Great Lakes Calendar

New York Sea Grant, the Sunset Bay Association, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), present the Sandy Shorelines & Seiches Information Workshop: 1-4 p.m., for waterfront property owners, municipal leaders, natural resource managers along NY’s Lake Erie shoreline. Climate patterns suggest that the risk of seiche impact along Lake Erie may intensify, particularly in years when the lake does not ice over.

Presentations weather patterns that cause seiches (National Weather Service personnel retired), management of sandy shorelines: NY Sea Grant, Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas in New York and permitting requirements: DEC. “Seiche Events on Lake Erie” factsheet by NYSG Coastal Processes and Hazards Specialist Roy Widrig available to attendees.

Sunset Bay Volunteer Fire Station 1 at 12798 Allegany Road, Irving, NY. Free; register at www.nyseagrant.org/glcoastal, 315-312-3042. Funding: New York State Environmental Protection Fund, under authority of the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act, in cooperation with NYSDEC’s Great Lakes Program.

Event website: https://www.nyseagrant.org/articles/t/great-lakes-coastal-processes-and-erosion
Contact: Roy Widrig, NY Sea Grant Coastal Processes and Hazards Specialist, New York Sea Grant
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (315) 312-3042