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

September 1, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

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. No reservations are needed. Free transportation will
be available from the Ohio State University Research Building on South Bass
Island to Gibraltar Island.

 

Activities at the Open House include:

 

.         Tours of Stone Laboratory

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

.         Tours of the Aquatic Visitors Center

.         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.

 

You can begin your tour at the Ohio State University Research Building on
South Bass Island beside the Aquatic Visitors Center, at the South Bass
Island Lighthouse or on Gibraltar Island. Our last scheduled boat will leave
from the Research Building dock to Gibraltar Island at 3:30 p.m. This event
is sponsored by FOSL, Stone Laboratory, and Ohio Sea Grant. For more
information about this FOSL-sponsored event, please visit
stonelab.osu.edu/events/open-house or call our Columbus office at
614.292.8949 or our Put-in-Bay office at 419.285.1800.

 

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.

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