LISEC HOSTS 4th ANNUAL FAMILY DAY
AT HARBORFRONT PARK, PORT JEFFERSON
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH
11 AM TO 4 PM

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FEATURING: A PLANETARIUIM EXPERIENCE
The Film: The Origins of the Universe
Plus: “What’s in a Drop of Water?”
Presented by the Cohn Family
Shows at 11 Am; 12:30: 2 and 3:30 PM

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ACTIVITIES
Beach Explorations: “Become a Green Avenger”
Rock Walks: “The Stories Rocks Tell”
Marine Touch Tank: “The Creatures That Surround Us”
Snapper Fishing on the Pier
Art Projects, Bayles Boat Shop, Oysters & Shellfish

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EXHIBITS
PORT JEFFERSON PROJECT GREEN
Green Homes Save Green Money
Have You Thought of This?
What Can You Do?

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FAMILY FISHING ABOARD THE CELTIC QUEST
4:30 to 8:30 pm ~ Reservations Required ~ Call 631-928- 3926
Adults ($35) must be accompanied by a child ($25)
All fishing tackle and bait included.
Includes a benthic trawl to discover the animals living below

BAYLES BOAT SHOP CELEBRATED A ‘PRE-OPENING’ ON
JULY 4TH, 2008

The ‘pre-opening’ of the Bayles Boat Shop took place on July 4th at the same time the ribbon was cut for the grand opening of Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson. This was a great day for LISEC, which has been present at every stage of the development of the park, and the transformation of the rusted boat building shed into the now renowned Port Jefferson Village Center.

Though not completely finished, the Bayles Boat Shop looks great. Come visit us. We’re open every Wednesday and Saturday morning.

LISEC salutes the steadfast volunteers who have worked faithfully for a year and a half to get this built. LISEC also thanks NYS Senator LaValle and NYS Assemblyman Englebright for their generous support of the project with $150 thousand in grants which, along with $40,000 in community giving and the generous donation of time and materials from merchants and volunteers, have brought this project to this point.

LISEC continues to seek donations of both time and materials to complete interior work, benches, electrical installation and the bluestone front porch.

Community Heritage Boat Building Programs will start in 2009. Stay tuned!

ONE GREEN STEP AT A TIME (GEORGE – leave this article for now. I will replace it soon with an update and new logo which are under production.)

The Humanities Institute Outreach Committee at Stony Brook University has announced a three year initiative dealing with the effect of climate change on our environmental, social and political life. Three major symposiums will be held, the first planned for November 8th 2008 at the Port Jefferson Village Center. The theme of this first symposium will be Recycling.

LISEC will work with the Library and students from the high school over the summer at the Library Annex finding out the facts, preparing a web-site and creating a Family Pledge. The students will collect information on the cost of not living green to the family budget! This includes information on the cost of production and disposal of such every day items as water bottles, plastic bags etc. Environmental scientists at Stony Brook University stand ready to help them with information and statistics. The aim of the project, they say, is to raise awareness on how a change in habits benefits both the environment and family life.

BEACH AND ROCK DISCOVERY PROGRAMS

Four new LISEC Beach Discovery Programs led by Education Director Erika Haberkorn are scheduled through the Port Jefferson Library in August and September. These are very popular with area families who enjoy finding out about the plant and animal life on the harbor and Belle Terre beach fronts.

Now Kathy O’Sullivan is adding geology programs, “The Stories Rocks Tell.” “You can learn about the history of our planet,” says O’Sullivan, “because there are rocks on our waterfront 500,000 to a billion years old.” She has already helped two scout groups earn their geology badges.

Anyone can sign up for these programs at the Library. They are free. Erika and Kathy are also available to do these programs for school and scout groups. Contact them by phoning LISEC : 631-474-4725.

 

MARINE SCIENCE ABOARD THE CELTIC QUEST
LISEC is continuing a multi-school program that will catch, tag, and release blackfish in order to learn about their migrating habits. The program is headed up by Jon Maletta who teaches AP Marine Biology and Environmental Science at Port Jefferson High School.

On the 29th of May, 20 students boarded the Celtic Quest, a party fishing boat located in Port Jefferson that is well known for its school marine education trips. They did surface plankton trawls, taking the copepods, shrimp, lobster larvae and other treasures for examination under a microscope set up in the cabin. Captain Des O’Sullivan, also set out deep ‘benthic’ trawls which came up with a treasure trove of sea bottom life including moon snails, whelk cases, and many crabs.

 

DAVE JOHNSON, COASTAL STEWARD . . . UPDATE

On Memorial Day weekend LISEC director, Dave Johnson and 24 volunteers of Coastal Steward spent their holiday removing more than a ton of debris from the Port Jefferson side of Mt Sinai Harbor. One ton of debris was removed from one mile of shoreline helping the salt marsh to retain its pristine beauty.

“If I have learned to love environmental work, so can others,” says Dave who founded Coastal Steward and is renowned for his years of work preserving the marine environment. “This is why I encourage young people to work with me. I also have a shellfish restoration program going at F-dock, Cedar Beach on Mt Sinai Harbor. I can use all the help I can get down there as well.”

There is a schedule below of upcoming beach clean ups and “oyster cage cleanings!” Dave is the kind of person you would like your kids to know.

SUMMER BEACH CLEAN-UP SCHEDULE
Come alone, as a family, a scout troop, or other group.
Give an hour or a day. It’s educational!

September 13 & 14, to clean Port Jefferson Harbor shoreline.
September 20 & 21 and September 27-28 and October 4 – 5 to clean McAllister Park.
Meet at Anchorage Point, Belle Terre: 9 AM to 3 PM

SUMMER SHELLFISH RESTORATION SCHEDULE
Everyone is invited to visit Johnson’s shellfish restoration project which is based at Cedar Beach, Mt Sinai Harbor. Meet at F-Dock off the main parking lot, every 2nd and 4th Saturday in
June, July, August, September & October from 9 AM to 3 PM.

Cages are hauled and cleaned. Help is needed counting and re-caging the shellfish as they grow. It’s a great learning experience.