Public Lecture Series, Eugene Braig, Assistant Director, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, The Ohio State University, “Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia in Ohio’s Fish”, Thursday, January 22, 2009, 7 pm.
Public Lecture Series, Dr. Isabel Escobar, Chemical & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Toledo, “What’s in Your Water”, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 7 pm.
Public Lecture Series, Dr. Patrick Kocovsky, USGS Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Erie Biological Station, Sandusky, Ohio, “Lake Erie Yellow Perch: Numbers, Catchability, and Management”, Thursday, March 5, 2009, 7 pm.
Public Lecture Series, Dr. Frank Merritt, College of Law, University of Toledo, “Criminal Enforcement of Federal Environmental Laws (Or the Lack of It)”, Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7 pm.
Earth Day at the LEC, special tour and tree plantings, Wednesday, April 22, 2009.
DES, LEC & BGSU joint seminar. "Neolithic vs Modern Baltic sea fisheries: evidence of a shifting baseline?" Dr. Karin Limburg, Associate Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 4 pm.
LEC High School Student Research Poster Gala, April 30, 2009.
The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 52nd Annual Meeting, “Bridging Ecosystems and Environmental Health in our Great Lakes,” May 18-22, 2009, at the University of Toledo.
Movie Screening, “Waterlife”, a Documentary by Kevin McMahon, Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7 pm.
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. June 22 - June 26, 2009, 9 am - 12 pm.
Brown Bag Seminar, Dr. Nadine C. Folino-Rorem, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Wheaton College, "The Taxonomy and Ecological Impact of the Invasive Ponto-Caspian hydroid Cordylophora," Thursday, July 16, 2009, 1 pm.
Master's Thesis Defense, Justin Chaffin, "Physiological Ecology of Microcystis Blooms in Turbid Waters of Western Lake Erie," Dr. Tom Bridgeman, advisor. Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 10:30 am.
Master's thesis defense, Audra Croskey (advisor Dr. Jon Bossenbroek), "Evaluating the costs of the emerald ash borer invasion in Ohio," Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 11 am.