Contact: 

John Cannaday, Great Lakes Recreation and Tourism Specialist, New York Sea Grant, E: jdc378@cornell.edu, P: (315) 849-4436

Oswego, NY, July 11, 2023 -  The number of rescues the Coast Guard deals with each summer can easily be curved if boaters pay mind to safety tips and regulations. 

As seen in a segment during this week's "Inside the Stories" (which runs from 5:40-10:24 minutes), WPBS offers a reminder for small boaters on the waterways about tips to keep you safe if you find yourself in trouble. Featured are, among others, former New York Sea Grant Coastal Recreation Specialist Dave White.

WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories is a weekly current affairs show. WPBS-TV is an affiliate station in Watertown, New York. 

Tune in to watch WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories Tuesdays at 7:30 pm on WPBS-TV. Episodes encore on Saturdays at 7:00 am.

This half hour magazine format program explores compelling stories from all across Northern New York and Eastern Ontario. Stories that reflect the six core themes of the program — education, arts & culture, business, tourism, science & technology and the environment/outdoors — as well as celebrating the history, music and varied cuisine of our region.

WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories is brought to you by: The Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation, The Watertown Oswego Small Business Development Center, Carthage Savings, CSX, The Oswego County Community Foundation at The Central New York Community Foundation, The Richard S. Shineman Foundation, and The Badenhausen Legacy Fund at The Northern New York Community Foundation.

You can view additional WPBS Weekly segments that feature NYSG in the playlist below ...



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 and with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County on 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.