Helen Domske receives IAGLR’s Vallentyne Award, Among Others, For Her Excellence in Education
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education - Press Release
Aug 22, 2018
Nov 14, 2019
Education News > Education News
Domske’s nearly 40 years of research and outreach are exemplary. The NYSG Coastal Education Specialist has interacted on a highly effective level with a wide variety of audiences....
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2018
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
May 11, 2018
Aug 18, 2022
Education News
Education News > Education News
Extension News
Extension News > Extension News
Research > Research News
NY Coastlines—NYSG's flagship publication—and its news archive, Currents, highlight news, events and other activities from our coastal program's various research, extension and education endeavors throughout NY's marine and Great Lakes waters....
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NY Experts Contribute to Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Comprehensive Report on Asian Carp
Aquatic Invasive Species - Press Release
Mar 15, 2018
Nov 14, 2019
Extension News > Extension News
Modeling by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows the Great Lakes are at risk of invasion from all four non-native species of carp from Asia currently found in North America....
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In Photos: For Helen Domske, the Hunt Goes On
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education - News
Jun 29, 2017
Nov 14, 2019
Education News > Education News
Extension News > Extension News
Take a dive with New York Sea Grant Coastal Education Specialist Helen Domske in the waters off Cozumel, an island just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Domske, an avid scuba diver for over 25 years, is in search of a whale shark, which she has never seen up-close....
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NYSG Aquatic Invasive Species Education: By The Numbers
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Dec 15, 2014
Nov 14, 2019
Extension News > Extension News
New York Sea Grant-ers reach more than 335,000 New Yorkers, Restore more than 335 Acres in New York State....
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Sea Grant and Partners Educate on Boater Safety, Shipwrecks at NY State Fair: Photo Gallery
Great Lakes Shipwrecks - News
Aug 28, 2014
Nov 14, 2019
Pictures taken over the week-and-a-half-long event, held in Syracuse, NY....
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On YouTube: Two NY Sea Grant Educators Receive Awards at Great Lakes Network Meeting
Extension - News
Jun 17, 2014
Aug 22, 2020
The Sea Grant conference is also sharing the latest information on invasive species as well as the harmful algae blooms that cropped up around the Great Lakes in 2013....
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On YouTube: Boating Season Underway, More Risk of Invasive Species Being Spread
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - News
Jun 02, 2014
Aug 22, 2020
Extension News > Extension News
For this edition of "Going Green," Time Warner Cable News talks with NYSG's Dave White about the launch of boating season in New York, which brings with it the risk of invasive species being spread into rivers and lakes....
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On YouTube: Beware Invasive Species
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - News
May 07, 2014
Aug 22, 2020
Extension News > Extension News
Contact:
Dave White, New York Sea Grant, Recreation/Tourism Specialist, P: 315.312.3042, E: dgw9@cornell.edu
Watertown, NY, June 18, 2013 - A small army of college students is helping educate those who use New York's waters about the dangers of aquatic invasive species.
New York Sea Grant's Recreation/Tourism Specialist Dave White says they're called launch stewards.
As White tells ...
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New York Coastlines/Currents, Late Spring-Summer 2014
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Apr 11, 2014
May 31, 2025
We've got clean and safe boating, harmful algal blooms, recently-completed extension projects, newly-funded research projects, communicating effectively about severe storms, green tips for coastal living and more ......
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On YouTube: Study Proposes Ways To Keep Asian Carp Out Of Great Lakes
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Mar 31, 2014
Aug 21, 2020
Extension News > Extension News
In January 2014, a report was released outlining eight options for keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes....
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Currents, a NY Coastlines E-supplement - Late Fall/Early Winter 2013
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Dec 09, 2013
May 31, 2025
The Late Fall/Early Winter 2013 issue of Currents - NYSG's e-supplement to NY Coastlines that features additional program news and events - is now online....
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On YouTube: NYSDEC to Host Hearings on Invasive Species Regulations
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Nov 25, 2013
Aug 04, 2020
Extension News > Extension News
YNN talks with NYSG's Dave White, who has more on a proposed NYSDEC regulation and how you can make your voice heard....
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On YouTube: Comment Sought On Invasive Species Proposals
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Nov 18, 2013
Aug 04, 2020
As New York Sea Grant's Recreation/Tourism Specialist Dave White tells the newscasters at Watertown's WWNY-TV 7 News This Morning studios, New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing regulations to help control invasive species....
