
Program and the National Weather Service (see www.noaa.gov.), in
collaboration with the U.S. Lifesaving Association.
Media Coverage ...
* Drownings last year make safety a priority this summer. Tuesday,
May 25, 2004 by John Tunison, The Grand Rapids Press http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1085496683154650.xml?grpress?NEO
* Pier safety group will install life rings. Tuesday, May 25, 2004
by Terry Judd, Muskegon Chronicle Staff Writer. http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1085496346154630.xml?muchronicle?NETR
* Staying safe around rip currents (from USA Today Weather)---WZZM,
Channel 13 http://www.wzzm13.com/weather/ripcurrent.asp, http://www.wzzm13.com/weather/ripcurrent2.asp
* Signs to alert swimmers to rip current dangers. Tue, May 25, 2004
BY Kyle Moroney < kmoroney@grandhaventribune.com>
Grand Haven Tribune
* Rings on Grand Haven pier first step in safety effort. Thursday
May 27, 2004 By Kyle Moroney, The Grand Haven Tribune http://www.grandhaventribune.com/
* Signs will warn of lake dangers - Holland State Park will get
life vests, start education program. Thursday May 27, 2004. By Kyle
Moroney, The Holland Sentinel http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/
* Group Makes Lake Safer In Memory Of Drowning Victims Fox 17 WXMI.com
May 24, 2004 http://fox17.trb.com/news/052404-wxmi-lakesafety.story
For more information, see www.miseagrant.umich.edu.
3. MI Sea Grant - Fisheries Learning On the Web (FLOW) proposal
funded by Great Lakes Fishery Trust
Fisheries Learning On the Web has been selected for funding by the
Great Lakes Fishery Trust ($50,000). Project FLOW will link Michigan
Sea Grant's award-winning Great Lakes Education Program content
with colorful graphics that will capture the imagination of students
and facilitate scientific learning through knowledge of the Great
Lakes ecosystem. Project FLOW will enhance existing science education
in Michigan by transforming the existing Great Lakes Education Program
manual (printed curriculum materials) into a series of engaging,
Web-based lessons. By focusing on Great Lakes fisheries, Michigan
students will learn about ecosystem, biodiversity and stewardship
concepts (e.g., human impact upon the fisheries and related resources).
This project will address the need to increase student understanding
of the unique attributes of the Great Lakes ecosystem and critical
aquatic science concepts. Additionally, the availability of these
online lessons to teachers and students throughout Michigan, the
region and the nation, will serve to educate a large number of citizens
about Great Lakes fisheries issues.
For more information contact: Elizabeth LaPorte, Communications
Director, Michigan Sea Grant <elzblap@umich.edu>
4. NY Sea Grant - Talking Angler Exhibits Promote Seaway Trail
and World-Class Sportfishing
Excerpt from Press Release
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 1-800-SEAWAY-T, 315-646-1000, teresa@seawaytrail.com
Fishing Fun on Lake Ontario
Seaway Trail partnered with New York State Assemblyman Robert Oaks
to make the Lake Ontario exhibit possible. Visitors push a series
of buttons to activate a father and son conversation about a charterboat
trip on the boy's birthday. Assemblyman Oaks comments, "This
new angling exhibit at the Trail Discovery Center introduces and
excites travelers about Lake Ontario as one of the finest sportfishing
destinations in the country."
Angling the Salmon River
The Village of Pulaski, Town of Richland and the Oswego County Department
of Promotion and Tourism provided support for the new Salmon River
Angler. Fran Verdoliva, manager of the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation's Salmon River Fish Hatchery in Altmar,
co-authored the script. "The benefit of having the Salmon River
Angler at the Seaway Trail Discovery Center and later as a traveling
exhibit is to expose audiences to the entire Pulaski-Lake Ontario
tributaries area of Oswego County to increase visitation here,"
says Christine Gray, director of the Oswego County Department of
Promotion and Tourism. "It¹s important to note that the
local bed tax committee and a local business helped make this special
exhibit possible." "This exhibit not only promotes the
Salmon River as an outstanding resource in its own right, but as
one of the many fine angling opportunities Trailwide," says
Seaway Trail, Inc. President Chuck Krupke, who operates the Redwood
Motel-Ponderosa Steak House complex in Pulaski. "This project
illustrates the intertwining of local resources into the Seaway
Trail region as a multi-theme travel destination." "All
of the new fishing exhibits are a fun way to educate the public
about New York¹s Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway region,"
says New York Sea Grant's Great Lakes Program Coordinator David
White, who was photographed as the Salmon River Angler in gear provided
by Whitaker's Sport Shop, Pulaski. "I think even non-anglers
will enjoy hearing about the lake and rivers."
Catching Carp on the St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce partnered with Seaway
Trail, Inc. to place the St. Lawrence River Carp Angler at the Seaway
Trail Discovery Center. St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Karen St. Hilaire comments, "The St. Lawrence
River is fast becoming known as an international anglers' destination.
This new Seaway Trail exhibit is one more way to share the excitement
and to lure visitors." "The St. Lawrence River is among
the ten best places in the world to fish for carp," says fishing
guide Bernie Haines of Massena. Haines, a native of Great Britain
where carp fishing is quite popular, now lives along the River.
As the face and voice of the St. Lawrence River Carp Angler, Haines
tells Discovery Center visitors, "I've fished for carp throughout
Europe and across the U.S. Here on the St. Lawrence, on an average
day, I get more bites, see more action and have a better chance
for catching a big fish."
The Seaway Trail Discovery Center, Sackets Harbor
The Seaway Trail Discovery Center, at the corner of Ray and West
Main Street in Sackets Harbor, NY, is open daily 10 am to 5 pm,
May through October; Tuesday-Saturday 10-5, November-April. Exhibits
focus on lighthouses, the War of 1812, maritime history, nature,
agriculture, architecture and recreation along the St. Lawrence
River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River, and Lake Erie. The 504-mile
Seaway Trail is one of America's Byways noted for "great American
road trips." For more information, visit www.seawaytrail.com
or call 1-800-SEAWAY-T.
5. Publications
MN Sea Grant - Seiche - June 2004 - http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/index.html
* Rip Currents Hit Home.
* Bacteria on the Beach.
* Sea Grant Helps Efforts to Reduce Storm Runoff.
* Great Lakes Ecological Change Detectives: collecting, measuring,
analyzing and digitizing conditions of the U.S. Great Lakes coastline
for the Great Lakes Environmental Indicator (GLEI) project.
* "Superior Pursuit," has been updated with the latest
facts and figures.
* More on "A View From the Lake."
* Liquid Science Speaker Series
WI Sea Grant - Littoral Drift - May/June 2004
- http://seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/news/documents/DriftMayJune04.pdf
* Excess Algae Reflect Changes in Lake Michigan: Causes May Include
Zebra Mussels, Increased Phosphorus, and Low Lake Levels
* Wisconsin Water Policy Database Now Available
* Keillor Honored for Service to Wisconsin's, Nation's
Coasts
* Wisconsin Team 8th in National Competition (NOSB)
* Perspectives on Wisconsin's Waters
* Moy Receives Christie-Loftus Award
MI Sea Grant - Upwellings - June 2004 - (copy in the
GLERL breakroom, electronic coming very soon to http://www.miseagrant.org/pubs/up/index.html)
* Public Awareness: Key to Water Safety
* GIS Technology Improves CoastWatch Web Site
* Rip Currents: Be Aware, Swim with Care
* Pier Safety
* Hydrilla Threatens to Invade Michigan Waterways
* Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week
NY Sea Grant - Coastlines - Spring 2004 - http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/Pages/Coastlines/Spring04.pdf
* Little Critters, Big Impacts
* The New York Sea Grant Program - Serving New Yorkers Since 1971
* Two If By Sea Grant - Knauss Fellows
* Unknown Parasite Is Hard on Clams
* Coast Watch: Shifting Sands
* Keeping Seafood Safe - Listeria
* NYSG Receives Hudson Estuary Program Grant
* Great Lakes Anglers Meet (GLFLI)
* Great Lakes Underwater 2004 (shipwrecks/diving)
* Bay Scallop Bowl 2004
* A Winning Team for Lobster Outreach
* NYSG Welcomes Shana Miller
MI Sea Grant - New Pubs and Reprints
* Water Wise: Safety for the Recreational Boater (brochure)
* Don't Get Trapped! What Recreational Anglers and Boaters Should
Know About Commercial Fishing Trap Nets
* Rip Currents: Break the Grip of the Rip
WI Sea Grant - Journal Reprints
* Sissel Jentoft, JA Held, JA Malison and TP Barry, "Ontogeny
of the Cortisol Stress Response in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens),"
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 26:371-378, 2002 (WISCU-R-02-016)
* Amy L. Prasch, H Teraoka, SA Carney, W Dong, T Hiraga, JJ Stegeman,
W Heideman and RE Peterson, "Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor 2 Mediates
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzop-dioxin Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish,"
Toxicological Sciences, 76:138-150, 2003 (WISCU-R-03-012)
* Rebecca J. Sheesley, JJ Schauer, JD Hemming, MA Barman, SW Geis
and JJ Tortorelli, "Toxicity of Ambient Atmospheric Particulate
Matter from the Lake Michigan (USA) Airshed to Aquatic Organisms,"
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(1):133-140, 2004 (WISCU-R-04-001)
* S. Roberts, T Barry, J Malison and F Goetz, "Production of
a Recombinantly Derived Growth Hormone Antibody and the Characterization
of Growth Hormone Levels in Yellow Perch," Aquaculture, 232:591-602,
2004 (WISCU-R-04-002)
NY Sea Grant - Journal Reprints
* A transient bloom of ostreococcus (chlorophyta, prasinophyceae)
in West Neck Bay, Long Island. O'Kelly, C.J., M.E. Sieracki,
et al. 2003. Journal of Phycology. 39:850-854.
* Cercopagis pengoi as a new prey item for Alewife (Alosa
pseudoharengus) and rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in
Lake Ontario. Bushnoe, T.M., D.M. Warner, et al. 2003. Journal Great
Lakes Research. 29(2):205-212.
* Effects of the non-indigenous cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi
on the lower food web of Lake Ontario. Laxson, C.L., K.N. McPhedran,
et al. Freshwater Biology. 48:2094-2106.
* Importance of Lake Ontario embayments and nearshore habitats as
nurseries for larval fishes with emphasis on alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus).
Klumb, R.A., L.G. Rudstam, et al. 2003. Journal of Great Lakes Research
29(1):181- 198.
* Distribution, fecundity and genetics of Cercopagis pengoi
( Ostroumov)( Crustacea, Cladocera) in Lake Ontario. Makarewicz,
J.C., I.G. Grigovich, et al. 2001. Journal of Great Lakes Res. 27:
19-32.
* Trend analysis reveals a recent reduction in mirex concentrations
in coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and chinook (O. tshawytscha)
salmon from Lake Ontario. Makarewicz, J. C., E. Damaske, et al.
2003. Environmental Science and Technology. 37:1521-1527.
NY Sea Grant - Outreach Publications
* Botulism in Lake Erie Workshop Proceedings. NY, Ohio and Pennsylvania
Sea Grants. April 2003. $2.00. ph: (716) 645-3610.
* Great Lakes and Long Island Bays food web posters. Two separate
24" X 36" fullcolor illustrated posters with identification
keys (as seen on page 3). Individual poster: $5; one of each: $8.
Posters shipped in mailing tube. CD with both images (pdf) to print
out 11" x 17": $8. CD and both posters: $15. Call 631.632.9124
for discounts on multiple posters.
