Great Lakes Coastal Erosion (2007)

Dave White on the Small Screen:

On the third Tuesday of every month since April 2006, NYSG's Recreation/Tourism Specialist Dave White has been waking up early to bring Sea Grant's "message" to the morning masses. This continuing series airs on the Morning Show at WWNY TV 7, a Fox affiliate in downtown Watertown, during one of the highest rated TV blocks in the "wake-up hours," the 6:30-7 am stretch.

Sea Grant's 'five minutes of fame' -- which potentially reaches around 10,000 viewers in Jefferson and Northern Oswego Counties - features topics such as boating safety, aquatic invasive species, diving in search of sunken wrecks, the dune and Salmon River stewards program, shoreline land issues, tourism, and marine safety.

"The interviews have exposed a large number of people to the wide variety of programming that New York Sea Grant organizes and participates in," says Morning Show Producer Jack W. Miller.

TODAY'S TOPIC: SAVE YOUR PROPERTY FROM EROSION

New York's Great Lakes coast is a dynamic area in which erosion and deposition are constantly taking place. In many areas where there are homes, businesses, highways, parks and other manmade structures, erosion and flooding become social and economic problems. In areas where wetlands, barrier beaches and sand dunes exist, such erosion and flooding can lead to the degradation of the coastal environment. Coastal erosion, deposition, and flooding can also be exacerbated by lake level regulation, water diversion and coastal resource use.

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