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Stone Laboratory Featured in Lake Erie Documentary

12:00 pm, Thu June 28, 2007 –

Stone Laboratory, Ohio State University’s Island Campus on Lake Erie, will be featured in a new four-part series, Lake Erie: Beyond the Surface, that airs this Saturday, June 30 at 7:00 pm on WKYC-TV3 in Cleveland.

The first of a year-long series, the documentary will provide an overview of the geophysical, political, and commercial history of Lake Erie; recount the story of the environmental science, rescue, and recovery of the lake; and outline its commercial importance to the region.

Dr. Jeff Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory Director; discusses the Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory programs’ continued involvement with the Lake’s recovery through their research and education programs. Others featured include OSU Sea Grant Extension and Coastal Ohio Director Melinda Huntley; OSU Emeritus and former Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory Director Dr. Charles Herdendorf; and Stone Lab faculty Chris Winslow.

The four-part series will continue throughout the next year, airing a new segment every quarter, with the next slated for September. The first segment is scheduled to repeat Sunday, July 22 at 12:30pm.

For more about the documentary series, read interviews of the Ohio State and Stone Lab staff, or to view a previously-aired segment, go to www.wkyc.com/life/programming/shows/lake_erie/ .

Stone Laboratory is Ohio State University’s Island Campus on Lake Erie and the research and education facility of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. The Sea Grant is the primary university-based program of the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), located in each coastal state, to promote better understanding, conservation and use of America’s coastal resources.

ARTICLE TITLE: Stone Laboratory Featured in Lake Erie Documentary PUBLISHED: 12:00 pm, Thu June 28, 2007 | MODIFIED: 1:12 pm, Tue April 28, 2015
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Jill Jentes Banicki
Assistant Director, Communications, Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Jill Jentes Banicki is the Assistant Director and Communications Coordinator of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory.