GLIN==> Ohio Sea Grant's Snyder Receives 2009 Lake Erie Commission Award

Ohio Sea Grant's Snyder Receives 2009 Lake Erie Commission Award

October 2, 2009

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio State University Sea Grant Extension Specialist Fred
Snyder has been honored with the Ohio Lake Erie Commission's 2009 Lake Erie
Award. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding citizen
devoting his or her life's work to the environmental stewardship of Lake
Erie. A similar award is also granted to an outstanding organization.

 

Snyder was Ohio Sea Grant's first Extension Agent, hired in October 1978,
and served in that position until his retirement on August 31, 2009. In
those 31 years, he helped Ohio Sea Grant to become one of the top ranked
programs in the United States with initiatives that included establishment
of the Ohio Charter Captain's Conference, held this year for the 28th time.
His work with charter fishing captains helped to foster extensive growth in
the industry, from 34 licensed captains in 1975 to approximately 800 in
2009. He was inducted into the Ohio Charter Boat Hall of Fame for his
efforts in 1995.

 

Snyder's work helped to establish Sea Grant as a trusted source of resources
in the North Coast community. His Ohio Sea Grant Advisory Committee, the
first at Ohio State University, was a key part in establishing Sea Grant's
State Legislature/Congressional Days on Lake Erie and in negotiating a
communication system between the Camp Perry Firing Range and the public for
access to key Western Basin fishing reefs.  

 

"Fred is the epitome of what it means to be a Sea Grant agent," says Dr.
Jeff Reutter, Director of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory. "He has
always put the needs of his clientele first. He solves problems and eases
the tension when conflict is present. No one has created partnerships,
empowered people, helped businesses, or taught students better than Fred. He
is highly deserving of this prestigious award."

 

For Snyder, the award signifies a job well done and well loved. "It's a
tremendous honor to be singled out by the Commission for such a
recognition," Snyder explains. "Standing before the agencies that make up
the Lake Erie Commission, and looking at the attendees in the room―so many
great friends and colleagues who played parts in many of the projects that
became successful―the award is a reminder that to spend 31 years working on
projects I loved with people who helped so selflessly has been a very rare
privilege."

 

The Ohio State University's Ohio Sea Grant program is part of NOAA Sea
Grant, a network of 30 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.

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Contact: 

 

Fred Snyder, Ohio Sea Grant Extension Educator Emeritus, snyder.8 at osu.edu

Dr. Jeff Reutter, Director, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory,
reutter.1 at osu.edu, 614.292.8949

 

 

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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