Take part in two great programs offered through Road Scholar from our partners at Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center! See the attached flyers for Birding Road Scholar programs in May, and a great week of History/Natural History! Click flyers to enlarge.
The Put-in-Bay High School Quiz Bowl Team announces an academic challenge versus the Put-in-Bay School staff and community on 4 March 2020. Complimentary lunch will be provided to all contestants. Call the school office, 419-285-3614, by March 1st to participate!
Add your pizazz to our local color via Miller Ferry!
Miller Boat Line published ferry schedules for 2020 in a February 8, 2020, e-newsletter. The Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island) and Middle Bass Island trips begin on 19 March 2020. Click images to enlarge!
Massie Cliffside Preserve is one of the most peaceful places for a walkabout. On today’s excursion we discovered an alligator, other natural wonders, great views, and specially dedicated benches. [Photos by Donna Steinbach]
Weather rock at The Keys
Bob Gatewood does the popular “ice glide!”
Gusty winds, below-freezing temperatures, snow, and frozen rain paint Put-in-Bay in full winter mode–with the exception of no ice on Lake Erie. Overnight snow and ice glazed the Bass Islands, with some reports indicating a total depth of four inches. Ottawa County remains under a Level One Snow Emergency, as of 12:26pm. At 1:18pm, NOAA issues a Hazardous Weather Outlook:
Patchy freezing drizzle and snow are possible today and tonight. Slick spots may be possible on untreated and elevated surfaces. Minor snow accumulations of less than an inch are possible on Friday.
Lake Erie Islands Conservancy, Put-in-Bay Township Park District (PIBTPD), and the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center (LEINWC) look to hire an AmeriCorps Environmental Steward Intern for the summer of 2020. It is a ten week program working a minimum of 30 hrs per week. Interns are provided a small stipend biweekly and a Segal Educational Award at the completion of the internship–to be used for qualified student loans or tuition.
The intern works on projects like trail maintenance, invasive plant management, grant writing, design of signs and brochures, social media, wildlife and plant surveys, nest box monitoring for the Conservancy and the PIBTPD, depending on the intern’s skill set. For the LEINWC, the intern assists with tours; Wild Tuesday; Nature Camp; native wildlife and pollinator exhibits; community events and outreach; and monitoring the phenology garden and pollinator gardens.
Applicants must be at least 17 years old. Preference is given to university students; a high school education is the minimum requirement to use the education award. It is preferable for candidates to have island housing. If interested, contact Lisa Brohl at leiconservancy “at” gmail.com or 419-366-2087. To take a look at the Environmental Steward program, go to www.environmentalstewards.org
If you wish to make a donation toward the expense of our AmeriCorps intern, please make out a check payable to LEIC and put AmeriCorps in the memo line.
