NEWS • EVENTS: "CURRENTS"
Nab the Aquatic Invader! now featured at the Smithsonian
Nab the Aquatic Invader!, a partnership of Great Lakes Sea Grant programs including NYSG, is being featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. as part of the Ocean Today Kiosk in the Sant Ocean Hall.
NYSG's Boater Safety Training Expanded for Deaf Families
By request from the Deaf community the American Sign Language-facilitated boater safety training planned for Deaf youth at the February 10-14, 2010 Central NY Boat Show in Syracuse, NY, has been expanded to any family with a Deaf member.
Congressman Tim Bishop Announces $2.4 Million Grant For NY Sea Grant
On Wednesday, December 23, 2009, Congressman Tim Bishop announced that the New York Sea Grant program at Stony Brook University had been awarded $2,447,200 from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration for research on pressing coastal issues. Bishop represents the 1st District of New York.
I FISH NY
I FISH NY now offers many lessons useful to teachers on ecology and conservation biology as it relates to fish and the enjoyment of fishing. All lessons—elementary, middle school or high school—are aligned with the NYS Education Learning Standards.
O’Neill Appointed as
NY Sea Grant’s
Interim Associate Director
Charles R. “Chuck” O’Neill has been named NYSG's Interim Associate Director. “Chuck O’Neill has been with New York Sea Grant since 1981. As a coastal resources specialist, he brings a clear understanding of the environmental opportunities and challenges impacting New York’s environmental resources as well as the history of success of Sea Grant’s educational programming,” says New York Sea Grant Director James W. Ammerman.
“I look forward to the opportunity to assist Director Jim Ammerman with educating stakeholders and legislators about the importance of NYSG. In nearly 30 years of environmental service, I have seen the success of the paradigm that connects NYSG’s professional educators with topnotch scientists and delivers information in a form that a wide variety of audiences can use to effectuate positive change,” O’Neill says.
Coastal Communities,
Habitat Restoration &
Water Quality
Coastal Economies,
Marinas, Tourism &
Other Coastal Businesses
