GLIN==> Press release: New Sea Grant Fact Sheets Showcase Diversity of Eastern Lake Ontario Region

PRESS RELEASE: April 15, 2011
Contact: Mary Penney, New York Sea Grant, 315-312-3042
 
New Sea Grant Fact Sheets Showcase Diversity of Eastern Lake Ontario Region

Oswego, NY ­ New York Sea Grant has published eight new Eastern Lake Ontario
Dunes and Wetlands Fact Sheets. The series provides information and photos
in pdf format on: 
€   Arrangement & Development of Eastern Lake Ontario Wetlands
€   Beach Litter
€   Bog Buckmoth
€   Dune Building Plants
€   Hybrid Cattails
€   Muskrat
€   Sediment along the beaches and dunes of Eastern Lake Ontario, and
€   Yellow Perch, 
and is posted online at
www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/lodune/article.asp?ArticleID=211.
 
New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Coastal Community Development Specialist Mary
Penney authored the series. Penney says, ³This series of Fact Sheets was
developed to showcase the diversity of plants, animals and habitats found in
New York¹s Eastern Lake Ontario Dunes & Wetlands Area. We especially
encourage both formal and informal teachers such as scout leaders, and
coastal resource managers to share them with their students and resource
visitors.²

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) is part of a nationwide network of 32
university-based programs that work with coastal communities. The National
Sea Grant College Program engages this network of the nation¹s top
universities in conducting scientific research, education, training, and
extension projects designed to foster science-based decisions about the use
and conservation of our aquatic resources.

For updates on NYSG¹s activities and initiatives in New York¹s Great Lakes
and marine waters, check out our Web site, www.nyseagrant.org
<http://www.nyseagrant.org> , ³like² us on Facebook (keyword: New York Sea
Grant) and follow us on Twitter (@nyseagrant). #
 
SIDEBAR
A Sampling of Facts from New NY Sea Grant Publications
·      Practice ³Carry-in, Carry-out² to reduce beach litter.
·      Clay, silt, sand and pebbles are all forms of beach sediment.
·      Yellow perch have a lifespan of eight to nine years.
·      Wetlands are found on every continent but Antartica.
·      Muskrats are typically seen in cattail marshes.
·      Dune plants help maintain the fragile sand dunes of the Eastern Lake
Ontario Dunes & Wetlands Area.
·      There are only 10 colonies of bug buckmoth in the world; six of these
New York State endangered moth areas are in Oswego County, NY.

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