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On Air: Asian Carp Could Pose Real Threat to Great Lakes Ecosystem
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Nov 18, 2013
Sep 18, 2018
Big head and silver carp have been detected very close to the Great Lakes, so the risk of a flood introducing them into the lakes is always present....
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New E-Currents Now Online for Those Interested in NY’s Coastal Science News
Currents - a NY Coastlines E-supplement
Sep 05, 2012
Aug 02, 2020
nyone who lives, works or plays along New York's Great Lakes, Long Island, Hudson River or New York City shorelines can now sign up for Currents, a quarterly E-newsletter featuring updates issued by New York Sea Grant....
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On YouTube: NYSG Educator on Danger of Invasive Asian Carp in Great Lakes
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education - News
Aug 22, 2012
Aug 02, 2020
As seen in this Your News Now clip from mid-July, there is concern over an invasive fish species that could have a strong impact the Great Lakes ecosystems....
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Currents, a NY Coastlines E-supplement - Late Summer 2012
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Aug 07, 2012
Nov 14, 2019
The first issue of Currents - NYSG's e-supplement to NY Coastlines that features additional program news and events - is now online! Keep up with us by joining our E-mail list for New York Coastlines, our flagship coastal science newsletter, and/or Currents. Both NY Coastlines and Currents will be e-distributed 3-4 times a year....
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Trawl Workshop an International Exchange
New York Coastlines, Spring/Summer 2012
Jul 08, 2012
Jul 08, 2012
In November 2011 New York Sea Grant and the US Geological Survey brought acclaimed expertise in the design of marine trawls to the Cornell University Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake....
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On YouTube: Sea Grant Has New Info On Invasive Species
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Apr 25, 2012
Aug 02, 2020
Extension News > Extension News
As seen in this clip from Watertown, NY-based WWNY TV 7,Dave White, NYSG's Great Lakes program coordinator and recreation/tourism specialist, discusses how important it is to be aware of the problems invasive species like the Asian carp and aquatic plant Hydrilla can cause. NYSG recently produced educational materials on both....
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NYSG Official Attends White House Great Lakes Briefing
Press Release
Mar 03, 2012
Aug 02, 2020
Extension News > Extension News
NYSG Great Lakes Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist Dave White was among those attending the invitation-only White House Community Leaders Briefing on the Great Lakes Region in late February 2012....
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New Fact Sheet on Asian Carp
New York Coastlines, Winter 2012
Mar 01, 2012
Mar 01, 2012
A possible invasion into the Great Lakes of several of the seven species of carp found in North America, but not in the Great Lakes – the silver and bighead carp (known collectively as Asian carp) – has raised concerns....
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Celebrating 40 Years in the Great Lakes
New York Coastlines, Winter 2012
Mar 01, 2012
Jul 24, 2020
Extension News
Extension News > Extension News
Research > Research News
With so many of its user groups – from anglers and educators to elected officials and researchers – strongly tied to these coastal resources in the Great Lakes, New York Sea Grant hosted and participated in a variety of 40th anniversary lectures and receptions this past fall....
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New York Coastlines, Winter 2012
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Mar 01, 2012
Jul 24, 2020
This issue describes many of our recent 2011 40th Anniversary activities - seminars, discussions and receptions—both upstate and down. We used this milestone as an opportunity to highlight New York Sea Grant’s many accomplishments over the last 40 years as we look forward to the next 40. Also included is a collection of YouTube video highlights of these events and those from prior anniversary events, in...
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Trawl Workshop an Award-Winning International Exchange
Great Lakes Sustainable Recreational and Commercial Fisheries - Press Release
Feb 07, 2012
Aug 28, 2012
Extension News > Extension News
The US Geological Survey has awarded an NYSG specialist who co-sponsored November 2011's trawl workshop with a "USGS Great Lakes Science Center Certificate of Appreciation." Collecting fish samples with large underwater nets (trawls) provides essential information for understanding food webs and managing fisheries resources, which is why there was such a focus on bringing acclaimed expertise in marine t...
