Announcements February 2, 2009
Save the Date - June 5,6,7
Annual Conference at Southampton
Estuaries: Sustaining the Sea
NYSMEA has again received a grant from
the ERM Foundation to fund the
South Shore Estuary learning Facilitator (sSELF)Program
We are happy to report that NYSMEA has again received
the South Shore Estuary Learning Facilitator (sSELF) grant from the ERM
Foundation for calendar year 2009. The program, run in cooperation with
the
South Shore Estuary Reserve Office,
is designed to train students and community members to do basic
testing of various en
vironmental parameters on a regular basis. Details
Lou Siegel, the creator of the program will give a presentation on
the program
on Saturday , February 7th, 12:00 Noon
at Dowling College in Oakdale
Representatives of groups, interested in conducting biweekly measurements
of chemical and physical parameters in the waters of the South Shore
Estuary Reserve are
invited to a 3 hours workshop.
Contact Lou at Lou.Siegel@dos.state.ny.us for further information
Help
Save the New York Aquarium!
Please
go to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s website http://capwiz.com/wcs/issues/alert/?alertid=12198681&type=ML
and
complete the online petition.
A copy of the petition suitable for teachers to use at schools can be
mailed back to Bob Cummings.. Anyone can sign, even students. We
only ask that the students put their names and the name of their school.
We do not want their personal information, but adults can fill it out
completely. Also please send a copy of our
“Dear
Friend” letter to anyone who you feel might be of assistance. For
those people filling out the hard copy of the petition, we would need to
have them by mid-February. Thank you!
The
address to send the hard copy of the petition:
Boardwalk and
Brooklyn
,
Attention:
Bob Cummings
718-265-2670
an email to info@NYSMEA.org and put "please remove" in the subject line.