6. Web News
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
* Popular Uprising - Countries with large numbers of young people
face the greatest risk of social unrest. (5/17/04)
* Fiery Future - The California landscape could be burned by more
fires in a warmer world. (5/18/04)
* Energy for Peace - An author argues that an investment in renewable
energy will pay a "peace dividend." (5/19/04)
* Business to Business - A renewable energy lobby group finds middle
ground between environmentalists and industry. (5/20/04)
* Greener Markets - Consumers can find environmentally friendly
products but often at a higher price than standard goods. (5/21/04)
* Mosquito Mystery - Scientists are getting closer to identifying
the specific chemicals that attract mosquitoes to people, and that
might help us deal with these pesky insects. (5/24/04)
* Summer in the City - Heat waves are particularly serious for people
in large urban areas. Some cities are taking steps to cope. (5/25/04)
* Trading Places - Europe will soon launch a market-based program
to cut greenhouse gases, but U.S. efforts have fallen short. (5/26/04)
* Getting Off the Treadmill - People often find themselves on a
consumption treadmill, but they find it hard to stop buying stuff
they may not need. (5/27/04)
* Saving Seamounts - A lot of marine creatures thrive on the peaks
of underwater mountains. People are taking steps to protect these
marine environments. (5/28/04)
* Rough Transition - Countries moving up the development scale often
pass through a violent phase. (5/31/04)
* Nowhere to Hide - A lot of marine creatures live in a part of
the ocean where they never see the surface, the bottom, or anything
resembling a solid object. (6/1/04)
* Cicada Strategy - The cicada's unusual 17-year life cycle is part
of the insect's long-term survival strategy. (6/2/04)
* Renewable Jobs - Thirteen separate studies show how renewable
energy could create millions of good jobs. (6/3/04)
* Rip Tips - Rip currents can sweep swimmers away from a beach and
out to open water. These currents are scary, but there are some
simple tips for surviving them. (6/4/04)
* Moment of Crisis - A dire warning about the global environment
from an author who served under two American presidents. (6/7/04)
* Homing in on Energy - Simple steps at home can save energy and
money. (6/8/04)
* Cicada Song - The massive emergence of cicadas this year in parts
of the United States is a noisy affair. (6/9/04)
* Balancing Efficiency and Exhaust - The big engines on modern ocean-going
ships are highly efficient but surprisingly dirty. The industry
is working to clean them up. (6/10/04)
* Social Science - Environmental sustainability is a scientific
concept, and a social one, too. (6/11/04)
* Glow in the Deep -- A lot of sea creatures that live in deep,
dark water make their own light. It's the rule rather than the exception
in these environments. (6/14/04)
* Feathered Fallout - A lot of birds die near "wind farms."
Scientists want to know how that happens and how to stop it. (6/15/04)
* Environmental Jazz - A veteran environmental analyst compares
many of today's green initiatives with improvisational music. (6/16/04)
* Building a Better Model - An innovative computer program helps
save endangered species. (6/17/04)
* An Appetite for Fish - A biologist who teaches in New York City
says the city and the state could be a center for fish farmers.
(6/18/04)
7. Staff News
IL-IN Sea Grant - Purdue Office move
The Purdue offices of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant have moved - new
address: 195 Marsteller St., West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2033. Phone
numbers have not changed. Email's previously using @fnr.purdue.edu
have changed. e.g., Brian Miller = bmiller3@purdue.edu.
WI Sea Grant - Jim Hurley named to Executive Committee
Jim Hurley (WI Sea Grant) has just been elected as the At-Large
member of the Sea Grant Assembly Executive Committee and will serve
through December 2005.
WI Sea Grant - Keillor presented Leadership Award
Philip Keillor, former coastal engineering specialist at UW Sea
Grant, was presented with the William Q. Wick Visionary Career Leadership
Award during the national conference of the Assembly of Sea Grant
Extension Program Leaders.
WI Sea Grant - Moy Receives Christie-Loftus Award
UW Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist Phil Moy was awarded the
Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Jack Christie-Ken Loftus Award
for Distinguished Contributions to Healthy Great Lakes Ecosystems
at the Lake Michigan Fishery Committee spring meeting March 23-25
in Ypsilanti, Mich. Citing Moy's eight years serving as co-chair
of the advisory panel on the dispersal barrier project on the Chicago
Sanitary and Ship Canal, the award honored Moy for "leading
the effort to prevent the transmigration of invasive species between
the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds."
ESCAPE "Great Lakes Invasion" wins award
The ESCAPE project-produced "Great Lakes Invasion" newspaper
tabloid earned third place in a national competition for literacy
programs from the Newspaper Association of America Foundation. The
tabloid was designed by the Erie Times-News in Education program
and produced with assistance from the MN and PA Sea Grant programs.
It formed the basis for tabloids produced by other Great Lakes newspapers
for the ESCAPE project.
OH Sea Grant - Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Meeting Slated
for Put-in-Bay
Sea Grant staff from the Great Lakes Network will gather at Put-in-Bay,
Ohio for their 2004 conference, scheduled for September 12-14. Housing
will be available at the Grand Islander Inn on South Bass Island,
and also at the F.T. Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island. Most
sessions will be held in the Stone Lab building, and inter-island
boat transportation will be available. Agenda details will firm
up in the next few weeks, but anticipated sessions will include
program directors, federal agencies, current issues and state updates.
Put-in-Bay is one of Ohio's most popular travel destinations
and should offer a memorable conference.
IL-IN Sea Grant - Position Announcement
Great Lakes Ecosystem Extension Specialist, Illinois-Indiana Sea
Grant College Program, Purdue University
Application Deadline: June 21, 2004
Description: This is a full time administrative professional position,
100% extension. The incumbent will be an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
College Program extension specialist employed by Purdue University,
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and housed at the EPA
Great Lakes National Program Office in Chicago. This individual
will work closely with (GLNPO) personnel, faculty and staff from
Purdue University, Great Lakes Sea Grant Programs, and other federal
agencies. Applicant is responsible for developing an extension and
technology transfer program emphasizing problem-solving assistance
and the delivery of research-based information to coastal community
decision-makers, natural resource managers, and agency professionals.
Programming should empower clients to interpret and apply data and
model projections from the Great Lakes monitoring and habitat research
programs to policy and management decisions.
APPLICATION: Candidates should submit: letter of application that
includes a statement of extension philosophy, college transcripts,
and a detailed curriculum vitae (including publications, public
presentations, and experience in conducting workshops and conferences).
Candidate should also arrange for three letters of reference to
be sent to: Purdue University, Human Resources, Attn: Laboratory/Research
Recruiter, Freehafer Hall, 401 South Grant St., West Lafayette,
IN 47907-2024, Fax: 765-494-6138, Email: melissam@purdue.edu
Ohio Sea Grant - Position Announcement - Program Coordinator,
Sea Grant Fisheries Extension
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, Bay Village, Ohio
Open immediately
Application Deadline: June 20, 2004
http://hr.ag.ohio-state.edu/career_opportunities.html
In addition to Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, and OSU Extension,
collaborators on this proposal include the Lake Erie Nature and
Science Center, the Ohio Division of Wildlife, the Great Lakes Fisheries
Commission, Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council, and Recreational
Boating and Fishing Foundation. Representatives of all of the above
groups will serve on an advisory committee for the agent.
The goal for this project is to enhance the delivery of fisheries
extension services to constituents; to promote sustainable Lake
Erie, Great Lakes and U.S. fisheries resources; and to fully engage
the private sector and state, regional and federal fisheries management
agencies with the Ohio Sea Grant College Program.
Objectives:
* to fully engage state and federal fisheries agencies and fisheries
resource users in a collaborative program of two-way technical and
outreach information flow that will enhance fisheries education
and reduce conflicts and misunderstandings.
* to increase the public's understanding of science-based fisheries
management and the sometimes-controversial fisheries harvest and
management practices needed to ensure sustainability of fisheries
resources.
* to achieve a higher level of participation in sport fishing among
all age groups but with special emphasis upon youth.
* to increase proficiency among fisheries resource users in identifying
and locating sources of fisheries and marine technology information,
and in implementing technical information into their own fishing
operations.
* to increase public recognition of Ohio Sea Grant as an accurate,
science-based, understandable source of information on fishing,
aquatic science, marine technology and Great Lakes policies.
* to develop the institutional capacity to enhance and continue
the Great Lakes Fisheries Leadership Institute's efforts to develop
the next generation of lay citizen fishery leaders.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Qualified candidates should submit a completed
application form, a Letter of Interest, resume or curriculum vitae,
transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work (copies are acceptable),
and at least three professional references (include names, addresses
and phone numbers) to: Jeff Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant Office, 1314
Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212. Application form is available
at: http://jobs.osu.edu
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May 2004
Contents
1. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant - 2004 Research Symposium
2. MI Sea Grant - GIS-based Technology Used to Improve Lake Surface
Temperature Charts
3. New York Sea Grant - 2004 Border Crossing Tips Now Available
4. MN Sea Grant -Dumping of Aquarium Fish Causing Trouble in Duluth
5. WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio
6. Staff News
- MI Sea Grant - ACE Award for The Life of the Lakes
- WI Sea Grant - Keillor Honored for Service to Wisconsin's, Nation's
Coasts
1. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant - 2004 Research Symposium
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant is sponsoring a showcase of high-quality,
cutting-edge research taking place in the Southern Lake Michigan
region. We invite you to join us and meet with researchers, local
water resource managers, and representatives of agencies addressing
Great Lakes issues.
The symposium will take place on Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 9:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. in the Ralph Metcalf Federal Building, 77 W. Jackson
Blvd., Room 331, Chicago, Illinois 60602. This event is free, although
pre-registration is preferred. For more information, or to pre-register,
go to http://www.iisgcp.org/symposium/RS2004/main.htm.
Agenda:
9:00-9:30 Refreshments
9:30-9:45 Introduction to Sea Grant
9:45-10:45 "Tracking Toxic Mercury in Polluted Lake Calumet
Waters" Robert J. M. Hudson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:45-11:00 "Heavy Metals: The Impact on Critical Wetlands"
Jean-Francois Gaillard, Northwestern University
11:00-11:30 "Balancing Development and Natural Resources along
Lake Michigan" Martin Jaffe, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:30-12:00 "Building a Better Fish through Biotechnology"
Paul Collodi, Purdue University
12:00-1:30 Lunch and poster session
1:30-3:00 "Exotic Species: Coming to a Retail Store Near You"
Reuben P. Keller, University of Notre Dame
"Will Barriers Stop Asian Carp at the Great Lakes?" Mark
A. Pegg, Illinois Natural History Survey
"Asian Carp: The Threat to Native Fish" John H. Chick,
Illinois Natural History Survey
2. MI Sea Grant - GIS-based Technology Used to Improve Lake
Surface Temperature Charts
Preview of Press Release
CoastWatch:
www.coastwatch.msu.edu
The Great Lake Sea Grant Network, in collaboration with the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is serving up improved
charts of Great Lakes surface water temperatures. During the past
year, Michigan Sea Grant and the entire CoastWatch team have been
working to improve the lake surface temperature charts by upgrading
the software with the latest in geographic information system (GIS)
technology.
In addition to improving the existing lake surface temperature
charts, the upgraded system provides the CoastWatch team with a
tool that has greater flexibility. The new system enables the team
to easily refine parameters and create new charts. In addition,
upgrades have provided solutions to maintenance issues, including
faster recovery time if the system should fail.
Michigan Sea Grant and the CoastWatch team have collaborated with
the NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Michigan
State University's Remote Sensing and GIS Research and Outreach
Service to process image data gathered by NOAA's CoastWatch Great
Lakes Node. Technical experts use computer automated translation
of NOAA satellite data to create isothermic charts. The CoastWatch
site features whole lake charts for Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie
and Ontario; 16 regional charts and; 42 port charts.
As many as 600,000 CoastWatch images have been downloaded from
the site in a five month period, and users have consistently commented
on its usefulness in their work and play. The U.S. CoastGuard uses
CoastWatch to guide their choice of protective gear. Hundreds of
charter captains rely on it to help them find good fishing areas
and long-distance swimmer Jim Dreyer has consulted the CoastWatch
site.
CoastWatch Features
- Charts are updated twice a day with plans to increase to four
times daily by Summer
- Whole lake charts of all Great Lakes
- Regional lake charts
- Port charts - currently 42 with plans to add more
- NOAA Polar Orbiter satellites provide data for charts
For more information about Coastwatch features, contact the CoastWatch
team at: coastwatch@msue.msu.edu
For more information about surface temperature images, see www.coastwatch.msu.edu/help.html
3. New York Sea Grant - 2004 Border Crossing Tips Now Available
Excerpt from Press Release
New York Sea Grant and Seaway Trail, Inc. have posted the 2004
edition of their Cross Border Travel Tips for Boaters and Motorists
at www.seawaytrail.com. New York Sea Grant's Great Lakes Program
and Seaway Trail, Inc, a not-forprofit tourism promotion organization,
worked with U.S. Homeland Security and Canada Customs and Border
Protection officials to update the information for day visitors
and frequent travelers.
"Flexibility and preparedness are key to smoother crossings.
Carry the proper documents, call ahead to check when and where Customs
agents will be available, and bring a good book or crossword puzzle
and games for the kids to ease any waiting on the busier days,"
suggested David White, Great Lakes Program Coordinator for New York
Sea Grant, Oswego. "Our shared goal is to provide information
that will encourage and ease travel across the waters and bridges
that connect New York and Ontario," said Teresa Mitchell, Executive
Director of Seaway Trail, Inc. and Vice-Chair of the National Scenic
Byways Foundation.
4. MN Sea Grant -Dumping of Aquarium Fish Causing Trouble in
Duluth
Excerpt from Press Release
Rock Pond on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD)
is filled with hundreds of goldfish. While not as nasty as the snakehead
fish found in some Maryland ponds, goldfish are just as illegal
to release into local waterways. The problem is that the two-acre
pond drains into Tischer Creek, a designated trout stream, which
flows into Lake Superior.
