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| NYSG Launch Steward Matt Brincka (right) helps a boater learn how to inspect his watercraft to reduce the transport of AIS. Student-stewards are needed for 2013 season. |
New York Sea Grant is looking for a few good
college and graduate students to spend the 2013 summer outdoors as Launch
Stewards at venues in Wayne, Cayuga, Oswego and Jefferson counties, including
on Sodus Bay, Henderson Harbor, Oneida Lake, and the Salmon River Reservoir.
The student-stewards will provide public
outreach to boaters on ways to minimize and prevent aquatic invasive species
(AIS) in local waters. They will participate in educational outreach,
watercraft inspection demonstrations, data collection, and reporting.
The stewards also write informational articles
published by local media outlets, including the Oswego County Weeklies,
Jefferson County Journal, and Lure of the Lake.
New York Sea Grant Coastal Community Development
Specialist Mary Penney will supervise the Launch Stewards. Uniforms will be
provided to help the public identify the Stewards and they will use a
standardized protocol New York Sea Grant has helped develop for water steward
programs statewide.
The full PDF announcement of the New York Sea
Grant Launch Steward opportunity with position description and qualifications
is online at www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/coastalcomm/pdfs/NYSGLaunchStewRecruit2013.pdf.
Applications will be accepted online at mp357@cornell.edu until positions are
filled. For details, contact Mary Penney at New York Sea Grant, SUNY Oswego,
315-315-3042, mp357@cornell.edu.
New York Sea Grant
(NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell
University and the State University of New York, is one of 33 university-based
programs under the National Sea Grant College Program (NSGCP) of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Through its statewide network of
integrated services, NYSG has been promoting coastal vitality, environmental
sustainability, and citizen awareness about the State’s marine and Great Lakes
resources since 1971.
For updates on New York Sea Grant
activities, www.nyseagrant.org has
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