PRESS RELEASE/Immediate Use: April 2, 2013 Contact: Helen Domske, New York Sea Grant, 716-645-3610, hmd4 at cornell.edu State of Lake Erie Meeting April 11 in Hamburg, NY New York Sea Grant, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan, and the Southtowns Walleye Association of WNY are hosting the 2013 New York Sea Grant State of Lake Erie meeting Thursday, April 11 from 7pm to 9pm at the Southtowns Walleye Association Club House, 5895 Southwestern Boulevard, in Hamburg, NY. The featured presentations will address: The Status of the Warm Water Fish Community with NYSDEC Lake Erie Unit Leader Don Einhouse The Status of the Cold Water Fish Community with NYSDEC Senior Fishery Biologist Jim Markham The New Western New York PRISM: Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management with Dr. Christopher Pennuto of Buffalo State College, and A US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Program Update with USFWS Fishery Biologist Denise L. Clay. The program is free to attend. For details and directions, contact New York Sea Grant (NYGS) Coastal Education Specialist Helen Domske, NYSG Great Lakes Program, University of Buffalo, 716-645-3610, hmd4 at cornell.edu. New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, is one of 33 university-based programs under the National Sea Grant College Program (NSGCP) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Through its statewide network of integrated services, NYSG has been promoting coastal vitality, environmental sustainability, and citizen awareness about the State¹s marine and Great Lakes resources since 1971. For updates on New York Sea Grant activities, www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube links. -30- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20130402/b4dd8a65/attachment.html