To eradicate the goldfish, koi, and rusty crayfish, Rock Pond is
being pumped dry this week. Fish remaining after the drawdown will
be collected for composting. A group worked for a year considering
alternatives to this method and how to address possible downstream
effects of the pond draining. The effort is costing UMD $50,000
not including the staff time from eight departments and cooperating
agencies. The pond should refill naturally from runoff and rain
later in the season. Public awareness of this issue is being communicated
to student residents by e-mail, fliers posted in the resident halls,
and signs near the pond before the students leave the dorms for
the summer. "Instead of releasing your plants, fish, and other
animals, you can give them to another aquarium owner, advertise
to give them away, or donate them to a public facility, nursing
home, or business that has an aquarium or water garden," said
Jensen.
Rock Pond is serving as the testing ground for a national campaign
led by Sea Grant, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Pet
Industry Joint Advisory Council. The project seeks to prevent the
release of aquarium and water garden fish and plants through an
educational campaign that involves large aquarium fish retailers
such as PetCo, Wal-Mart, and many private outlets. The group is
finalizing a logo and slogan that will be seen on the bags in which
hobbyists carry their fish home, static stickers on new fish tanks,
brochures, a Web site, and hobby magazine ads. The informational
signs used in the Rock Pond project will serve as templates for
similar situations across the county.
New sightings of exotic species in Minnesota should be reported
to Minnesota Sea Grant at (218) 726-8712, the Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources (DNR) at 1-888-MINNDNR or (651) 296-2835, or
a local DNR fishery office.
5. WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio http://ewradio.org
- The Peach State Plans Ahead -- Georgia is rapidly growing,
and demand for water could exceed supplies within a few decades.
State officials are planning for long-term conservation. (4/19/04)
- Quiet Killers -- Heat waves might seem less dramatic than tornados
and hurricanes, but they can be even more deadly. (4/20/04)
- Expensive Waste -- Energy prices are near all-time highs, but
we still waste most of the fossil fuel we burn. (4/21/04)
- Conflict of Interests -- Businesses that depend on an unspoiled
environment are complaining about oil and gas development in western
states. (4/22/04)
- The Marsh Arabs -- Part of Iraq was once covered by a vast wetland,
and the people who inhabited the area had a unique way of life.
(4/23/04)
- Slow-Motion Disaster - The movie industry and the military are
both taking a look at global climate change. (5/10/04)
- Producer Responsibility - Manufacturers in some European countries
are responsible for the entire life of their products, including
their disposal. (5/11/04)
- Menu Change for Scottish Seabirds - Commercial fishing boats
discard a lot of fish, and many seabirds love the leftovers. But
some seabirds in Scotland now have to deal with a serious change
in menus. (5/12/04)
- Short Lived Stability - Methane is a potent greenhouse gas,
and concentrations of it in the atmosphere rose steadily for years.
They leveled off for a while but they're going up again. (5/13/04)
- Conservation on the High Seas - A noted oceanographer says we
need to protect more of the ocean along the coasts and on the
high seas as well. (5/14/04)
6. Staff News
MI Sea Grant - ACE Award for The Life of the Lakes
Michigan Sea Grant has received a publication excellence award for
the Life of the Lakes: A Guide to the Great Lakes Fishery from the
Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Life and Human Sciences. Life of the Lakes was authored
by Shari Dann, Ph.D, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Michigan
State University) and Brandon Schroeder, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
Agent. The publication was edited, designed and produced by a collaborative
Michigan Sea Grant team, including Dave Brenner, Joyce Daniels,
Elizabeth LaPorte and Carol Swinehart. In addition, Rochelle Sturtevant
and GLERL scientists provided technical review assistance. The production
of Life of the Lakes was made possible by a grant from the NOAA-National
Sea Grant College Program. The publication was used throughout the
Great Lakes region in 2003 for a fisheries stewardship program and
continues to be distributed to K-12 educators and others interested
in Great Lakes fisheries. Life of the Lakes was one of 424 publication
entries submitted in this national competition. Judges rated the
publication high in overall appearance, particularly the cover design
and the center fold-out ecosystem diagram ("...visually dramatic,
yet highly readable and very educational."). The Life of the
Lakes was also rated highly for balanced and factual content and
editing. See a preview of the publication online at http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/lol.html.
A
special thanks to those GLERL folks involved in the writing retreat
and review for this publication!
WI Sea Grant - Keillor Honored for Service to Wisconsin's,
Nation's Coasts
Philip Keillor, former coastal engineering specialist at the University
of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, was presented with the William
Q. Wick Visionary Career Leadership Award during the national conference
of the Assembly of Sea Grant Extension Program Leaders, April 27-29,
on Jekyll Island, Ga. The award recognizes achievements and contributions
to Sea Grant Extension programming or administration by an outstanding
individual who has retired or will retire soon. Keillor was employed
at the UW Sea Grant Institute from 1975 to 2003.
"Phil did everything with uncommon thoughtfulness, caring,
and sincerity," said James Hurley, UW Sea Grant assistant director
for research and outreach. "Besides being highly accomplished
technically, Phil is known by everyone he worked with as an outstanding,
quality person. It was an honor to present the Wick Award to him."
"Phil was often the resource agencies and individuals turned
Keillor provided exemplary outreach services during his career,
according to UW Sea Grant Institute Director Anders Andren.to for
objective coastal engineering advice," Andren said. Early in
his career, Keillor espoused a "risk management" approach
to investing in shoreland properties. That approach has gained increasing
acceptance, especially among secondary investors. Keillor recently
completed development of remediation simulation (REMSIM) software,
now used internationally, which Andren described as "a crowning
achievement in a productive and visionary career."
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April 2004
Correction!
The following will not be speakers at the St. Ignace Rips conference
but will be speakers at the press conference in Wilmington, NC:
VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator
Chris Brewster, USLA President
Representatives of the National Weather Service and Sea Grant
"A Family's Story"
Contents
1) MI Sea Grant - Biennial Call for Preliminary Proposals
2) IL-IN Sea Grant - Comments Invited for Program Assessment
3) MI Sea Grant - National Rip Current Public Awareness Campaign
4) Events
- IL-IN Sea Grant - 2004 Research Symposium
- Great Lakes Rip Current Conference
- MI Sea Grant - "Michigan Wetlands - Celebrating the 25th
Anniversary of the Wetland Protection Act"
- NY Sea Grant - "Great Lakes Restoration Priorities Workshop:
Your Chance to Make a Difference in Our Lakes' Future"
- PA Sea Grant - Pennsylvania Restoration Priorities for the Great
Lakes Workshop
- MN Sea Grant - Liquid Science Seminar Series - Water on the Web
and Duluth Streams: Windows to the Health of Northern Minnesota
Streams and Lakes.
5) Publications
- PA Sea Grant
6) Web News
- WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
7) Staff News
- WI Sea Grant - New Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist
- MI Sea Grant - Upwellings receives Communication Excellence Award
- MI Sea Grant - Vacancy Announcement: Extension Agent _________________________________________________________________________________________________
1) MI Sea Grant - Biennial Call for Preliminary Proposals
Deadline: April 19, 2004
Michigan Sea Grant is placing special emphasis on research projects
related to coastal communities, including water quantity, and coastal
habitat, including water quality, as well as food-web disruption
in our 2005-2007 cycle. Other Great Lakes issues Michigan Sea Grant
actively pursues include aquatic invasive species and fisheries.
Researchers at Michigan public Universities are eligible to apply.
Complete Information may be found at: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/research/2004/rfp04.html
Please forward this information to colleagues who may be interested
in submitting preproposals.
2) IL-IN Sea Grant - Comments Invited for Program Assessment
The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program (IISG) will undergo
a site visit and review by a federally-appointed Program Assessment
Team (PAT) on May 16-20, 2004. Congress has mandated that Sea Grant
College Programs be regularly reviewed and rated for their impacts.
IISG's mission is to foster a sustainable environment and economy
in the southern Lake Michigan and Great Lakes region through research,
education and outreach activities. The program is administered by
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University
at West Lafayette, Indiana.
If you would like to submit comments to the PAT on any aspect of
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant's program or its work, write to Leon
Cammen, NSGO Program Officer, National Sea Grant College Program,
NOAA R/SG, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Springs, MD 20910. Please
send your written comments by April 23, 2004.
3) MI Sea Grant - National Rip Current Public Awareness Campaign
-Media Conference, Wilmington, N.C., May 24. North Carolina and
Delaware Sea Grant programs are working with National Sea Grant
and NOAA on organizing the media conference. There will be a satellite
broadcast, starting at 10:00 AM of the conference. For more information,
contact Katie Mosher at katie_mosher@ncsu.edu. A Public Service
Announcement will be available at www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov.
-Great Lakes Rip Current Conference, April 29, 2004 , St. Ignace,
Michigan. See Events below.
-Chuck Pistis (MI SG), and Guy Meadows (Univ. of MI researcher)
attended and/or presented at the recent rip current conference in
FL. Though there is tremendous interest in a GL rip current forecast
effort supported by the NWS, this likely will not happen in 2004.
For additional information about a GL forecast, contact Chuck Pistis
(pistis@msue.msu.edu) or Ron Kinnunen (kinnunen@msue.msu.edu).
-Michigan Sea Grant is working in collaboration with NWS and the
USLA to develop new brochures and beach signs to be unveiled at
the Wilmington conference. A design template of the brochures and
signs will be made available for additional printing by local/state
organizations. For more information, contact Timothy Schott, timothy.schott@noaa.gov.
-Printing costs for several new beach signs will be funded by Michigan
Sea Grant, locations for signs to be determined in collaboration
with beach safety groups. For more information, contact Michigan
Sea Grant, msgpubs@umich.edu.
-Copies of the new rips brochure will be distributed by Michigan
Sea Grant, Wisconsin Sea Grant and Minnesota Sea Grant. For more
information, contact Michigan Sea Grant, msgpubs@umich.edu.
-New rip current information will be available on the Michigan
Sea Grant Web site before the : www.miseagrant.umich.edu/rips.
4) Events
IL-IN Sea Grant - 2004 Research Symposium
May 18, 2004 - Ralph Metcalf Federal Building, 77 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago
The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program is sponsoring a showcase
of the high quality research being done in the Southern Lake Michigan
region. We invite you to join us and meet with Sea Grant researchers,
local water resource managers, and representatives of agencies that
sponsor research programs addressing Great Lakes issues. http://www.iisgcp.org/symposium/RS2004/main.htm
Great Lakes Rip Current Conference
April 29, 2004, Little Bear Arena, St. Ignace, Michigan
Event Web Site: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/workshops/rip_conference04.html
People tend to associate rip currents with ocean beaches, but these
dangerous currents can occur wherever there is surf. Rip currents
form when strong winds or large waves pile water against the shore,
which rushes out to sea by "ripping" an opening through
low areas in a sandbar. Last year was one of the worst ever recorded
on Lake Michigan, with seven fatalities. The Sea Grant programs
in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are co-sponsoring
this conference to help avoid the roughly 100 deaths that occur
in the U.S. annually due to rip currents. Preventing deaths from
drowning at beaches and piers is the focus of the Great Lakes Rip
Current Conference.
The conference will cover what is known about rip currents mechanics,
wind and wave conditions associated with drownings, ways to educate
the public, and other key topics. Guy Meadows, Sea Grant researcher
at the University of Michigan, will present what is and is not known
about the mechanics of rip current generation in the Great Lakes.
Meadows has found that rip currents in the Great Lakes can be particularly
treacherous because Great Lakes storms and waves can build with
alarming speed. He says that now is a particularly dangerous time
because of recent low water levels. Dave Guenther, of the National
Weather Service, will describe wind and wave conditions associated
with Great Lakes rip current drowning deaths. The rapidly increasing
wave heights of Great Lakes storms catch unsuspecting swimmers by
surprise. Guenther says it's vital that beachgoers learn about
the hazards of rip currents. Jim Dreyer, who has swum across four
Great Lakes, will talk about his experiences in the waves and winds
of the freshwater seas. Representatives of the Mackinac County Water
Safety Review Team will describe their efforts to educate the public,
including the lifesaving stations they have developed along U.S.
Highway 2 at the northern end of Lake Michigan.
Additional speakers include:
VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator
Chris Brewster, USLA President
Representatives of the National Weather Service and Sea Grant
"A Family's Story"
The registration fee for the conference is $15 before April 25
and $25 after, and it includes lunch, breaks and conference materials.
For additional conference and registration information, visit <http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/workshops/rip_conference04.html>
or contact Ron Kinnunen,
Michigan Sea Grant, (906) 226-3687; or Chuck Pistis, Michigan Sea
Grant, (616) 846-8250.
Sponsors of the event are Michigan Sea Grant; other NOAA/Sea Grant
programs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota; the National
Weather Service; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the U.S. Forest
Service; Michigan State University Extension; the Mackinac County
Water Safety Review Team; the Great Lakes Beach and Pier Safety
Task Force; the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering-Marine
Hydrodynamics Laboratories-College of Engineering; and Upper Peninsula
Emergency Medical Services.
