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e-newsletter of the Inland Seas Education Association
Volume IV, Issue 4 - April - May 2011

 
From the Pilothouse
   

 

We are poised to begin our 23rd Schoolship season on May 3rd.  It has been a very wet April, and although we need the rain to help bring up the lake level, the crew has been challenged to get all the fit-out work done in time.  Thanks to Capt. Remy Champt, Allen Wolfe, Bob Hagerman, Jan Hale and Larry Good for the fine work getting the ship ready.

 

We have 87 classes signed up for spring Schoolship and we are looking forward to a great time on the water with these students.

 

I hope you can join us this spring, or during the summer season on one of the many programs listed below. 

 

And thank you for your continued support of ISEA! 

 

Tom Kelly, Executive Director

 

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2011 Summer Sailing Schedule

Sailing from Suttons Bay unless otherwise noted.

Inland Seas at the Tall Ships Event in Chicago in 2010 

 Family Ecology Sail

June 23: 9am

June 24: 2pm

June 28: 2pm (TC)

June 30: 2pm

July 1: 9am

July 15: 9am

Aug 10: 9am & 2pm

Aug 11: 9am & 2pm

Aug 12: 9am & 2pm

Aug 24: 9am &2pm(TC)

Aug 25: 9am &2pm(TC)

 

Tall Ship Birding Cruise

June 5: 10am-2pm 

 

Astronomy Under Sail

June 15: 9-11:15pm

June 30: 9-11:15pm

Aug 13: 9-11:15pm

 

Maritime History Under Sail

June 22: 6-9pm

 

Making the Great Lakes Great

June 17: 9am (Leland)

June 24: 9am

June 28: 9am (TC)

July 6: 2pm (Escanaba)

July 30: 9am (St. Ign) 

Aug 6: 2pm (TC)

Aug 16: 9am (Chrlvx)

Aug 17: 9am (Bay Hbr)

Aug 18: 9am (Petoskey)

Aug 23: 9am (TC)

 

Teacher Workshops

June 27-29: Invasive Species Field Course

 

Aug 9: Great Lakes Literacy

 

Aug 23: Great Lakes Literacy

 

Visit Inland Seas Dockside

June 16: 5-8pm, Leland Township Marina

 

July 6: evening, Escanaba City Marina

 

July 9: 7-8:30pm, Fayette State Park

 

July 10: 7-8:30pm, Fayette State Park

 

July 16: 10am-5pm, ISEA Summer Festival, Suttons Bay

 

Aug 6: 12-2pm, Bay Day, Traverse City

 

Aug 15: 7-8:30pm, Charelvoix City Marina

 

Aug 16: 7-8:30pm, Bay Harbor Lake Marina

 

Aug 17: 7-8:30pm, City of Petoskey Marina

Live Music Will Fill Suttons Bay at ISEA's Summer Fest 2011

 

Don Middlebrook singer

Live music will fill Suttons Bay, July 16th at the 4th Annual Inland Seas Summer Festival. ISEA is excited to announce that trop-rock band Don Middlebrook and Living Soul will headline our festival this year. Don and his band are a Jimmy Buffet cover band with a fun touch of country. Don't miss the local bluegrass and alternative folk group, The Sour Belly Trio, a local roots bluegrass and alternative folk group.  3-Hour Tour, a power-folk group, will be playing Leelanau County style songs you know by heart. If you enjoy jazz, join us for  jazz master, Don Julin. Festival tickets are $10 per person, kids 15 and under are free.  Tickets will go on sale mid-May for this special one-day event. This highly anticipated event is ISEA's signature fundraiser! 

  

2011 Inland Seas Summer Festival

Will Challenge Runners and Delight

People of All Ages

Christine Running 2010 

Join us for the 2011 Inland Seas Summer Festival on July 16th. We will be kicking off the day at 9:00 am with a 5K road race for runners and walkers. Registration will open soon and those racers registering before July 6th will receive a free tee-shirt and water bottle. Plan to spend the rest of the day with us, here on the waterfront, at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay. We'll have food, music, games, ISEA's tall ship Inland Seas will be open for tours and families can sail on Suttons Bay aboard the Friendship sloop Liberty. Festival hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Volunteers Needed to Help with Community Service Day May 19th

 

On May 19th, over 400 eighth graders from Traverse City West Middle School will be getting out in their community and providing services for local organizations. ISEA is teaming up with TART Trails to provide projects for some of the students, including a stream survey at Water Wheel Park and a plant survey of our wetland. If you are interested in working with these students, please contact ISEA Education Director Christine Crissman by e-mail or phone at 231-271-3077.

Ninth Annual Invasive Species Field Course

June 27-29, 2011

 

Common carp caught by local fishermanJoin Inland Seas Education Association for the Ninth Annual Invasive Species Field Course June 27-29th! The Invasive Species Field Course has been developed to teach educators about invasive species in the Great Lakes Region, and to prepare them to effectively teach their students, colleagues, and volunteers about invasive species. Emphasis will be on aquatic invasive species and the concept of "prevention through education."  

 

Selected participants for the Invasive Species Field Course will participate free of charge, receive a daily stipend, and be provided complimentary meals and lodging in Traverse City. Three SB-CEU credits through the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District and one graduate credit from Central Michigan University are available for this program at an additional cost.

 

For more information on becoming a participant in the Ninth Annual Invasive Species Field Course, go to the ISEA website or contact Christine Crissman by e-mail or by phone at 231-271-3077.

 

This program is provided through the Grand Traverse Regional Invasive Species Network (ISN), coordinated by the Grand Traverse Conservation District. The ISN is made possible through funds from a $935,182 grant provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Click here to learn more.

The Quagga Mussel Quagmire

by Dr. David Jude

Quagga Mussel NOAA/GLERL

Quagga Mussel (NOAA-GLERL)

 Back in 1988, zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha were discovered in the St. Clair River, which was around the time I found the first tubenose and round gobies in the same area.  This suggests a strong linkage with the foreign freighters which were probably responsible for dumping them into the river with their ballast water discharge.  Unfortunately this scourge continues.  

(Click here for the complete article)

 

More Volunteer Opportunities

 

 We had a new aquarium cover made for one of the aquariums in the exhibit hall. It needs to be picked up at the manufacturer which is located just south of Grand Rapids. If you will be in the GR area and would like to bring this to Suttons Bay for us, please give Tom Kelly a call.  Thanks.

 

We also need to remove the winter cover from Liberty and do some preliminary work on her before launching.  She is in storage in Northport.  Two or three volunteers are needed to help with this project which should take about 3 hours.  
 FLOW Presents "Saving the Great Lakes Forever" Conference in Traverse City this Friday and Saturday 

Click here for more information!  ISEA's Tom Kelly will be a panelist on Saturday morning's discussion of Hot Topics Challenging the Great Lakes.  Hope to see you there. 

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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