Proposed New York Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary Story Aired by Public Television Stations

Oswego, N.Y. -- The proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary that would span the waters from Wayne and Cayuga counties east to Oswego and Jefferson counties has been featured in a public television story produced by WPBS-TV, Watertown, New York, for its weekly current affairs show, WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories, and re-aired by Great Lakes Now, a monthly magazine-style show housed at Detroit Public TV. The story includes interviews with representatives of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, Oswego County, New York Sea Grant (NYSG), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Great Lakes Program. The full 8-minute story highlighting the environmental, recreational, economic, and maritime cultural value of the proposed project can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CCiNAQ71fo.

The proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary area includes 43 known shipwrecks, dating to the late 1700s, and one submerged aircraft, with the potential to add more. For example, the David W. Mills, offshore of Oswego, is New York State's first Submerged Cultural Preserve and Dive Site in the Great Lakes region. The St. Peter, located offshore of Pultneyville in Wayne County, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
. NYSG Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist Dave White: 315-312-3042, dgw9@cornell.edu
. Publicist Kara Lynn Dunn: 315-465-7578, karalynn@gisco.net