MI Sea Grant - "Michigan Wetlands - Celebrating the
25th Anniversary of the Wetland Protection Act"
May 20-22, 2004 at 's the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, Northwestern
Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
See brochure at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/SGUpdate/Wetlands2004.pdf
NY Sea Grant - "Great Lakes Restoration Priorities Workshop:
Your Chance to Make a Difference in Our Lakes' Future"
April 27, 2004 - Holiday Inn at the Rochester Airport in Rochester,
NY
This event will bring together public and private stakeholders from
along New York's Lake Erie and Lake Ontario shorelines to identify
and refine lake-wide restoration needs and priorities and to help
foster a collective vision to guide the process. Everyone who uses
or is interested in New York's Great Lakes resources is invited
to attend the workshop. The Great Lakes Commission first embarked
upon this project to provide the scientific and technical assistance
needed to inform the development of legislative, appropriations,
and policy priorities for the Council of Great Lakes Governors'
Great Lakes restoration initiative. At this meeting, New York Sea
Grant, in association with the Great Lakes Commission, will seek
input on the priorities from stakeholders interested in New York's
Great Lakes waters. This input will help develop a shared vision
and the principles, goals, objectives and strategic actions needed
to achieve that vision. For more information on the workshop, log
on: http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/Pages/GLRestoration0404.htm.
Agenda Items GL Restoration Financing Act H.R. 2720 (Congressman
Reynolds invited) The State of the Great Lakes GL Shoreline &
Economic Development Ecosystem, Fisheries and Invasive Species Water
Quality and Pollution Prevention Ensuring the Sustainable Use of
Resources Breakout Sessions
*What are your priorities for Great Lakes restoration you wish
to share with the Great Lakes governors?
*What advice do you have on the design and implementation of a large-scale
restoration plan to advance the Governor's priorities for the Great
Lakes ecosystem?
For agendas and proceedings of past events, visit www.glc.org/restwkshp
PA Sea Grant - Pennsylvania Restoration Priorities for the
Great Lakes Workshop
The Pennsylvania Restoration Priorities for the Great Lakes Workshop,
which was held at Gannon University in Erie, PA February 25, 2004
was co-sponsored by PA Sea Grant, the Great Lakes Commission and
the Council of Great Lakes Governors. In recent years there has
been an increased interest, from within and outside government,
in the development of a large scale plan that would guide Great
Lakes ecosystem restoration efforts. Federal legislation toward
this effort has recently been introduced to the House (H.R. 2720)
and Senate (S 1398), which is expected to result in billions of
dollars for restoration efforts. Last October, the Great Lakes Governors
developed a series of Great Lakes restoration priorities that will
provide a basis for discussion. This workshop aimed to assist in
this effort.
MN Sea Grant - Liquid Science Seminar Series - Water on the
Web and Duluth Streams: Windows to the Health of Northern Minnesota
Streams and Lakes.
Excerpt from Press Release April 13 at 7 p.m. at Hartley Nature
Center, Duluth, MN Cynthia Hagley, environmental quality extension
educator with Minnesota Sea Grant, will present, "Water on
the Web and Duluth Streams: Windows to the Health of Northern Minnesota
Streams and Lakes." Hagley will demonstrate the ease with which
anyone with Internet access can obtain information about streams
and lakes in our own back yard, including the St. Louis River. Water
on the Web (www.waterontheweb.org)
and Duluth Streams (www.duluthstreams.org)
bring continuously-collected (in the ice-free season, that is) water
quality data, maps, pictures, explanations of how lakes and streams
work, and curricula for science classes to your home or office.
"Best of all," said Hagley, "the data are easy to
visualize and interpret using the animation tools available on the
Web sites. For example, you can log on and watch stream water quality
change as a result of a storm in our area or see how lakes change
throughout the seasons." Whether you are interested in data
to help you better manage local resources or simply want to know
more about lakes and streams in our region, these Web sites are
for you. A reception will follow the talk. For more information,
visit Liquid Science online (www.seagrant.umn.edu/speakerseries/index.html)
or contact Minnesota Sea Grant by e-mail (seagr@d.umn.edu) or by
phone (218-726-8106).
5) Publications
MI Sea Grant - Upwellings - March 2004 - Annual Report 2003
- http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/index.html
* Editorial: Value of Partnerships
* Sustainable Coastal Communities
* Hot Topics, Rip Currents and Restoring the Great Lakes
* Fisheries and Trophic Change
* Coastal Wetlands
* Aquatic Nuisance Species
* Education
PA Sea Grant
4 New Fact Sheets: Clean Boating Tips, Safe Boating Tips, Asian
Carp, and Rudd http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/communication/communication.html
Pennsylvania Sea Grant, Erie Times News In Education, and the Department
of Environmental Protection teamed up to create a multi-page insert
for the local newspaper. This insert provides a background of the
Great Lakes and more importantly provides the history of how and
why Presque Isle Bay was designated as an Area of Concern, and how
and why we became the first Area of Recovery.
6) Web News
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
*The Ice Patrol - An organization that tracks icebergs in the
North Atlantic today traces its history back to the sinking of the
Titanic. (3/15/04)
*Melting Moguls - Climate changes could leave some European ski
resorts without snow or business within 50 years. (3/16/04)
*Competitive Disadvantage - Competition for fish on the high seas
has been hard on the resource and on the industry, too. (3/17/04)
*Fear Pressure - People on wilderness adventures often hesitate
to speak up about their own limitations, and that sometimes leads
to trouble. (3/18/04)
*Wetland in Sand - Experts want to restore a vast wetland in Iraq
that some people say was the ancient Garden of Eden. (3/19/04)
*Separation Anxiety - Western ranchers have little say over mining
and drilling operations on their land when the mineral rights belong
to someone else. (3/22/04)
*A Long and Toxic Life - Oil can linger for decades after an oil
spill, and the disaster of the Exxon Valdez offers a prime example
of its staying power. (3/23/04)
*A Seriously Boring Insect - The emerald ash borer is killing millions
of trees in the eastern part of the Great Lakes basin. Cutting down
thousands of trees might be the only way to keep it from spreading.
(3/24/04)
*Saving Lives of Primates and People - The UN tries to save the
great apes of the world, and an expert says that has to involve
helping the people who live near the reserves where the primates
live. (3/25/04)
*The Human Touch - People have become what one author calls an overwhelming
geophysical force on the planet. (3/26/04)
*Wet Winters Ahead - Winters with a lot of snow might become distant
memories in some parts of the world. The middle latitudes will still
get precipitation during the winter, but a lot of it will be rain.
(3/29/04)
*To Fertilize or Not - Healthy lawns are good for nearby lakes and
streams, and a Wisconsin scientist says a bit of fertilizer might
be just what your grass needs. (3/30/04)
*Cold Calculation - Ancient ice in Antarctica and Greenland keeps
a historic record of the Earth's temperatures, and it tells scientists
that big changes can happen quickly. (3/31/04)
*Gull Grief - Populations of sea gulls are booming in a lot of places,
and some people who live close to these birds think they've become
a nuisance. (4/1/04)
*New Controls on Tiny Stowaways - The United Nations has enacted
the first international rules to control the spread of invasive
species in the ballast water of ships. (4/2/04)
7) Staff News
WI Sea Grant - New Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute has hired a new
coastal engineering outreach specialist, Gene R. Clark, to fill
the vacancy at its UW-Superior Advisory Services field office.
Besides serving as UW Sea Grant's local contact for the state's
four counties along Lake Superior, Clark's focus will be on
providing coastal engineering expertise and advice to state and
local government officials, contractors, and lakeshore property
owners in all Wisconsin coastal counties, including those along
Lake Michigan. He replaces Philip Keillor, who retired last year
after serving 28 years as UW Sea Grant's only coastal engineer.
"Keillor brought exceptional recognition to Wisconsin Sea
Grant-and indeed to the entire national Sea Grant program-through
his expertise and dedication to coastal engineering issues,"
said UW Sea Grant Director Anders W. Andren, "so we are extremely
fortunate to have someone of Clark's experience and capabilities
join our program. He has precisely the expertise we were looking
for-the kind of outreach expertise our external advisory groups
said our program should continue to provide to Wisconsin's
coastal communities."
Clark previously worked as state lakeshore engineer for the Minnesota
Board of Water & Soil Resources, where he provided Lake Superior
Soil & Water Conservation Districts with technical design assistance
for lakeshore protection and erosion control projects during the
last 10 years.
Clark holds two master's degrees-one in coastal engineering
from the University of Florida, and a civil engineering master's
in hydrology and hydraulics from UW-Madison. He earned his undergraduate
degree in ocean engineering at Texas A&M University.
Clark can be contacted at his UW-Superior campus office by phone
(715) 394-8472, email grclark@aqua.wisc.edu or fax (715) 394-8454.
MI Sea Grant - Upwellings receives Communication Excellence
Award
Michigan Sea Grant has received an award for the quarterly newsletter
Upwellings from the Association for Communication Excellence in
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences. Upwellings
was one of 424 newsletter publication entries submitted in this
national competition. Judges rated the newsletter high in editorial
content and overall appearance. Upwellings is edited by Joyce Daniels
and designed by Dave Brenner. See the latest issues of Upwellings
online at http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up.
MI Sea Grant - Vacancy Announcement: Extension Agent
Position: District Extension Sea Grant Agent, Southeast Region +Tuscola
& Huron Counties (#1407)
Office Location: Detroit, Michigan
Available: June 15, 2004
Application Deadline: May 10, 2003
Apply by using the Web Employment Application process at: http://web2.canr.msu.edu/personnel/vacancies.cfm
Position Description: District Extension Sea Grant Agent, Southeast
Region
Sea Grant Agents are expected to plan, organize and implement university-based
educational programs that apply knowledge and understanding gained
through research to aid individuals and groups in their assigned
counties/districts. Each agent serves a variety of clientele groups
and is expected to be part of a regional and statewide team. Each
agent is expected to develop and maintain his/her area of specialization
that is shared their districts, then sharing knowledge and skills
with colleagues in other parts of the state. This approach has been
particularly valuable for situations in which similar problems,
challenges or opportunities have evolved in different locations
over time. The person in this position will be responsible for programs
enhancing sustainable coastal development, great lakes education,
and environmental stewardship of the Southeast Michigan's shoreline.
Works with Extension team members and advisory groups to develop
educational initiatives, utilizing short-term and long-range program
planning, that reflect local needs and priorities. Conduct, facilitate
and/or support educational programs in the area of Coastal Economic
Development, Aquatic Nuisance species, Natural Resources Management,
Environmental Education, wise use of the Land and Natural Resources
and Urban Waterfront Development. Programming should reflect the
priorities emerging from a community-based approach. Build and maintain
a network of contacts with other groups interested in natural resource
and community and economic development related issues (i.e. Greater
Detroit American Heritage River Initiative, Metropolitan Affairs
Coalition, Detroit River International Wildlife, U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service). Utilization of local resources to supplement
Sea Grant/MSU Extension resources is encouraged. Collaborate with
community based organizations to extend and expand their use of
university and community resources to support program efforts. Work
with community residents and leaders in identifying problem areas
and opportunities for educational impact. Provide effective leadership
in utilizing the skills and abilities of community volunteers and
stakeholders. Develop proposals that enhance programs and implement
the Sea Grant strategic plan. Engage project partners in designing
resource development strategies to support procurement of private
and public funds to support programmatic efforts. Participate in
professional development activities to maintain effectiveness in
enhancing urban waterfront development, coastal economic development,
aquatic nuisance species, natural resources management, environmental
education, and wise use of the land and natural resources. Perform
other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Attainment of at least a Master's degree in an area directly related
to fulfilling the responsibilities of the position. Possess a background
and knowledge of urban planning, coastal economic development, natural
resources management, environmental education and the Great Lakes.
Demonstrated leadership in community development, economic development,
planning and environmental education. Experience in establishing
collaborations and community based initiatives. Good written and
oral communications. Experience in working with community based
organizations and groups. Computer skills, including use of word
processing, spread sheets, presentation software and the development
of multimedia programs. Ability to plan an educational program and
develop grant proposals. Experience managing operating budgets is
desirable. Documented understanding of and commitment to equal opportunity,
affirmative action and diversity/pluralism. Demonstrated ability
to work effectively with diverse audiences of all socioeconomic
levels and cultural backgrounds.
Administrative Relationships
Reports to the Southeast Region Extension Director for administrative
direction and the Director of Sea Grant Extension for programmatic
direction. Agent will coordinate educational program opportunities
with County Extension Directors in the program coverage area.