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Free Young Boater Safety Training at NYS Fairgrounds in Mid-February
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - Press Release
Jan 27, 2012
Feb 02, 2012
Extension News > Extension News
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and New York Sea Grant are offering a free boater safety course for youth ages 10-17 as part of the Feb. 15-19 Central New York Boat Show at the state Fairgrounds in Geddes, NY. NYSG will unveiled its 2012 version of the Discover Clean and Safe Boating campaign at the CNY Boat Show...
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Registration Open for February Clean Marina Webinar
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - News
Jan 26, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
NYSG's Recreation/Tourism Specialist Dave White will provide opening remarks as well as discuss invasive species management for marinas and boaters during this Clean Marina Webinar, set for Wednesday, February 1....
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NYSG Coastal Youth Educator on Great Lakes Invasives
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education - News
Nov 10, 2011
Dec 13, 2011
Education News > Education News
As the battle to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes continues, NYSG's Helen Domske says the lakes’ past experience with zebra and quagga mussels demonstrates the danger of letting foreign species in....
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NYSG Programs on Slowing Spread of Aquatic Invaders
Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Jul 13, 2011
Oct 27, 2021
Extension News > Extension News
NYSG and now Cornell Cooperative Extension Specialist Chuck O'Neill has kept tabs on these and other invasives for three decades now, currently through the New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse and its Web site, www.NYIS.info. Now, O'Neill's efforts with Sea Grant and its partners have spread into other parts of our program....
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Invasives to Watch
New York Coastlines, Spring 2011
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 2011
Back in 2001 for New York Sea Grant’s 30th anniversary, we asked Chuck O’Neill to compile a list of “30 Invasive Species to Watch.” Now, ten years later, we asked him what new invasive species are the ones to watch now? ...
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2011 Boating Campaign
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - Press Release (Central NY Boat Show, Feb '11)
Feb 10, 2011
Feb 10, 2011
2011's Central NY Boat Show includes info on invasives, from Asian carp to Zebra mussels; Also, NYS boater safety certification....
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2011 Boating Campaign
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - Press Release (Central NY Boat Show Seminars, Feb '11)
Feb 03, 2011
Feb 03, 2011
2011's Central NY Boat Show includes info on invasives, from Asian carp to Zebra mussels; Also, NYS boater safety certification....
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Small Harbors Initiative Update: $5M Funding Approved
Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - Press Release
Aug 02, 2010
Aug 02, 2010
A $5M Niagara River Navigation Fund to help maintain and dredge harbors across Lake Ontario is a direct result of NYSG-organized meetings and efforts of the Great Lakes Small Harbors Coalition.
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Great Lakes educator shares love of water with diverse audiences
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education - News
Jun 01, 2009
Jun 01, 2009
Education News > Education News
Profile of NYSG Great Lakes Coastal Education Specialist Helen Domske, who focuses on the lower Great Lakes—Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. “The prime concern for people is the safety of the water. People should not be concerned about the quality of the drinking water we have from the lakes. The ecosystem itself is healthy, although there are still contaminants scientists are concerned about.” ...
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Aquatic Invasive Species
Aquatic Invasive Animals: Educational Materials
Jun 13, 2008
Sep 18, 2018
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Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education
News/Resources
Jun 13, 2008
Sep 18, 2018
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education: News and Resources...
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Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education
Publications
Jun 13, 2008
Sep 18, 2018
Great Lakes Coastal Youth Education: Publications ...
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Great Lakes Sustainable Recreational and Commercial Fisheries
Publications
Jun 13, 2008
Oct 09, 2025
Great Lakes Sustainable Recreational and Commercial Fisheries: Publications ...
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Asian Carp: Threats to the Lower Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River?
Jan 01, 1900
Jan 01, 1900
Publications
Asian carp have been getting a great deal of attention in the media lately, from the national news to You Tube videos. There is great concern about these non-native fish moving to the Great Lakes. The term “Asian carp” is a little confusing. There are 7 species of carp in North America, including common carp and goldfish, but they all originate from Asia. Of these, 4 species are a potential threat to th...
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Education and Outreach on Asian Carp
In Support of the Asian Carp Region Coordinating Committee
Jan 01, 1900
Jan 01, 1900
Publications
The term Asian carp can evoke images of dozens of large fish leaping from water, startled by boat engines and colliding with boats and people. The fish in these well-known videos are predominantly Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), though the broader term, Asian carp, includes three additional non-native carp species of Asian origin currently in North America: Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys no...
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