What:           Discovery Day at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab

                   Featuring FREE CHILDREN’S ADMISSION TO ESTUARIUM

When:          Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 10:00am to 2:00pm             

Where:         The Dauphin Island Sea Lab, North Campus
                   101 Bienville, Boulevard, Dauphin Island

Activities:

• Free Children’s Admission to the Estuarium and 15% Discount in Gift Shop
• Open House and Exhibits at the Research Laboratories
• Free Kids’ Activities, Ocean Games and Fun Crafts
• US Coast Guard Aviation Training Unit Water Rescue Demonstration (10:30am)
• Seventh Generation Award to LuLu’s at the Homeport Marina (11:00am)
• Boating Safety and Hurricane Preparedness Info
• City of Mobile Police Department Children’s Fingerprinting Safety Kits
• Much, much more!

Cost:                FREE, except for reduced adult admission to Estuarium

For more info: Call 251/861-2141 or visit www.disl.org

This fun-filled family event includes a variety of environmentally-themed children’s activities; an Open House at the Research Facilities of the DISL where the public meets the scientists and graduate students to see their ongoing research projects; and free kids’ admission to the Estuarium, the aquarium at the Sea Lab.

USCG Aviation Training Rescue will demonstrate a thrilling water rescue with a helicopter.  Azalea Trail Maids will be on-hand to greet visitors.  The City of Mobile Police Department will provide children’s fingerprinting kits.  Local agencies will be on-hand with loads of fun kids’ activities and information about conserving our local environment.

The DISL will be awarding its first ever Seventh Generation Award for innovative environmental practices to LuLu’s at the Homeport Marina.  Owner Lucy Buffet and General Manager Johnny Fisher will be on hand to accept the award.

Admission is free (except for reduced Adult Estuarium admission), and educational fun is plentiful at this popular annual event. 

Local agencies participating this year include: ADCNR, Marine Resources Division; ADCNR Lands Division, Coastal Section; Azalea Trail Maids; Town of Dauphin Island; DISL Grad Student Organization; DISL Docents; Environmental Studies Center; Mobile Bay NEP; Mobile County Emergency Management Agency; City of Mobile Police Department; Northern Gulf Institute; NOAA/MS-AL Sea Grant; NOAA National Weather Service; NOAA Fisheries-Pascagoula, MS; US Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island; USCG Auxiliary; USCG Aviation Training Unit; Dauphin Island Fire and Rescue; Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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