Further Information:
Henry Allen or Kay Pratt
Southeast Regional Office
Michigan State University Extension
28115 Meadowbrook Road
Novi, MI 48377-3128
Phone: (248) 380-9100
Fax: (248) 380-9194
E-mail: prattk@msue.msu.edu
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March 2004
Contents
1. MI Sea Grant - Lakes with zebra mussels have higher levels of
toxins, MSU research finds
2. MN Sea Grant - Minnesota Fish Producers Report Losses to Cormorants
and Other Birds
3. Events
- MN Sea Grant - Minnesota Water Conference
- MN Sea Grant - Liquid Science Seminar - "E. coli in the Lake
Superior Watershed."
- NY Sea Grant - The 2004 Great Lakes Student Summit: An Authentic
Learning Experience!
- NY/PA Sea Grant - SUNY Hosts Great Lakes Diving Event
4. Web News
- WI Sea Grant - Wisconsin Water Library
- WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio
5. Publications
- NY Sea Grant - Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
- MN Sea Grant - Seiche - February 2004
- WI Sea Grant - New Reprints
6. Staff News
- MN Sea Grant - Award for Invasive Species Education
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1. MI Sea Grant - Lakes with zebra mussels have higher levels
of toxins, MSU research finds
Excerpt from Press Release
Inland lakes in Michigan that have been invaded by zebra mussels
have higher levels of algae that produce a toxin that can be harmful
to humans and animals, according to a Michigan State University
researcher.
In a paper published in the recent issue of Limnology and Oceanography,
Orlando "Ace" Sarnelle and colleagues report that lakes
that are home to zebra mussels have, on average, three times higher
levels of a species of blue-green algae known as Microcystis. Those
same lakes also have about two times higher levels of microcystins,
a toxin produced by the algae.
Surprisingly, zebra mussels seem to have no effect on the amount
of blue-green algae in lakes with high levels of phosphorus, a nutrient
that builds up in lakes and other bodies of water as a result of
erosion, farm run-off and human waste. In contrast, zebra mussels
cause an increase in toxic Microcystis in lakes with low to moderate
levels of phosphorus, anywhere between 10 and 25 micrograms per
liter. Such lakes are not normally expected to have very many blue-green
algae, Sarnelle said. "Our data suggest that zebra mussels
promote Microcystis at low to medium phosphorous levels - not
at very low or very high phosphorous levels," he said. "However,
we're still not sure why this happens."
In Lake Erie, increased incidence of blue-green algae blooms have
been reported since the establishment of zebra mussels. "Similarly,
data from the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario show a dramatic increase
in the biomass of Microcystis after zebra mussel establishment,"
he said. "In addition, toxic algal blooms in Saginaw Bay and
Lake Erie are disturbing because they come after many years of expensive
reductions in nutrient loading to improve water quality." "If
these blooms of blue-green algae are a common side effect of zebra
mussel invasion, then hard-fought gains in the restoration of water
quality may be undone," Sarnelle said. "Right now, it
appears that the numbers of blooms in Michigan have been increasing
and appear to be correlated with the spread of zebra mussels."
Initially, water samples were taken from nearly 100 inland lakes
in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, ranging from Benzie County in
the northwest to Oakland County in the southeast, that had established
zebra mussel populations. Follow-up experiments by Sarnelle and
colleagues in west Michigan's Gull Lake showed that zebra mussels
are indeed the cause of the increase in toxic algae.
Sarnelle's co-authors on the paper are Alan Wilson of the
Georgia Institute of Technology, and David Raikow and Stephen Hamilton
of the MSU Department of Zoology and Kellogg Biological Station.
For a copy of the paper and for a list of the lakes that were sampled,
visit:
http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/1911/content.htm
From Booth News Service:
For the story, see http://morningnews.msu.edu/record.php?record=4777;
for the Associated Press story, see www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw94299_20040311.htm;
for the story on scienceblog.com, see www.scienceblog.com/community/article2445.html;
2. MN Sea Grant - Minnesota Fish Producers Report Losses to
Cormorants and Other Birds
The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program recently funded researchers
to look into conflicts over resource use by aquaculturalists and
fish-eating birds in Minnesota. Linda Wires and Francie Cuthbert
with the University of Minnesota surveyed 54 commercial fish producers
with outdoor facilities to correlate bird-related fish losses with
the distribution and abundance of double-crested cormorants, American
white pelicans, and great blue herons.
The major results of Wires' and Cuthbert's report are available
in a fact sheet, Minnesota Fish Producers Report on Losses to Birds.
Highlights include:
-- Fish losses to double-crested cormorants were generally considered
more severe than losses to American white pelicans and great blue
herons.
-- Fish losses to great blue herons occurred most frequently but
were generally not considered severe.
-- 87 percent of fish producers experienced losses to fish-eating
birds.
-- 41 percent of fish producers defined their losses as severe.
-- Concentrations of fish-eating birds were greatest at facilities
during the birds' migratory periods.
Mike Lint, co-president of the Minnesota Fish and Bait Farmers
and fish farming business owner in West Central Minnesota, estimates
that cormorants and pelicans can consume over $100,000 worth of
marketable fish from his ponds in a year.
Populations of cormorants and pelicans have rebounded over the
past 30 years in response to policy and improved environmental conditions.
In Minnesota, there are an estimated 8,000-10,000 breeding pairs
of each species. Wires and Cuthbert are poised to conduct a statewide
census of Minnesota's breeding cormorants and pelicans during the
2004 nesting season.
"Cormorants aren't the only fish-eating birds that visit fish
production ponds but they can be a fish producer's biggest problem
bird," said Wires. "People seem to hold very polarized
opinions about how cormorants should be handled. On one level, it's
miraculous that we have cormorants in the state at all given that
environmental contaminants and persecution greatly reduced populations
by the 1950s. From another perspective, the growing number of cormorants
and pelicans aren't making many friends among fish producers and
anglers."
To order a free copy of the Minnesota Fish Producers Report on
Losses to Birds fact sheet, contact Minnesota Sea Grant at seagr@d.umn.edu
or call (218) 726-6191.
3. Events
MN Sea Grant - Minnesota Water Conference
Minnesota's population is projected to grow to over 6.2 million
people by the year 2030, an increase of more than 20 percent. That
population will require a safe and adequate water supply, something
that many Minnesotans currently take for granted, but which is becoming
increasingly difficult to ensure. The University of Minnesota will
address this concern at the 9th biennial Minnesota Water Conference,
Minnesota Water 2004: Policy and Planning to Ensure Minnesota's
Water Supplies.
The conference will be held March 23-24 at the Radisson Metrodome
in Minneapolis. The opening plenary session will include Joan Rose,
Michigan State University; Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center
for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of
Minnesota; Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota State Demographer; Katharine
Hayhoe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Harvey Thorleifson,
Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey. Governor Tim Pawlenty
has been invited to give a plenary address on his Clean Water Initiative
for Minnesota.
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, speakers will address potential
threats to Minnesota's water supplies and describe policy, regulatory
solutions, and current research. Concurrent sessions will focus
on urban stormwater, contaminants including mercury and endocrine
disrupters, bacterial source tracking, ecological indicators, biodiversity,
and emerging technologies. A poster session and reception will follow
the Tuesday afternoon sessions.
Since 1988, Minnesota Water has highlighted critical water issues
and research concerning Minnesota's many water resources. The conference
also facilitates interactions among resource managers, researchers,
and other water professionals.
The conference is sponsored by the University of Minnesota's Water
Resources Center, and co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota
Duluth's Sea Grant Program and the Natural Resources Research Institute.
Cost is $145 or $50 for students, $25 late fee after March 9. For
more information, visit wrc.coafes.umn.edu/Water2004/ or contact
Tracy Thomas, thoma032@umn.edu or (612) 625-2282.
MN Sea Grant - Liquid Science Seminar - "E. coli in
the Lake Superior Watershed."
Excerpt from News Release
March 9 at 7 p.m. at Hartley Nature Center (3001 Woodland Ave.),
Randall Hicks, associate professor and head of the Department of
Biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth, will present, "E.
coli in the Lake Superior Watershed." Hicks will speak about
the life of bacteria, the pathogen Salmonella, and his current research
which, in part, is determining what portions of the E. coli found
in the region's streams comes from humans, shorebirds, other wildlife,
agricultural animals, and pets. He will also discuss last year's
beach closings and answer audience questions.
"Except for a few strains, E. coli is not generally a harmful
bacterium," said Hicks. "Its presence suggests that there
may be other harmful bacteria in the water, like Salmonella, which
may be less abundant but much more virulent. Bacteria are among
the earliest forms of life that appeared on the planet so they've
had billions of years to evolve into a surprisingly complex group
of organisms."
For more information, visit Liquid Science online (www.seagrant.umn.edu/speakerseries/index.html)
or contact Minnesota Sea Grant by e-mail (seagr@d.umn.edu) or by
phone (218-726-8106).
NY Sea Grant - The 2004 Great Lakes Student Summit: An Authentic
Learning Experience!
www.greatlakesed.org/2004glss.html
The Great Lakes Student Summit is a two-day event that will be
held at the University at Buffalo May 13-14. The Summit provides
an excellent opportunity for students in grades 5 - 9 and their
teachers to share environmental education ideas and projects. Any
teacher who is involved with a group of students with a strong interest
in science, energy, or the environment is encouraged to participate.
Student groups are encouraged to share an environmental or Great
Lakes related exhibit, or make a presentation, but it is not mandatory.
If you would like to speak with a teacher who has had first hand
rewarding experiences with previous Great Lakes Student Summit events,
contact Gail Hall at ghall@westseneca.wnyric.org or call her at
716-649-2877.
For registration information, contact: Ellen George, New York Sea
Grant elg7@cornell.edu 716-645-3610
For general information, contact: Paula Blanchard, Event Coordinator,
Schineller & Blanchard Marketing.Advertising.PR.Special Events
Ptblanchard@aol.com 716-856-9379
NY/PA Sea Grant - SUNY Hosts Great Lakes Diving Event
Excerpt from article in The Palladium Times By Sean Treacy, Staff
writer
In 1863, the steamer Homer Warren was built, in 1919 it sank with
its crew of nine on its way from Oswego to Toronto, Canada, and
in 2003 it was discovered by underwater divers. This discovery in
Lake Ontario was one of the many things presented on Saturday March
6th at the Great Lakes Underwater event, held at SUNY Oswego.
Dave White, from New York Sea Grant, gave a presentation called
"Diving the Seaway Trail." White spoke about recent efforts
to promote diving in the Great Lakes Region as well as Lake George,
Lake Champion and Oneida Lake.White described the initiative to
promote diving as "grassroots" and said that there were
efforts being made to extend this interest to those who are less
willing to dive deep underwater. "There are folks that are
not divers," said White. "They are looking at this from
the historical, archeological or community side and have to be brought
in too."
Anne Danielski, an Education & Maritime Specialist from Pennsylvania
Sea Grant spoke on the Lake Erie preserve project called STEAR,
or Shipwreck Training, Education, Archaeology and Research. STEAR's
goal is to promote safe diving while preserving and study the submerged
cultural resources of Pennsylvania's Lake Erie waters. "We're
working to put the resources out there. The major goal is education,"
said Danielski. "We're trying to increase Lake Erie as a diving
destination. It's a really great area to dive."
4. Web News
WI Sea Grant - Wisconsin Water Library - www.aqua.wisc.edu/waterlibrary
In celebration of the Wisconsin Year of Water (2003), Wisconsin
Sea Grant, UW-Madison Libraries, Wisconsin Public Libraries and
the Wisconsin Libraries' Delivery Network have created an on-line
reference guide to to assist who want to learn more about water
issues. The Water Library is a collection of almost 30,000 volumes
of water-related information plus links to additional sources on
the Web.
WI Sea Grant - Earthwatch Radio - http://ewradio.org
* Drained by Disasters - Weather-related disasters are putting
a huge drain on the world's economy. (2/16/2004)
* Ocean to Aquariums - A UN report documents the global trade in
tropical fish for aquariums. There's good news about efforts to
reform the trade but problems still remain. (2/17/2004)
* Documentary Evidence - Two makers of environmental documentaries
talk about the challenge of being fair to all sides. (2/18/2004)
* The Bay by the City - San Francisco Bay is a huge and vital ecosystem,
and it's under enormous pressure. (2/19/2004)
* Demand for Deep Divers - A research group in the United States
says it's time to build a new vehicle for exploring the deep ocean.
