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Dave White, Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist, New York Sea Grant, E: dgw9@cornell.edu, P: 315-312-3042

— By Laura Koch, WSYR-TV

Syracuse, NY, October 6, 2022 - Dave White has been a familiar face on “Bridge Street” for years, representing New York Sea Grant with segments on water safety, tourism and more. After 38 years helping to keep Central New Yorkers safe on and around the water, Dave White is calling it a career.

Dave got started educating folks all around Central New York about our environment and the water surrounding it. He says he’s always labeled himself a conservationist when it comes to our water and natural resources. The goal is to maintain nature in New York by utilizing its resources and enjoying all that it has to offer.

New York Sea Grant is one of the largest of the state Sea Grant programs. Established in 1966, the National Sea Grant College Program promotes the informed stewardship of coastal resources in 34 joint federal and state university-based programs in every U.S. coastal state and Puerto Rico.

Dave White is stepping aside from our state’s program, but the work of New York Sea Grant continues. You can learn more about the organization and their work by visiting their website at www.NYSeaGrant.org

NYSG's White frequently appears as a boating safety specialist on "Bridge Street," a locally-produced daily talk show of News Channel 9 WSYR-TV, the ABC affiliate covering Syracuse and Central New York.

More Info: New York Sea Grant

New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York (SUNY), is one of 34 university-based programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.

Since 1971, NYSG has represented a statewide network of integrated research, education and extension services promoting coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability and citizen awareness and understanding about the State’s marine and Great Lakes resources.

Through NYSG’s efforts, the combined talents of university scientists and extension specialists help develop and transfer science-based information to many coastal user groups—businesses and industries, federal, state and local government decision-makers and agency managers, educators, the media and the interested public.

The program maintains Great Lakes offices at Cornell University, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Oswego and the Wayne County Cooperative Extension office in Newark. In the State's marine waters, NYSG has offices at Stony Brook University in Long Island, Brooklyn College and Cornell Cooperative Extension in NYC and Kingston in the Hudson Valley.

For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube links. NYSG offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines for its flagship publication, NY Coastlines/Currents, which is published quarterly.