GLIN==> Family-Friendly Programs, Tours Available at Put-in-Bay

Family-Friendly Programs, Tours Available at Put-in-Bay

July 2, 2009

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

PUT-IN-BAY, OH - Families can uncover the science and history of Lake Erie
this summer with weekend programs at the Aquatic Visitors Center and a pair
of Put-in-Bay tours guaranteed to get you moving-CSI: Lake Erie and Kayak
the Bay's Gibraltar Island tour.

 

Children can take part in hands-on activities at the newly reopened Aquatic
Visitors Center on South Bass Island each Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m. through
August 22. The schedule of speakers and topics includes Marc Sommer, Taking
Care of Lake Erie's Fish, July 4; Valerie Mettler, Spiders, July 11; Lyndsey
Manzo, Plankton, July 18; and Lisa Brohl, Bugs in the Water, July 25; Larry
Richardson, Birds, August 1.

The Aquatic Visitors Center, formerly a State Fish Hatchery, is open to the
public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays until August
23. Admission is free. 

 

CSI: Lake Erie is a three-stop guided tour, held Thursdays through
Saturdays, July 2-September 6, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. The "CSI" in CSI:
Lake Erie stands for "Culture and Science Investigation. 

Participants meet at Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, and
then travel to the Aquatic Visitors Center and South Bass Island Lighthouse
before returning to Perry's. At the end of the tour, groups are sworn in as
official Lake Erie Investigators and sign a pledge to become better stewards
of our heritage and environment. Cost is $5. Reservations are recommended,
though walk-up visitors will be admitted on a space-available basis. To
register, call the National Park Service at 419.285.2184, ext. 227. 

 

Kayak the Bay kayak rentals is offering guided tours of Put-in-Bay harbor
with a walking tour of Gibraltar Island, the home of Stone Laboratory, Ohio
State University's island campus on Lake Erie. The tours, held from 9:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through Labor Day, are perfect for beginner or
intermediate paddlers. Cost is $45, $10 of which goes to the Stone Lab
summer scholarship program. For reservations, call 419.967.0796.

Located on the 6.5-acre Gibraltar Island in Put-in-Bay harbor, Stone
Laboratory is The Ohio State University's Island Campus on Lake Erie and the
education and research facility of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. The
Ohio State University's Ohio Sea Grant program is part of NOAA Sea Grant, a
network of 32 Sea Grant programs dedicated to the protection and sustainable
use of marine and Great Lakes resources. For information on Ohio Sea Grant
and Stone Lab, visit ohioseagrant.osu.edu

 

 

Contact:

 

Tory Gabriel, Aquatic Visitors Center, 440.808.5627

 

Jill Jentes-Banicki, CSI: Lake Erie, 614.292.8975.

 

Vicky Wigle, Kayak the Bay LTD, 419.967.0796.

 

 

Stacy Brannan

Associate Editor

Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory

1314 Kinnear Road

Columbus, OH 43212

614.247.7109

brannan.16 at osu.edu

 

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