(2/20/2004)
* The Sky's the Limit - An alternative clean air proposal would
set up a system of rewards and penalties, and every citizen would
participate. (2/23/2004)
* Lost and Found - Frustration and panic can be your worst enemies
when you're lost in the wilderness. (2/24/2004)
* Primate Plight -- The UN launches a major effort to save the great
apes of the world. (2/25/2004)
* A Hot Topic - Air pollution appears to give rise to more lightning
around some urban areas. (2/26/2004)
* Multiple Uses - A former official who helped set U.S. forestry
policy says people should insist on balance between competing interests
in their national forests. (2/27/2004)
* Icebergs Ahoy - It's peak iceberg season in the North Atlantic,
and the International Ice Patrol is keeping watch. (3/1/04)
* No Snow, No Go - The cold and snowy weather that's good for ice
fishing and snowmobiling might become less common as the planet
grows warmer. (3/2/04)
* Nothing Compares - Scientists say the past is an unreliable guide
to the future of the global environment. (3/3/04)
* Unintended Consequences - The "dolphin-safe" tuna campaign
has saved thousands of the marine mammals . . . at the expense of
other species. (3/4/04)
* Vapor Trigger - Water vapor is a potent greenhouse gas in the
atmosphere. There could be more water vapor in the air tomorrow
because of the carbon dioxide we put into the air today. (3/5/04)
* Changing the High Plains - Our growing consumption of natural
gas is transforming rangeland in the West, where new wells are popping
up every day. (3/8/04)
* Keeping Schools Safe - Wisconsin scientists offer help so schools
can keep pesticides out of classrooms and playgrounds. (3/9/04)
* Gardeners of the Forest - The great apes of Africa are the gardeners
of the rain forest. Experts say that future of the forest depends
on the survival of these primates. (3/10/04)
* When Diseases Turn Deadly - Experts are studying the way diseases
can jump from animals to people and the mutations that can turn
them into serious concerns for public health. (3/11/04)
* The Web We Weave - Scientists are trying to look at a wide range
of environmental problems as part of one system, but doing so is
a complicated task. (3/12/04)
5. Publications
NY Sea Grant - Aquatic Invaders, National ANS Clearinghouse
Digest
The first issue for 2004 of Aquatic Invaders (Volume 15 No 1, January-March
2004) is at the printers and should available by the end of March.
* Nonindigenous Aquatic Species of the Northeastern United States,
Benson AJ, Richerson MM
* Turning the Tide: is Aquatic Bioinvader Research Heading in the
Right Direction? Hicks G
* The Status of Regional Aquatic Nuisance Species Panels in the
United States, Christmas J
* Toward a Louisiana Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan, Kravitz
AR, Campanella R, McElroy MG, Barrett-O'Leary M, Schiavinato
LC
* Ballast sediments: a potential vector for the introduction of
nonindigenous species? Bailey SA, Duggan IC, van Overdijk CDA, Jenkins
PT, MacIsaac HJ
* Spread the Message -- Not the Mussels: A Summary of the 100th
Meridian Initiative Database and Website, Britton DK
* Web Watch - Spotlight on the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
(IPANE); the Florida Integrated Science Center - Gainsville.
* What's New - Newly acquired papers in the Clearinghouse Collection
* Announcements
A Sneak Preview...
"The ecological effects of aquatic bioinvasions are conceptually
little different from general disturbance effects. Impacts on indigenous
populations and communities caused by fishing, pollution and non-anthropogenic
disturbance like storm events or natural pathogenic outbreaks, are
not dissimilar. Populations might decline, species-abundance relations
might alter, local distributions might contract, local species extinctions
and exotic species replacements might occur. When the volume of
ecological literature dealing with these aspects is added to that
being undertaken on impacts or effects of bioinvader activity, then
there is an enormous amount of research that can indicate likely
outcomes of exotic species incursions."
"The problem suggested to me though, is how much is enough?"
"It is my contention that the emphasis must shift to balance
more cost effective research agendas that drag the effort forward,
to focus more on pre-border and border based investigations that
potentially maximise opportunities to prevent invaders arriving
in the first place. If indeed prevention is better, and cheaper
in the long run than cure, then we should be reversing the disproportionate
effort in impact studies and turning instead to building robust
decision making frameworks based on good science, that might improve
our chances of effective intervention. " So states Dr. Geoff
Hicks, the Manager Science & Research and Chief Technical Officer
- Biosecurity, Department of Conservation, New Zealand. In
his paper, originally presented at the 12th International Aquatic
Invasive Species Conference, held in Windsor, Ontario June 2003.
He describes the Biosecure model being utilized in New Zealand in
an attempt to intervene before there is an unmanageable invasion.
The full text of this paper can be found in the current issue of
Aquatic Invaders. For similar policy developing in the US, see "The
National Invasive Species Council approves "Pathways of introduction
of invasive species" document" in Aquatic Invaders 14(4):1-9.
The National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse quarterly digest,
"Aquatic Invaders," publishes papers on research and policy
initiatives relating to all types of freshwater, estuarine, and
marine aquatic invasive and nuisance species issues. The digest
is published quarterly, and is aimed at a technically literate audience,
researchers, resource managers, utility managers, and policy makers.
The digest welcomes submissions. Please contact Diane Oleson djo5@cornell.edu
for details.
MN Sea Grant - Seiche - February 2004 - http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/index.html
* Hooked on Coasters
* Schooling Future Fisheries Leaders
* Cormorant Conundrum
* New Avenues for Education at the Aquarium
WI Sea Grant - New Reprints
R.L. Tanguay, E.A. Andreasen, M.K. Walker and R.E. Peterson. 2003.
"Dioxin Toxicity and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling in
Fish," In Dioxins and Health, A Schecter and TA Gasiewicz,
eds., Chapter 15, pp. 603-628. WISCU-R-03-006.
C.F. Torres, M. Moeljadi and C.G. Hill, Jr., 2003. "Lipase-Catalyzed
Ethanolysis of Fish Oils: Multi-response Kinetics," Biotechnology
and Gioengineering, 83(3)274-281. WISCU-R-03-007.
L.A. Bartsch, W.B. Richardson, and M.B. Sandheinrich. 2003. "Zebra
Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Limit Food for Larval Fish (Pimephales
promelas) in Turbulent Systems: A Bioenergetic Analysis." Hydrobiologia,
495:59-72. WISCU-R-03-008.
C.F. Torres, B. Lin, L.P. Lessard, and C.G. Hill, Jr. 2003. "Lipase-Catalyzed
Interesterification Reaction Between Menhaden Oil and the Ethyl
Ester of CLA: Uniresponse Kinetics," Journal of American Oil
Chemists Society, 80(9)873-880. WISCU-R-03-009.
P.E. Drevnick and M.B. Sandheinrich. 2003. "Effects of Dietary
Methylmercury on Reproductive Endocrinology of Fathead Minnows,"
Environmental Science and Technology, 37(19)4390-4396. WISCU-R-010.
C.F. Torres, B. Lin, M. Moeljadi, and C.G. Hill, Jr. 2003. "Lipase-Catalyzed
Synthesis of Designer Acylglycerols Rich in Residues of Eicosapentaenoic,
Docosahexaenoic, Conjugated Linoleic, and/or Stearic Acids,"
Lipid Science and Technology, 105:614-623. WISCU-R-03-011.
Contact linda@seagrant.wisc.edu
for reprints. Abstracts available in the National Sea Grant Library
web site at http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu.
6. Staff News
MN Sea Grant - Award for Invasive Species Education
Doug Jensen, Aquatic Invasive Species Information Center coordinator,
was the recipient of the "School/Institution Award" from
the St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee at a ceremony in January.
He earned the award for education efforts he led concerning invasive
species in the St. Louis River system.
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February 2004
Contents:
1. MN Sea Grant - Liquid Science Speaker Series Starts with Sturgeon
2. MI Sea Grant - Zebra Mussel Infestation Update
3. GLSGN Aquatic Nuisance Species Outreach Projects
4. MN Sea Grant - Regional Stormwater Education Project
5. Web News - New Pages, Major Revisions and Call for Reviewers
6. Publications
- Botulism in the Great Lakes
- IL-IN Sea Grant - The Helm Winter 2003
- OH Sea Grant - TwineLine - January/February 2004
- MI Sea Grant - Upwellings - December 2003
- NY Sea Grant - Coastlines - Fall 2003
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Protect Our Waters, Getting Started in Freshwater
Aquaculture & Contaminants in Fish & Seafood: A Guide to
Safe Consumption
- NY Sea Grant - Streamside Stewardship Guide for Hudson Valley
Residents & Invasive Species of Lakes Erie and Ontario
- MI Sea Grant - Where the Land Meets the Water: Soil Erosion and
Sedimentation in the Great Lakes Basin
- NY Sea Grant - Journal Reprints
7. Staff News
- MI Sea Grant - New Agents Hired for Northern Michigan
- WI Sea Grant - New Coastal Engineer and Science Editor leaves
- IL-IN Sea Grant - Two New Program Staff
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1. MN Sea Grant - Liquid Science Speaker Series Starts with Sturgeon
Not only did lake sturgeon make a fine dinner 150 years ago but
gelatin from the inner lining of its air bladder was used to make
isinglass -- a substance used in jellies, glues and the windows
of carriages and early cars. Soak up more sturgeon facts and a variety
of Great Lakes-related information through the Liquid Science Speaker
Series.
On February 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Mid-Continent
Ecology Division and the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program
and are launching the monthly Liquid Science Speaker Series with,
"Resurgence of Lake Sturgeon." This hour-long presentation
by Dr. Nancy Auer, with the Department of Biological Sciences at
Michigan Technological University, will begin at 7 p.m. at the Hartley
Nature Center in Duluth. On February 11, Dr. Auer will offer a similar
presentation at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, at
7 p.m.
The Liquid Science Speaker Series presentations are free and for
the public. All presentations are scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
with receptions immediately following to encourage conversations
with the researchers. The complete Liquid Science Speaker Series
schedule is as follows:
Resurgence of Lake Sturgeon
- Duluth, Hartley Nature Center (3001 Woodland Ave.), February 10
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School (500 W. Highway 61), February
11
E. coli in Lake Superior
- Duluth, Hartley Nature Center, March 9
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, March 10
WOW! Water on the Web
- Duluth, Hartley Nature Center, April 13
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, April 14
Linking Land Use to Water Quality
- Duluth, Hartley Nature Center, May 11
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, May 12
Invasive Species of the Great Lakes
- Duluth, EPA Gitchee Gumee Conference Facility (6201 Congdon Blvd.),
June 8
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, June 9
On the Edge! Great Lakes Coastal Research
- Duluth, EPA Gitchee Gumee Conference Facility, July 13
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, July 14
Great Lakes in a Changing Climate
- Duluth, EPA Gitchee Gumee Conference Facility, August 10
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, August 11
Restoring Coaster Brook Trout
- Duluth, EPA Gitchee Gumee Conference Facility, September 7
- Grand Marais, North House Folk School, September 8
For more information, visit Liquid Science online (www.seagrant.umn.edu/speakerseries/index.html)
or contact Minnesota Sea Grant by e-mail (seagr@d.umn.edu)
or by phone (218-726-8106).
This series was made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources-Waters and Minnesota's Lake Superior
Coastal Program through the Coastal Zone Management Act, which is
administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
2. MI Sea Grant - Zebra Mussel Infestation Update
Excerpt from Press Release
The number of Michigan's inland lakes infested with zebra
mussels continues to climb. In 2003, seven lakes were added to the
list, which now totals 184. Last year, the striped mollusks were
found for the first time in the following lakes: Green (Allegan
County); Bellaire (Antrim County); Sand (Clare County); Bird, Fish
(Hillsdale County); Long (Kalamazoo County); Highland (Oakland County).
All of the 2003 reports came from lakefront property owners and
resource managers who found adult colonies of the mussels clinging
to surfaces such as boats, docks, rocks, dams and water pumps.
Mike Klepinger, Michigan Sea Grant Extension specialist, encouraged
citizens to look for zebra mussels whenever they go to an inland
lake. "If you find what you think is a mussel in a lake or
stream not already on the list of infected lakes (see the web site),
note the date and precise location where you found it; take the
mussel (several if possible) and store in rubbing alcohol, then
immediately call Michigan Sea Grant Extension."
Michigan Sea Grant Extension offices are: East Lansing (517) 353-9568;
Tawas City (800) 792-7404; Grand Haven (616) 846-8250; Marquette,
(906) 226-3687, and Clinton Township (589) 469-7431. Data from Zebra
Mussel Infestation Monitoring Program records, maintained by Michigan
Sea Grant on the web at http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/ans/lakes.html,
are being used by the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) in a new project--A
Model GIS (Geographic Information System) Assessment of Nonindigenous
Invasive Species in Michigan Water. According to GLC project manager
Tom Rayburn, the zebra mussel is one of seven species being tracked
through the new model in order to provide timely, valid, reliable
and practical information to assist managers and decision makers
in implementing nonindigenous species prevention and control efforts
within the state. Other species being tracked in the GIS system
are purple loosestrife (see
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pp/index.html),
sea lamprey, water fleas, ruffe, goby and Eurasian water milfoil.
Rayburn stressed the importance of continuing to collect data on
these species. He said, "The more managers know about the scope
of these invasions, the better they will be able to target critical
resources to controlling them and preventing new introductions."
