GLIN==> News Release--A View From the Lake Boat Trips

["Marie E. Zhuikov" <mzhuikov@d.umn.edu>]

                           MN SEA GRANT
                           NEWS RELEASE
5/8/06
Contact: Marie Zhuikov (218) 726-7677, mzhuikov@umn.edu

                Lake Superior Cruises Offered

Registration is open for a third season of "A View From the Lake" 
cruises. Water quality specialists from the University of Minnesota Sea 
Grant Program and the University of Wisconsin Extension are again 
boarding the L.L. Smith, Jr. with citizens and the research vessel's 
crew to discuss Lake Superior.

For $15, participants can consider research on climate change, 
stormwater, and mercury pollution in the context of community planning 
and decision making. Returning participants should find the information 
new and thought provoking. During the 3-hour boat tour, participants 
will also collect water samples and see some of the critters that live 
in Lake Superior.

These educational cruises typically sell out quickly. Participants must 
pre-register on the Web at www.seagrant.umn.edu/vfl or by calling 
Minnesota Sea Grant at (218) 726-8106. A total of 24 trips are 
scheduled for the following ports (call Sea Grant or visit the Web site 
for trip times):

	Ashland, WI: June 13-14
	Washburn, WI: June 16-17

	Grand Marais, MN: June 23-25
	Silver Bay, MN: June 27
	Two Harbors, MN: July 14-15
	Duluth/Superior: July 6-8 and 20-22

"A View from the Lake" is funded by grants from the Wisconsin 
Department of Natural Resources, and the Coastal Programs in Wisconsin 
and Minnesota through the Coastal Zone Management Act, which is 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.

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