GLIN==> NY Sea Grant Great Lakes Splash! July 2009 e-newsletter

Great Lakes Splash!
The Latest News & Events from New York Sea Grant¹s Great Lakes Extension
July 2009 
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NYSG, Great Lakes Seaway Trail Presenting at National Scenic Byway
Conference
New York Sea Grant¹s Dave White and Great Lakes Seaway Trail Executive
Director Teresa Mitchell will make a joint presentation at the National
Scenic Byway Conference in Denver August 23-26. The topic will be how to
revitalize a brand to benefit a byway, the businesses, attractions, services
and residents along the byway, and the byway organization. One of the early
results of the ongoing branding process for the 518-mile byway that
parallels the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie
in New York and Pennsylvania is adding Great Lakes to the Seaway Trail name
for broader geographical identity.
 
More info: http://www.bywaysresourcecenter.org/events/conferences/
 
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Military TV Features Steward Program
Drum TV is the military television station serving Fort Drum and the greater
Watertown, NY, area. On Friday, July 24, soldier-reporter Sam Dillon aired
his feature story developed from spending a day with the Eastern Lake
Ontario Dune and Salmon River Stewards. Dillon and Steward Program
Coordinator Mary Penney toured the public access resource areas along the
Eastern shore of Lake Ontario and Dillon interviewed the 2009 Dune Stewards.
His report was enhanced with scenic footage of the Salmon River Falls Unique
Area and information from the Fort Drum recreational services staff about
how to rent kayaks, canoes and motorized boats to enjoy the region¹s natural
resources.
 
More info: http://www.drum.army.mil/drumtv
 
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NYSG Dive Theme Partnerships Noted by Coastal Services
The July/August 2009 issue of Coastal Services Magazine published by NOAA
profiles the partnerships developed by New York Sea Grant to promote the
diving and shipwrecks resources of New York¹s Great Lakes. The project
includes the annual spring Great Lakes Underwater conference in partnership
with the Oswego Maritime Foundation and development of the Dive the Great
Lakes dive sites and dive theme outdoor storyteller signage system with the
Great Lakes Seaway Trail.
 
More info: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/magazine/
 
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NYSG Issues Great Lakes-wide Cross Border Boating Tips
To facilitate the most current understanding of Canada-U.S. cross-border
travel requirements, New York Sea Grant and the Northern Association of
Boating Administrators (NABA), with assistance from U.S. and Canadian border
crossing officials, published the first-ever edition of Great Lakes
Cross-Border Travel Tips for Recreational Boaters in May 2009.
 
The Tips, updated online, include the latest info on acceptable personal
identification documents, contacts for ports of call in all eight Great
Lakes states, (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota) and information sources for ³Know Before You Go,²
Customs, boat trailering, boat safety and travel/vacation points.
 
The model for the Great Lakes-wide resource is the Cross-Border Travel Tips
for Recreational Boaters, RV Owners & Motorists Traveling the Great Lakes
Seaway Trail published since 2002 by New York Sea Grant and the nonprofit
tourism organization Seaway Trail, Inc., Sackets Harbor, NY.
 
More info: http://www.nysgextension.org
 
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Eastern Lake Ontario Dune & Salmon River Stewards Are Bloggin¹!
The Eastern Lake Ontario Dune and Salmon River Stewards are writing a weekly
blog. What is a blog, you ask? It¹s a type of website with regular entries,
descriptions of events, and/or other items such as graphics or videos. This
blog highlights what the Eastern Lake Ontario Dune and Salmon River Stewards
encounter each day. Some postings spotlight special events such as Dune
Fest, Oswego County Fair, and Harborfest. Other postings spotlight the
stewards¹ daily activities as they monitor sites that provide public access
along Eastern Lake Ontario, including Sandy Pond Beach Natural Area and
Lakeview Wildlife Management Area, and the Salmon River corridor, including
Salmon River Falls Unique Area and Salmon River Reservoir. New entries each
week!
 
More info: http://www.elodsrstewardprogram.blogspot.com/
 
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2009 Steward Educational Programs Continue
This year the Eastern Lake Ontario Dune and Salmon River Stewards are
offering a series of free tours and educational programs. The Stewards
advertise their programs in newspaper articles published in the Oswego and
Jefferson County weekly newspapers. Look for ³News from the Dunes² and ³News
from the River² headlines.
 
Upcoming 2009 season tours include:
      Š August 13, 10am, Beachgrass vs. Turf Grass & Salmon River Bank
Erosion, Black Pond
          Wildlife Management Area
      Š Date/time TBD, The Trees of ELODWA (Eastern Lake Ontario Dune and
Wetlands Area)
 
To join the fun, or to schedule your own tour, contact Steward Program
Coordinator Mary Penney, New York Sea Grant, 315.312.3042,
mp357 at cornell.edu. 
 
New York Sea Grant manages the Steward Program in partnership with the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Parks,
and The Nature Conservancy.
 