3. GLSGN Aquatic Nuisance Species Outreach Projects
Aquatic Nuisance Species ID/Watch Cards
Watch cards include information on round goby, spiny and fishhook
waterflea, rusty crayfish, purple loosestrife, and Eurasion watermilfoil
and those invasive species that may eventually arrive in our waters
(Eurasion ruffe, bighead carp, and silver carp). This effort is
intended to inform local anglers about the species that threaten
our local aquatic ecosystems, and inform these anglers as to what
they can do to prevent the spread of these species to other water
bodies.
IL-IN Sea Grant - Asian Carp Rapid Response
R. Goettel serves on the Asian Carp Rapid Response Outreach Committee,
which is developing a fact sheet on response efforts to keep Asian
carp from entering Lake Michigan. The committee is also developing
a media strategy, legislative update, and planning public information
meetings.
MN Sea Grant - Outreach Campaign for Aquarium Industry and Hobbyist
Customers
MN is leading an effort (funded by a National Sea Grant ANS NSI)
to prevent the accidental spread of AIS by aquarium hobbyists. Project
is a collaborative effort: Pet Industry Joint Council, the USFWS,
the International Assoc. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and the
GL Sea Grant Network. MN is working with a marketing firm to create
a "brand" for the effort. The brand will be distributed
via a coordinated national ad campaign and a variety of outreach
products through pet store retailers (Pet Co., Pet Smart, Wal-Mart,
etc.) and trade shows. Pre- and post- campaign awareness surveys
will be conducted.
MN Sea Grant - AIS-HACCP Training Initiative
Two-year project to help minimize the chance for spreading AIS through
fisheries management and baitfish farming operations. MN is leading
this project, which involves the Great Lakes Sea Grant programs,
revising training materials and conducting more workshops.
NY Sea Grant - Cercopagis
Also known as "the fishhook water flea," this late '90's
Great Lakes invader is native to the Caspian and Aral Seas. NYSG's
cutting edge research on this exotic has led to further funding
to learn more about what it eats, how it behaves and reproduces,
and its potential impacts on the Lake Ontario food web. In a project
led by SUNY Brockport researcher Joe Makarewicz, which wrapped up
in the fall of 2003, the population dynamics, genetic identity,
vertical migration, environmental tolerances, life history, and
impact on the Lake Ontario food web of Cercopagis pengoi
were studied. A number of journal articles were recently published
from the project and its results will have implications on salmonine
stocking policy in accordance with the impacts this exotic cladoceran
has on the lake's food web.
4. MN Sea Grant - Regional Stormwater Education Project
In 2002, City of Duluth crews removed 573 gallons of garbage from
area creeks and streams, including a microwave oven, a construction
dumpster, and a bicycle frame. Crews also removed three tons of
dog droppings from the Lakewalk alone. Several beaches were closed
last summer due to high bacteria levels.
In a long-term effort to promote positive community and individual
activities to protect the waters of the region, 16 governments and
groups combined in 2003 to form the Regional Stormwater Protection
Team (RSPT). Their mission: to protect and enhance the region's
shared water resources through stormwater pollution prevention by
providing coordinated educational programs and technical assistance.
The next step for the group was to decide on a logo to go with
the TV ads, brochures and exhibits that will be shown extensively
in Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. The RSPT conducted
a logo design contest, open to students from UWS and UMD's Graphics
Design programs. The winning concept, designed by UMD student Eric
Lichtenberg, was unveiled today at a news conference at UMD. Honorable
mention designs were created by Jenna Akre and Brenda Anderson,
both from UMD. "We hope that our new logo will help identify
our group as a leader in stormwater management and will help our
cause," said Marnie Lonsdale, City of Duluth stormwater manager.
"We hope homeowners will associate this logo with caring for
their watersheds. The different colors on the logo represent problem
areas of the environment soil, streams, and lakes that
we're trying to work on with this education campaign."
UMD students aren't the only ones involved in the RSPT. Like other
municipalities, UMD is required to lessen its impact on surrounding
waterways. UMD facility managers plan to add a rain garden filled
with native plants to collect and filter water from one of its largest
parking lots before it runs into nearby streams. Slowing down the
water and allowing it to filter naturally through soil is an important
part of the solution. Natural buffer areas between hard surfaces
protect ponds and nearby Oregon and Tischer creeks. New construction
projects, like the James I. Swenson Science Building, are making
stormwater concerns an integral part of the project design. Even
during construction, special care is taken to minimize polluted
runoff.
Public education and outreach is a key part of any stormwater pollution
prevention plan. The Internet is an effective way to provide stormwater
information and DuluthStreams.org is the Web site most turned to
for advice about living in Duluth's watersheds. The site was developed
by UMD's Natural Resources Research Institute, Minnesota Sea Grant,
and the City of Duluth as part of a regional effort to provide water
pollution information to the public.
The RSPT educational campaign is supported by a grant from the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources-Waters and Minnesota's
Lake Superior Coastal Program through the Coastal Zone Management
Act, which is administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
5. Web News
IL-IN SeaGrant
- New Illinois ANS Web site http://www.iisgcp.org/il-ans/, which
is co-sponsored by IISG.
- New content on the education Web site on SGNIS, "Nab the
Aquatic Invaders! Be a Sea Grant Super Sleuth." We are soliciting
reviewers for the month of February--interested in providing input
to the site? please go to www.iisgcp.org.
PA Sea Grant
Major update of the PA Sea Grant Website just completed http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm.
New features include:
- Penn State researchers who have been working with round gobies
in the Erie County area have developed a website reporting on their
studies. This page can be accessed through the "Related Links"
section of the PA SG site.
- New Round goby link
- 4 new facts sheets: Clean Boating Tips, Safe Boating Tips, Asian
Carp, and Rudd as well as updates to many existing fact sheets.
- Pennsylvania Sea Grant 2003 Biennial Report posted.
MI Sea Grant
Great Lakes fishery agencies, organizations and educational opportunities,
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/fisheries/agencies.html
Michigan's Great Lakes Charter Fishing Industry in 2002 Survey,
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/fisheries
Great Lakes Sea Grant Fisheries Leadership Institute Binder with
modules on GL aquatic science, and Power Point presentations from
regional fisheries experts (available on loan from NSGL).
Where land meets water: Soil erosion and sedimentation in the Great
Lakes basin,
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/soilerosion.html
Great Lakes Education: Curriculum Lessons online, see
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/education/index.html
October 2003 - Marketing Great Lakes Whitefish, see http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/oct03/whitefish1.html
6. Publications
Botulism in the Great Lakes
The proceedings from the NY/PA/OH Sea Grant-sponsored third Botulism
in the Great Lakes conference are now available online
(http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/botulism).
The proceedings were compiled by NYSG's Helen Domske and released
in November '03. They include updates from researchers in New York,
Pennsylvania, and Canada on the status of botulism, a disease caused
by Clostridium botulinum, in the Great Lakes.
IL-IN Sea Grant - The Helm Winter 2003 - http://www.iisgcp.org/aboutus/focus/helm/winter03.pdf
- The Troubled Youth of Yellow Perch
- Great Lakes Monitoring Provides Managment Clues
- Consortium to Plan for Tri-State Water Supply
- Find Your Niche in Aquaculture
- New IISG Research Addresses Coastal Concerns
- The Calumet Area Ecological Management Strategy: Measuring
the Non-Market Economic Benefits, Dan McGrath and Richard
Kosobud, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Water Supply Planning Modeling Tool for Local Governments,
Sarah Nerenberg, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
- Urban Stream Naturalization - A System Context for Practice
Implementation, Edwin Herricks and Bruce Rhoads, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\
- Quantifying the Impact of Land Cover Change and of Climate
Change on Floods in Northeastern Illinois, Sally McConkey,
Illinois State Water Survey
- Reconstructing Low Lake Levels of Lake Michigan, Timothy
G. Fisher, University of Toledo
- Camping Out With Sea Grant
- Coming Soon to the World Wide Web...Nab the Aquatic Invader
- New Curriculum Guide Premiers in Chicago
- Reporting New Aquatic Invaders is a Mouse Click Away
- Create Wildlife Habitat in Your Own Backyard
- The Water Wheel - Where it Stops, Players Learn
- Fellowship Opportunities
OH Sea Grant - TwineLine - January/February 2004
http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/PDFS/PUBLICATIONS/TWINELINE/2004/tl-jf-04.pdf
- An Alga a Day Keeps the Doctor Away - Engineered Algae as a
New Means to Vaccinate Fish
- Ohio Sea Grant's New Survey - Opinions on Lake Erie and
Great Lakes Issues
- Sea Grant Researcher Helps Guide Mars Rovers
- Shifting Sands - Predicting the Movements of Lake Erie's
Shorelines
- Beam Me Up! Videoconferences Extend Stone Lab Learning
MI Sea Grant - Upwellings - December 2003 - http://www.miseagrant.org/pubs/up/index.html
- Editorial - Great Lakes Education and Technology
- Education
- Great Lakes Curriculum Lessons
- Water clarity
- Weather and water temperature
- Oxygen and carbon dioxide
- Aquatic food chain
- K-12 Camps and Programs
- Grants and Fellowships
- Fisheries News
- Clean Marinas: Worth the Investment
- Michigan's Charter Fishing Industry Bounces Back
- Sturgeon Habitat Project Announced
- Luring the Sea Lamprey
NY Sea Grant - Coastlines - Fall 2003 - http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/Pages/Coastlines/fall03.pdf
- Stewards Lead the Way
- "Guarding" The Lake
- Surveying with Summer Stewards
- Spreading Exotics through Ballast Water
- CoastWatch: Boating on the Hudson
- Helping Hudson River Marina Owners
- "Grinches" of the Hudson
- Currents
- National Estuaries Day
- Partnering to Promote Clean Boating
- Board the Barnum
IL-IN Sea Grant
- Protect Our Waters - This full-color brochure includes just about
everything you need to know to help prevent the spread of invasive
species into local waters. A "Stop Aquatic Invaders!"
baitbucket sticker included in the brochure allows you to put this
information where you need it. To order a single copy, contact Susan
White at white2@uiuc.edu. Also
available in packages of 50 for $12.50: contact Cyndi Moore at cjmoore@uiuc.edu.
- Getting Started in Freshwater Aquaculture - CD-ROM and workbook
introduces future aquaculturists to concepts and issues they must
consider upon the onset of such a career. This educational material
focuses on aspects of biology, water quality of production systems,
marketing, and business planning. 208p. $42 IISG-98-18. To order
go the IISG Web site at www.iisgcp.org/pubs/aq/cd.htm.
- Contaminants in Fish & Seafood: A Guide to Safe Consumption
- This 12-page brochure provides critical information about which
fish are safer to eat and which cooking methods result in safer
fish, as well as recommendations on how often to eat certain fish.
To obtain the brochure, contact Susan White at white2@uiuc.edu.
NY Sea Grant
Please send requests for the following publications along with a
self-addressed label and check payable to: New York Sea Grant Communications,
121 Discovery Hall/Stony Brook University/Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001/631.632.9124
- Streamside Stewardship Guide for Hudson Valley Residents. Nordica
Holochuck. 2003.
- Invasive Species of Lakes Erie and Ontario. H. Domske and C.R.
O'Neill, Jr. 2003. $2.00
MI Sea Grant - Where the Land Meets the Water: Soil Erosion
and Sedimentation in the Great Lakes Basin
By Michigan Sea Grant and the Great Lakes Commission. This publication
addresses the various types of erosion and sediment that occur in
the Great Lakes Basin. It features a beautiful 17 inch by 22 inch
poster, suitable for framing, depicting the various land uses that
occur in a typical Great Lakes Basin watershed that are subject
to erosion and sedimentation. The publication was produced in partnership
with the Great lakes Commission. Michigan Sea Grant worked with
the Great Lakes Commission on content development and production.
Watershed illustration by David Brenner, Michigan Sea Grant. Order
free copy online at: http://www.miseagrant.org/pubs/soilerosion.html
NY Sea Grant - Journal Reprints
Please send requests for the following publications along with a
self-addressed label to: New York Sea Grant Communications 121 Discovery
Hall/Stony Brook University/Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001 or call 631.632.9124
Application of in situ target-strength estimations in lakes: Examples
from rainbow-smelt surveys in Lakes Erie and Champlain. L.G. Rudstam,
S.L. Parker, D.W. Einhouse, L.D. Witzel, D.M. Warner, J.L. Stritzel,
D.L. Parrish and P.J. Sullivan. 2003. ICES Journal of Marine Science
60:500-507.
Cercopagis pengoi as a new prey item for alewife (Alosa pseuoharengus)
and rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in Lake Ontario. T.M Bushnoe,
D.M. Warner, L. G. Rudstam and E.L. Mills. 2003. Journal Great Lakes
Research 29(2):205-212.
Mortality and growth of juvenile hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria
during brown tide. D. I. Greenfield and D. J. Lonsdale. 2002. Marine
Biology 141:1045-1050.
