GLIN==> OSU Stone Lab Hosts 13th Annual Open House on Lake Erie

Gibraltar Island, OH-The public will have a chance to explore The Ohio State
University's Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie during the Friends of Stone
Laboratory (FOSL) 13th Annual Open House from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on
Saturday, September 11. Free transportation will be available the Ohio State
University Research Building to Gibraltar Island.

 

Activities at the Open House include:

 

.         Tours of Stone Laboratory

.         Tours of the 6.5-acre island and view Cooke Castle

.         Talks and Laboratory sessions

.         Historical photos, summer class information, publications

.         Tours of Historic South Bass Island Lighthouse (transportation not
provided)

 

"Our annual Open House combines science and history by allowing our visitors
to learn about Lake Erie research issues and education programs at Stone
Laboratory in addition to touring the historic Cooke Castle and South Bass
Island Lighthouse," says Dr. Jeffrey Reutter, Director of Stone Laboratory.

 

Registration will be available at the Ohio State University Research
Building on South Bass Island beside the State Fish Hatchery, South Bass
Island Lighthouse, or Gibraltar Island. For more information, please contact
the Stone Lab office at Put-In-Bay at 614.247.6500 or call the Columbus
office at 614.292.8949. This event is sponsored by FOSL, Stone Laboratory,
Ohio Sea Grant, OSU Student Affairs, and the OSU Office of Physical
Facilities. For more information about this FOSL-sponsored event, please
visit stonelab.osu.edu/events/open-house.

 

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 30 Sea Grant programs dedicated to the protection and sustainable
use of marine and Great Lakes resources. For more information about Ohio Sea
Grant and Stone Lab, visit ohioseagrant.osu.edu.

 

 

Matthew Forte

Associate Editor
Ohio State University
Ohio Sea Grant & Stone Lab
614.247.7439
ohioseagrant.osu.edu

 

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