The inaugural issue of
Currents, NYSG’s e-newsletter supplement to
New York Coastlines, made its debut in late August. Both
NY Coastlines, our flagship coastal science newsletter, and
Currents will each be e-distributed 3-4 times a year. Sign up for both at either
www.nyseagrant.org/coastlines or
www.nyseagrant.org/ecurrents, both of which also feature archives of these respective publications.
– Paul C. Focazio
Web Extras: Postcards
New York Sea Grant distributed a series of themed postcards starting in Summer 2012 in an effort to encourage its users to connect in via the program's Constant Contact E-list, from which New York Coastlines and Currents are sent.
The summer postcard features a beach scene, which includes a rip currents education sign. Rip currents are narrow channels of fast-moving water that pull swimmers away from the shore. They can occur at any of New York’s many beaches with breaking waves--from the ocean beaches of Coney Island or Jones Beach to the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. Keep tabs on this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Sea Grant initiative via New York Sea Grant's related Rip Currents Education Resource site,
www.nyseagrant.org/ripcurrents, which includes new content each summer season.
In the Fall 2012, New York Sea Grant rolled out another postcard, this one distributed by Great Lakes staff as well as by Web Content Manager Paul C. Focazio at several New York City festivals (
click here for related news item on the latter). This postcard tied into recreational fishing, featuring some of the key Great Lakes species that anglers seek out, such as yellow perch, walleye, lake trout, smallmouth bass, Chinook salmon and steelhead/rainbow trout.
For more on NYSG's fisheries efforts statewide, check out our
Marine Fisheries Resource Center as well as our
Great Lakes Sustainable Recreational and Commercial Fisheries resource sites.
Additional related resources can be found along with our "Get Social With Sea Grant" postcards for
Long Island Bays and the
Great Lakes ecosystem.