Novel sterols of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis (Dinophyceae):
A defensive function for unusual marine sterols? J.-L. Giner, J.A.
Faraldos and G.L Boyer. 2003. Journal of Phycology 39:315-319.
Oxidation of thallium by freshwater plankton communities. B.S.
Twining, M.R. Twiss and N.S. Fisher. 2003. Environmental Science
Technology 37(12):2720-2726.
Trend analysis reveals a recent reduction in mirex concentrations
in Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Chinook (O. tshawytscha) salmon
from Lake Ontario. J.C. Makarewicz, E. Damaske, T.W. Lewis and M.
Merner. 2003. Environmental Science Technology 37:1521-1527.
7. Staff News
MI Sea Grant - New Agents Hired for Northern Michigan
Brandon Schroeder will be the MI Sea Grant Extension Agent in northeastern
Michigan and Mark A. Breederland will be MI Sea Grant Extension
Agent in northwestern Michigan.
- See news release http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/news/agentsappointed04.html
- See bios http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/bios/breederland.html
and http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/bios/schroeder.html
WI Sea Grant - New Coastal Engineer and Science Editor leaves
Gene Clark has been hired as Wisconsin Sea Grant's new coastal engineer
to replace Philip Keillor, who retired last year. Clark previously
was employed as a lakeshore engineer for the Minnesota Board of
Water and Soil Resources. Starting Jan. 23, Clark will be working
from the UW-Superior office of retired business specialist Harvey
Hoven.
Science editor Jill Ladwig resigned in November to accept a position
as national strategic marketing leader at Flad & Associates,
an architecture and design company based in Madison.
IL-IN Sea Grant - Two New Program Staff
Elizabeth Anderson is IISG's program assistant, which means
she assists the director and others with document preparation, including
the omnibus and the annual report. Anderson spent her first life
at the Illinois Natural History Survey where she was the administrative
assistant to the Director of the Center for Wildlife Ecology. After
30 years at the survey, she retired and has begun again with Sea
Grant.
Jennifer Fackler joined Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant as a communications
assistant, replacing Valerie Eichman. She is focused on outreach
and marketing of educational opportunities. Originally from Champaign-Urbana,
she returned home after several years in "The Sunshine State,"
where she worked in marketing and communications for a variety of
businesses.
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January
Contents
1. NY Sea Grant - Boating Economic Impact Survey to be conducted;
NY Sea Grant Summit Unites Recreational Boating Groups
2. OH Sea Grant - Research Finds Steelhead Fishing Beneficial to
Anglers and Economy
3. Upcoming Public Meetings
- MI Sea Grant -Rip Currents Conference
- OH Sea Grant - 2004 Ohio Charter Captains Conference Set For March
6
4. Publications
- New AIS Curriculum Guide Premiers in Chicago
- MN Sea Grant - Seiche
5. Staff News
Donald Scavia To Head Michigan Sea Grant College Program
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1. NY Sea Grant - Boating Economic Impact Survey to be conducted;
NY Sea Grant Summit Unites Recreational Boating Groups
Excerpt from Press Release
A January 2004 survey funded by New York Sea Grant will ask 6,000
of New York State's 528,114 registered boaters about the money they
spend pursuing their water-based pastime. "This survey is designed
to give the boating community an understanding of just how large
their economic clout is on New York State's economy," says
New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Program Coordinator Dave White. Nancy
Connelly, a research specialist with Cornell University's Natural
Resources Department Human Dimensions Research Unit, will be conducting
the survey. "Each and every survey response is important in
estimating the economic impact of boaters on not only boating licenses
and supplies and marina fees, but also on related expenditures for
meals, shopping and the like", says Connelly.
In December, New York Sea Grant, the United States Power Squadron
and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary held the first-ever
Boater's Summit. Leaders from the boating community came together
from across upstate New York State. Representatives of New York
Sea Grant, the Empire States Marine Trades Association, Cornell
University, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
and the Boating Industries Association of Central New York spoke
on emerging issues that are impacting boating in upstate New York.
"Some of the critical issues affecting the boating community
include: water level management, dredging, the economic and environmental
impacts of boating, and the effect of terrorism on boating,"
says White. "By organizing the diverse organizations and groups
in upstate New York, we can offer boaters the opportunity to provide
their unique input on emerging issues, initiatives and regulations
aimed at making boating safer and the environment cleaner."
Will Kirnie, representing the United States Power Squadron District
6 tasked with supervision of all areas of New York State west of
the Hudson River, notes, "This Summit drew an enthusiastic
representation of recreational boaters from all over upstate New
York. As a group, recreational boaters put a lot of money into the
economy, but we get no bang for our bucks. We need to learn to communicate
with each other and to speak with a unified voice on the issues
that affect us." As a group, marina operators, marine business
owners and those interested in boating will have a much larger voice
than one small business owner alone. "We've identified the
issues; now we need clout with the agencies and regulators,"
says Dennis Montgomery of Cayuga Wooden Boatworks in Ithaca.
Wayne Hale, Jr., manager of Orleans County Marine Park on Lake
Ontario, says, "We deal with boater issues year-round, but
with only a small voice and in a piecemeal approach, harbor-by-harbor.
The Summit and the boater survey are good first steps toward organizing
a coalition to bring these larger-than-local concerns to the forefront
with regulators, legislators, funding sources and tourism marketing
groups."
New York Sea Grant, the US Power Squadron and USCG Auxiliary are
planning a follow-up meeting to the Boater's Summit for May 2004.
Watch www.nysgmarina.org
for details.
2. OH Sea Grant - Research Finds Steelhead Fishing Beneficial
to Anglers and Economy
New Ohio Sea Grant research finds that the economic benefits of
steelhead trout fishing in Lake Erie's tributaries may outweigh
the costs of stocking the fish.
Sea Grant Extension District Specialists, Dave Kelch and Frank
Lichtkoppler recently completed a first-of-its-kind, seven-month
study surveying steelhead anglers at popular Ohio Lake Erie streamside
locations. ODNR Division of Wildlife has stocked steelhead trout
into Lake Erie tributaries since 1975. "Anytime there is a
state-sponsored effort to increase recreational opportunity, it's
important to have an idea of the benefits or returns to the expense
of the effort," states Kelch. "For Ohio's steelhead stocking
program, our study can estimate both actual expenditures per trip,
in addition to valuation of the fishery by the angler."
Anglers were contacted at popular Ohio Lake Erie streamside locations
from October 2002 through April 2003. In addition to basic creel
questions, anglers were asked to participate in a mail survey to
better understand steelhead angler fishing habits, economic expenditures,
and angling/visitation needs. 487 anglers were contacted, with 375
surveys returned.
The survey found that respondents not only took an average of 44
steelhead fishing trips per year, (with 72% of the trips taken at
the site contacted), but that most (94%) took single-day trips.
"It was not surprising to find that most anglers take single
day trips, considering most anglers surveyed traveled approximately
52 miles one way to their angling site," emphasizes Lichtkoppler.
Anglers surveyed also averaged 1.33 fish caught per day and 58.4
per season, with approximately 88% of fish caught released. Those
surveyed spend approximately $26 per trip, with more than 60% of
these expenditures within 10 miles of the sites where they are fishing.
"The study revealed anglers value their Ohio stream steelhead
experience between $36 to $50 per trip, and value each steelhead
caught between $27 and $38," states Kelch. "Considering
the average cost to stock steelhead is approximately $1.44 per fish,
the benefits certainly outweigh the costs."
While these results suggest that steelhead angling is highly valued
by a limited segment of anglers, more studies will be needed to
fully estimate the benefits for all Ohio angling.
3. Upcoming Public Meetings
MI Sea Grant -Rip Currents Conference
April 29, 2004 - St. Ignace, MI
In the past two years there were 18 deaths along the shores of
Lake Michigan. To help prevent additional deaths, there is a need
for the following:
* more research about rip currents
* a focused public outreach campaign (see Beach Safety Week information,
right)
* coordination among federal and state agencies and local organizations
Conference speakers include:
- Dr. Guy Meadows, a University of Michigan researcher currently
working on rip current data
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- National Weather Service
- Members from Michigan water safety groups (Mackinac County Water
Safety Review Team)
For more information, contact Ronald Kinnunen Upper Peninsula District,
Marquette
Phone/fax: (906) 226-3687
E-mail: kinnunen@msue.msu.edu
OH Sea Grant - 2004 Ohio Charter Captains Conference Set
For March 6
The 23rd Annual Ohio Charter Captains Conference is slated for March
6, 2004 in Sandusky, Ohio. The conference, conducted by Ohio Sea
Grant Extension, is designed to strengthen the Lake Erie charter
fishing industry by providing information on Lake Erie resource
issues, business management, marine equipment and fishing techniques.
This year's program will feature a special session with Ohio
Division of Wildlife Chief Steve Gray, along with updates on Lake
Erie fisheries, new regulations, Coast Guard requirements, new equipment
and much more. Tackle manufacturers and vendors also will be on
hand to display 2004 merchandise.
4. Publications
New AIS Curriculum Guide Premiers in Chicago
The Great Lakes Invasion is an informative, activity-packed curriculum
guide designed to educate teachers and students about aquatic exotic
species. The Great Lakes Invasion curriculum guide was produced
and directed by the Illinois-Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota
Sea Grant Programs in cooperation with the Chicago Tribune News
in Education Program. The curriculum guide contains activities from
the Exotic Species Compendium of Activities (ESCAPE) and information
to help teachers and students learn about the spread and impacts
of invading species. This guide was distributed in November by the
Tribune to Chicago teachers participating in the News in Education
Program.
The premier of The Great Lakes Invasion curriculum guide was held
on October 22, 2003 at a teacher's workshop at the Shedd Aquarium.
Twenty-two teachers got the first glimpse of the guide and participated
in a few of the activities. "There is something for everyone
in this guide; teachers have a lot of options," reported one
of the teachers. Two student contests were also announced at the
workshop. For the secondary grades, The Chicago Tribune hosted an
essay contest (sponsored by Minnesota Sea Grant) and for the junior
high grades, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant offered a creativity contest.
The high school contest asked students to creatively design new
strategies for preventing spread and minimizing impacts of invasive
species. The contests for the middle schoolers encouraged student
to think of ways to spread the word about informing friends and
family about these invaders.
If you are interested in downloading The Great Lakes Invasion guide,
please visit www.iisgcp.org/edu/br/grlksinv.pdf.
MN Sea Grant - Seiche - November 2003 http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/index.html
* Organic aquaculture: Sea Grant is one of the organizations at
the forefront of international and national efforts to develop standards
for organic aquaculture products.
* Snowmobiling and Cross-County Skiing: A survey of Cook County,
MN, residents explored their opinions about the social and economic
impacts of these two winter pastimes.
* Graduate students help research Lake Superior.
* The importance of Lake Superior wetlands.
* Holiday gift idea: our Historic Lake Superior and Minnesota's
North Shore Calendar!
5. Staff News
Donald Scavia To Head Michigan Sea Grant College Program
Excerpt from Press Release
Michigan Sea Grant is pleased to announce that Donald Scavia, former
chief scientist of NOAA's National Ocean Service, has accepted the
position of director of the Michigan Sea Grant College Program and
professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE)
at the University of Michigan. Scavia succeeds Interim Director
George Carignan, who has led the Michigan Sea Grant College Program
since September 2000.
Scavia received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the
University of Michigan in 1980. He served as a research scientist
at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor from 1975 to
1990. He later established and directed NOAA's Coastal Ocean Program.
This program, which received special recognition in 1994 by the
National Research Council, supports academic and Federal coastal
and Great Lakes research through competitive, peer review. From
1998-2001, Scavia established and directed NOAA's National Centers
for Coastal Ocean Science in Silver Spring, Maryland and later served
as chief scientist for the National Ocean Service. Throughout his
professional career, Scavia has authored more than 60 papers in
refereed journals and is co-editor of the book Ecological Modeling
of Lake Ecosystems published by the Ann Arbor Press. He received
numerous awards including the Department of Commerce Gold Medal
for Leadership. He has held numerous positions in scientific societies
and served on many interagency committees, review boards and advisory
committees including committees of the National Science and Technology
Council.
"Scavia's leadership and renown, as a scientist, educator
and administrator, will be a great strength in this position,"
said Rosina Bierbaum, Dean of the School of Natural Resources and
Environment at the University of Michigan. "We are confident
in his ability to advance the work of Michigan Sea Grant and excited
about Dr. Scavia's reputation as a catalyst for significant collaborative
endeavors." Bierbaum also noted that as a member of the SNRE
faculty, Dr. Scavia is anticipated to be "a valuable colleague,
especially in addressing interdisciplinary themes such as sustainability,
climate change, and ecosystem management." Dr. Scavia can be
reached at scavia@umich.edu.
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