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Schoolship e-log
e-newsletter of the Inland Seas Education Association
Volume III, Issue 8 - October 2010

From the Pilothouse
ISEA's 22nd Schoolship season ended early this month after hosting 3,284 students aboard for educational programs. This year we did many more multiple day trips, from two to seven days in length.  We traveled the familiar waters of Grand Traverse Bay and Little Bay de Noc, and in August went to Chicago's Tall Ship Festival, with student programs on the way there and back.  We put more miles under the keel in August and early September than ever before. 

In addition to the students who sailed with us, Inland Seas hosted over 4,000 people aboard for dockside programs. 

More important than the numbers is the impact we have on each student.  I know we are on course when I get a letter from a student who tells me "My experience on the bay yesterday changed my life."  We also have many former students and interns who are now in college or graduate school. Hearing from them makes my day.  We hope to see them again soon, as professionals working alongside ISEA, as we "Protect the Great Lakes Through Education."  Thanks everyone, for being part of this great adventure. 

Tom Kelly, Executive Director
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2010-2011 Great Lakes Seminar Series


Seminars take place from 7:00-8:30pm at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay. Seminars are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

 

October 26, 2010

 "An Ecological History of Grand Traverse Bay"

Tom Kelly

Executive Director

Inland Seas Education Association

 

January 11, 2011

 " Great Lakes Commercial Fishery - Boats, People & Places"

Amanda Holmes

Executive Director

Fishtown Preservation Society


Februrary 8, 2011

"Impact of Prey Fish Abundance on Salmon Populations in Lake Michigan"

Randy Claramunt

Fisheries Biologist

MI Department of Natural Resources & Environment

 

March 15, 2011

"A 1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach"

Loreen Niewenhuis

Author & Hiker


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Inland Seas Says Thank You!
 

Inland Seas Education Association would like to thank our 2010 Schoolship Volunteer Instructors for a great season. Nearly 3,300 students took part in the Program this year under the leadership of our Volunteer Instructors - we could not have accomplished this without their dedication and hard work!

Dale Adams            David Anderson        George Anderson      Tony Applegate

Candy Ashley          Hank Bailey                Pete Bentley               Barbara Beyer

Don Bogue              Sandy Boone             Alice Buell                   Webb Buell

Bob Bura                  Jody Byland               Chuck Cady                Chris Campbell

Glenn Carlson        John Casteel             Kay Christian              Marcia Clone

Patt Cole                  Ken Coleman            Daryl Collins               Dick Cookman

Darwin Curtiss       Dave Dykstra             Kim Eike                       Sue Erdmann Bill Evans                Kathy Firestone         Alan Flory                     Jill Foerster

Lee Foerster           Gene Fontaine          Bill Foster                     Larry Garber

Ann Giffels              Jeni Goodnow           Don Gray                      Harry Greanya

Bob Hagerman      Jan Hale                    Bill Hansen                   Matt Hartman

Paula Hartmann    Conrad Heins          John Hoeffler                 John Hoffman

Craig Holmes        Pat Holmes               Barb Horning                Bill Horning

Jeanie Inglehart    Carol Inman              Jerry Inman                   Bette Jackson

Dave Jankowski    Bob Johnson            Claudette Johnson      Keith Johnson

Colin Johnstone    Anne Kelly                Graham Kelly                 Pam Kirt

Connie Klein          Len Klein                  Beth Knol                        Dino Kortesis

Bob Laba               Mary Lajko                 Barry Lishawa               Linda Lishawa

Pete Magoun         Maria Maniaci           John Mater                     Bill Maul

Ann McInnis          John McNamara       Robert Meeker              Tally Middleton

Colby Mitchell       Steve Morgan            John Nelson                  Ann Nichols

Harvey Norris       Pat Oriel                     Sue Pontes                    Donna Popke

Nancy Powers      Laura Quackenbush                                       Cindy Ratowski

Jim Richardson   Sandy Richardson   Jenee Rowe                 John Rowley

Bill Scharf             Andrea Seeley           Ben Shaw                     Richard Shay

Roberta Snyder    Wayne Snyder          Josh Somsel               Sally Somsel

David Speirs          Al Stachel                 Roger Suppes             Wayne Swallow

Kathy Turner         Gloria Veltman         Ray Wall                        Jon Walter

Bob Walton           Diana Warner           Ken Weaver                  Maggie Weinert

Bill Weiss             John Welsh               Mike Wildman              Maury Witteveen

Jane Wittkopp      Myrna Yeakle             Thom Yocum

We also thank our loyal donors who helped make this possible. For information on becoming a Schoolship Volunteer please call 231-271-3077 or go to www.schoolship.org.


Great Lakes Seminar Series:
"An Ecological History of Grand Traverse Bay"
October 26, 2010

 

T Kelly in PilothouseISEA's 2010-2011 Great Lakes Seminar Series begins on Tuesday, October 26th at 7:00 pm at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay. The program will be presented by Tom Kelly, Executive Director of the Inland Seas Education Association. This seminar is freeand open to the public.

 

The Great Lakes were formed over 10,000 years ago when the Laurentide ice sheet receded. The ecology of the Great Lakes is continually changing and its history includes both great losses and enormous recovery. Kelly will examine the ecological changes that have occurred in Grand Traverse Bay from the Pleistocene Ice Age to the present, with emphasis on the impacts of European settlement on the region's aquatic fauna and flora. He will focus on the influence of dams, lumbering, fishing, urbanization, invasive species, and climate change on the Grand Traverse Bay ecosystem.


Click here for more information on this and other upcoming seminars.

3rd Annual Freshwater Summit

Freshwater Summit October 29, 2010The third annual Freshwater Summit will take place Friday, October 29, 2010 from 9:00am-4:15pm. The Freshwater Summit is a combination of workshops and speakers discussing issues and strategies for our Grand Traverse Bay community. This event is great for lake associations, shoreline property owners, educators, scientists, environmental advocates....anyone who lives, works, or plays in Grand Traverse Bay. This year's highlight is a keynote panel about Asian carp. Other sessions include oil and gas exploration, Chain of Lakes fisheries, Boardman River dams, the Grand Traverse Bay hydrographic survey, and watershed forestry. Click here for a detailed agenda.

The cost is $20 (which includes lunch), and pre-registering is strongly encouraged, as last year's event was sold out. For more information or to register, go to The Watershed Center website or call Denise Baker at 231-935-1514, ext. 4.
 
Tom Kastle Tonight at
Horizon Books

Tom Kastle Tom Kastle, longtime ISEA instructor and friend, will be performing this evening, October 22, beginning at 8:30 pm at Horizon Books in Traverse City.  Tom is a highly skilled performer of music of the land, sea, and lakes.  If you have never heard Tom before, you will not want to miss this chance.  And the price is right (free!).  See you there.  -Capt. Tom Kelly
Thank you for Protecting the Great Lakes Through Education!
 
The Education Center is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Stop in to see the Invasive Species Exhibit and watch as students build a canoe in the Boat Shop.
INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
100 Dame Street, P.O. Box 218
Suttons Bay, MI  49682
(231) 271-3077
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