File photo/Rhonda Silence The research vessel L.L. Smith Jr. will be in the Grand Marais harbor once again on June 24 and 25 to offer tours and information about monitoring Lake Superior. This is the sixth season that the Minnesota Sea Grant program has been offered.
Registration is open for the 2009 University of Wisconsin Extension – Minnesota Sea Grant boat trips aboard a Lake Superior research vessel. Reserve your spot on A View From the Lake cruises online at: www.seagrant. umn.edu/vfl, or by calling Minnesota Sea Grant: 218-726-8106.
For only $20 (discount of $10 for groups of 4 or more), participants will experience aquatic science, discuss land use challenges, and enjoy a three-hour excursion on one of the world’s largest lakes. Trips aboard the L.L. Smith Jr. R/V are scheduled to depart from Grand Marais, on June 24 and 25. Visit the Web site for times and other points of departure.
In Minnesota waters, participants will take a practical look at what it means to live “sustainably” and demystify sustainability by learning about local sustainability projects. They will also discover how monitoring helps experts evaluate economic and environmental sustainability in the Lake Superior basin.
A View From the Lake is entering its sixth season. Support for this year’s program is provided by Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program, the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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