GLIN==> 2009 Ohio Lake Erie Awards Announced

For Immediate Release

News Release

September 30, 2009

 

OHIO LAKE ERIE COMMISSION HONORS LAKE ERIE ADVOCATES

 

TOLEDO, OH - The Ohio Lake Erie Commission has announced the winners of the
2009 Ohio Lake Erie

Awards, which annually recognizes an individual and an organization that
have made outstanding

contributions to enhance Ohio's Great Lake.

 

Fred Snyder, from Fremont, Ohio, whose career and life have been dedicated
to the betterment of Lake

Erie through educational programs, research and teaching, received this
year's Lake Erie Award. Snyder,

who recently retired from the Ohio Sea Grant Program where he served as an
Extension Specialist with

OSU/Ohio Sea Grant College Program, was the first Ohio Sea Grant Extension
Agent for the state. He

has served as District Sea Grant Extension Specialist for western Lake Erie
since 1978 and has been the

program co-coordinator since 1998. Snyder grew up in the fishing tackle/bait
business in West Liberty,

Ohio. He conducted the first Ohio Charter Captain's Conference in 1981 and
has helped it grow to

become the largest in the nation. Snyder's marine advisory efforts have
focused on the fishing industry

development, exotic species in the Great Lakes, water quality improvement,
tourism and coastal business

development.

 

Ducks Unlimited received the 2009 Lake Erie Award for its wetland
conservation efforts in Ohio, which

have protected more than 6,500 acres in the Lake Erie Watershed since 1985.
DU has restored more

than 21,000 acres of wetlands statewide and has consistently provided
leadership, science-based

solutions, partnership-building and funding to implement on-the-ground
wetland conservation throughout

Ohio and the Lake Erie Watershed. DU Director for Public Policy Gildo Tori
and Manager of Conservation

Programs Roy Kroll accepted the award on the organization's behalf. Winners
were announced at the 

Commission's annual meeting on September 28 at the University of Toledo's
Lake Erie Center.

 

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission was established for the purpose of preserving
Lake Erie's natural

resources, protecting the quality of its waters and ecosystem, and promoting
economic development in

the region. The director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources serves
as the commission's

chairman. Additional members include the directors of the state departments
of Transportation, Health,

Development, Agriculture and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

 

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For Additional Information Contact:

Ed Hammett, Executive Director;

Ohio Lake Erie Commission

419-245-2514

 

 

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