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The LEC is open to the public
Monday - Friday, 9am - 4:30pm
Map to the LEC
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The University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center is an interdisciplinary research and education center dedicated to solving environmental problems at the land-water interface and bay-lake exchanges in the Great Lakes - the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. The Lake Erie Center is an integral environmental resource of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Toledo and is located in the northwestern corner of Ohio's Maumee Bay State Park. Research at the Lake Erie Center explores the linkages among land use, aquatic resources, water quality, sustainable living and human health - using the Maumee River and Bay and its key influence on the western Lake Erie Basin as a model. The Lake Erie Center assembles within a single facility programs and expertise in aquatic conservation, bioremediation and restoration, coastal zone processes, environmental chemistry and hydrology, ecology and ecosystem management, fishery genetics, geography and land use planning, limnology, remote sensing, and environmental and health monitoring.
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Upcoming Events |
- Nature on Maumee Bay, Summer Science Camp for kids. One week summer science camp featuring laboratory exercises, art and outdoor activities. For entering 4th and 5th graders. July 26 - 30 (5 days), 9 am - 12 pm. Program is full.
- Public Lecture Series, Dr. David F. Reid, NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, "Ballast Water Discharge Standards in the Real World - the Verification Sticky Wicket." Thursday, September 30, 2010, 7:00 pm, LEC Room 155.
- Ohio Coastweeks Event: Bayshore Cleanup, Friday, September 24, 2010, beginning at 9 am. Volunteers (all welcome!) should meet outside the Lake Erie Center, along the west driveway (outside of the wet lab). Pizza lunch for all volunteers! For a full list of all Ohio Coastweeks events, click here (PDF). Ohio Coastweeks is sponsored in part by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission.
- Nature of Maumee Bay Photo Contest entries due, Friday, October 1, 2010. For information about the contest and how to enter, click here. To download the flyer (PDF), click here.
- Public Lecture Series, Dr. Mohamed Faisal, Michigan State University, "Emerging Infections may threaten Great Lakes fisheries." Thursday, October 21, 2010, 7:00 pm, LEC Room 155.
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Recent News |
 Winners of the 2010 "Nature of Maumee Bay" art contest and their families were welcomed to a awards reception on July 14, 2010. Contest participants submitted 2D or 3D artwork, competing in four categories: youth (age 12 and under), teen (ages 12 - 18), adult, and artists with special needs. Inspiration for the art was drawn from the local Maumee Bay ecosystem, with most artists focusing on the flora and fauna of the region. LEC director Dr. Carol Stepien addressed the group and awarded prizes to the winners. The winning artwork will be on display at the Lake Erie Center through October; check back soon for an online photo gallery. (Pictured above, the 1st place entry in the teen category, by Elanor Clark)
- Lake Erie wets down teachers, students while firing scientific excitement, Cynthia Nowak, UT News, July 6, 2010
- Mayflies: millions crunching underfoot: June 17, 2010 WTVG news story featuring PhD student Kristen DeVanna
- PhD student Todd Crail's research on darters was featured in a May 30, 2010 Toledo Blade article: Bite-size fish (article; full-color PDF).
- Photos from Senator Sherrod Brown's 5/28 visit to the LEC are posted on his website.
- Asian carp invasion threatens the Great Lakes: May 28, 2010 WTVG news story featuring Dr. Carol Stepien and Senator Sherrod Brown.
- Congratulations to Ph.D. students Lindsey Pierce and Amanda Haponski for winning International Association for Great Lakes Research scholarships! Lindsey won an IAGLR Scholarship for her work on a rapid genetic test for the VHS fish virus; Amanda won the Norman S. Baldwin fishery scholarship award for her work on the genetic basis underlying walleye stock structure in Lake Erie.
- VHS research of Dr. Stepien, Dr. Willey, and Ph.D. student Lindsey Pierce featured in the Spring/Summer 2010 Ohio SeaGrant TwineLine, VHS Test Fishes for Faster Answers.
More News and Reports
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Lake Erie Center WebCam |
Our webcam looks north onto Maumee Bay, across the street from our building (pictured at left, photo by Don Kemp)
View the live feed
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Technical info: Apple iSight running on EvoCam
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