More info: http://www.nysgdunes.org,
http://www.elodsrstewardprogram.blogspot.com/
 
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August Teachers' Workshop:
Exploring the Link between Invasive Species & the Erie Canal
New York Sea Grant and the US Fish and Wildlife Service are offering a free,
day-long workshop for teachers (Grades 4-12) in Spencerport, NY. The
workshop runs from 10:00 am-3:00pm on Wednesday, August 26, at the
Spencerport Trolley Museum and aboard the Rose Lummis. Teachers will learn
about the Erie Canal and invasive species and how they and their students
can help prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species.  The
workshop is supported by COSEE Great Lakes. Space is limited to 25 formal
and non-formal educators.
 
More info/reservations:  Ellen George, elg7 at cornell.edu, 716-645-3610

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October 14 Lake Erie Teachers' Workshop
On Wednesday, October 14th, from 4:00-6:00 pm, at Tifft Nature Preserve,
just south of Buffalo, New York Sea Grant will join with Lauren Makeyenko of
the Buffalo Museum of Science:
http://www.sciencebuff.org/tifft-nature-preserve/ to offer a teachers
workshop on Lake Erie.  This free workshop, supported by COSEE Great Lakes,
will feature educational materials to help teach about this important Great
Lake. 

More info/reservations:  Ellen George, elg7 at cornell.edu, 716-645-3610

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NYSG Lake Ontario Water Levels Update Now Available as Electronic Fact Sheet
New York Sea Grant¹s new electronic fact sheet ³Lake Ontario Water Levels
Update² is now available as a downloadable/printable Acrobat file directly
from the New York Sea Grant website at
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/glcoastal/WaterLevels-LOnt/Lake_Level_Update.
pdf.
 
The Update contains information and graphs on:
       Š current Lake Ontario water levels in the lake with previous and
current years
       Š 20th century average levels
       Š historic high and low levels
       Š water level forecast as far as five months into the future
       Š data on daily inflows and weekly average outflows
       Š daily deviations from long-term daily average levels; and
       Š a chart showing actual measured water levels against long-term
monthly high and 
           low levels of Lake Ontario for 30 years.
 
Check for updates monthly during the ice-free months and bi-monthly during
the winter.
 
More info: Chuck O¹Neill, cro4 at cornell.edu, 585-395-2638
 
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NYSG Invasive Species Site (NYIS.info) is Go-To Portal for Emerald Ash Borer
Info
With the announcement by New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick
Hooker and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete
Grannis of the discovery of emerald ash borer (EAB) in NY, New York Sea
Grant¹s ³New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse² has become the go-to
portal to all New York State resources on the small but destructive beetle
that infests and kills North American ash tree species, including green,
white, black and blue ash. NYSG¹s Invasive Species Specialist Chuck O¹Neill
manages the site.
 
More info on EAB and other invasive species in New York State:
http://nyis.info. 
 
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Fish Habitat Factsheets Coming Soon!
A new series of fish habitat factsheets is nearing completion to help
anglers, landowners and researchers develop collaborative projects to
improve habitat for Northern pike, muskellunge and walleye. The series
written by New York Sea Grant (NYSG) Fisheries Specialist David B. MacNeill
is a collaboration by the Fish Enhancement, Mitigation and Research Fund
managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, New York Sea Grant, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, & SUNY College of
Environmental Science & Forestry.
 
More info: dmb4 at cornell.edu
 
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Mark Your 2009 Calendar with These Important Dates
August 13 - Beachgrass vs. Turf Grass & Salmon River Bank Erosion: Eastern
Lake Ontario Dune Steward and Salmon River Steward Program, 10am, Black Pond
Wildlife Management Area, Town of Ellisburg - More info:
http://www.nysgdunes.org
 
Date/time TBD - The Trees of ELODWA: Eastern Lake Ontario Dune Steward
Program - More info: http://www.nysgdunes.org
 
Aug 26 - Teachers' Workshop: Exploring the Link between Invasive Species and
the Erie Canal: New York Sea Grant and US Fish & Wildlife Service program,
free, 10am-3pm, for Grade 4-12 teachers, Spencerport Trolley Museum and
aboard Rose Lummis, Spencerport, NY - More info/reservations:  Ellen George,
elg7 at cornell.edu, 716-645-3610

Oct 14 ­ Lake Erie Teachers¹ Workshop: New York Sea Grant and Buffalo Museum
of Science, COSEE-supported, free, 4-6pm, Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo,
NY. More info/reservations:  Ellen George, elg7 at cornell.edu, 716-645-3610
 
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New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Extension
Find us on the web at http://www.nysgextension.org/
and 
at SUNY-Oswego
Recreation and Tourism Specialist David G. White
Fisheries Specialist David B. MacNeill
Eastern Lake Ontario Dune & Salmon River Steward Program Coordinator Mary
Penney
Oswego, NY 13126
315-312-3042
 
at SUNY-Brockport
Coastal Resources and Invasive Species Specialist Charles O¹Neill, Jr.
Brockport, NY 14420-2928
585-395-2638

at SUNY-Buffalo
Coastal Education Specialist Helen M. Domske
Buffalo, NY 14260-4400
716-645-3610

New York Sea Grant is pleased to share this edition of Great Lakes Splash!
with you. We look forward to providing more exciting news from the Great
Lakes shoreline of New York soon!


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