Workshops

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Description: Mosses are small and intriguing plants that occur in nearly all ecosystems, sometimes abundantly so. They are a species-rich group that is often overlooked, even by skilled botanists, because of a need to use magnification to see their identification features. This workshop, geared to educators, botanically oriented amateur naturalists, and natural resource professionals engaged in land stewardship, will teach the hand lens and microscope skills required to key out unknown specimens, as well as enable field- recognition of the most common genera.

Instructor: Dr. Robert Klips 

Dates:  August 1-3, 2025

Location: Stone Laboratory, 878 Bayview Drive , Put-in-Bay, OH 43456

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Description: Hands-on, lecture, laboratory and field workshop to learn collections, identifications, preservations, enumeration, and control techniques and basic ecology of algae. Offered with EPA contact hours for Ohio EPA certified Drinking Water (DW) and Waste Water (WW) operators. 

Instructors: Dr. Darren Bade and Dr. Justin Chaffin 

Dates: August 18-19, 2025

Location: Stone Laboratory, 878 Bayview Drive , Put-in-Bay, OH 43456 

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Description: Understanding toxin production by algae and strategies for water professionals to manage toxins and taste/odor issues. Offered with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contact hours for Ohio EPA certified Drinking Water (DW) operators. Students at least 16 years of age, with an interest in the Great Lakes and aquatic ecosystems. Managers or employees of public water supplies (reservoirs, lakes, and rivers). Federal, state, or city employees charged with monitoring water quality.

Instructors: Richard Lorenz and Heather Raymond

Dates: August 20-21, 2025

Location: Stone Laboratory, 878 Bayview Drive , Put-in-Bay, OH 43456

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Description: We will learn how and where to search for spiders. We will observe common behaviors and habits during the day and at night. You will learn what features will help with recognition of spider families in the field. In the lab you will learn techniques for identification of spiders. Participants will learn basic sampling techniques and how to document spider behavior. At the end of this workshop, you will have an enhanced appreciation of these amazing arachnids.

Instructors: Rich Bradley

Dates: August 22-24, 2025

Location: Stone Laboratory, 878 Bayview Drive , Put-in-Bay, OH 43456

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Description: An intensive, two-day workshop designed to demonstrate the fish-sampling gears most commonly used by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife (ODW) and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) for undergratdute students in seasonal agency work and fisheries biology professions. Stone Lab, ODW, and OEPA biologists provide hands-on experience with fyke nets, gill nets, trawls, and boat-based as well as wading electrofishing methods. Offered over one weekend early in autumn semester. 

Instructors: Eugene Braig, Brian Schmidt (ODNR), and Andrew Phillips (EPA)    

Dates: October 5-6, 2025

Location: Stone Laboratory, 878 Bayview Drive , Put-in-Bay, OH 43456