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| Regularly Scheduled Tours Available at Horn Point Laboratory |
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CAMBRIDGE (April 25, 2006) – Explore the world of a scientist with a visit to a world renowned marine laboratory tucked away in Cambridge. The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science will offer 75-minute tours of the Horn Point Laboratory twice each week through the summer, bringing guests through many of its state-of-the-art research facilities. As part of the walking tour, visitors will have the unique opportunity to peer into working environmental labs where researchers are studying issues influencing our local environment, such as oyster diseases, submerged aquatic vegetation, toxic algae, and dredged sediment samples. Visitors will also have a chance to walk through the Center’s newest building – the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory. It is the nation’s only university research facility dedicated to restoration ecology and aquaculture. The research enabled by this new facility will be instrumental in providing the necessary scientific information and technologies needed for understanding the Chesapeake Bay and developing the methods for its restoration.
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 Dr. Eva Maria Koch demonstrating the flume in the new UMCES Aquaculture and Restoration Environmental Lab. |
Public tours will be offered on Tuesdays and Saturdays beginning on 2 May continuing through October. All public tours are free to visitors and will leave promptly from the visitor reception area at 10 a.m. Ample parking is available. Advanced sign-up is required for groups of 15 or more. For more information regarding public tours, the laboratory or directions, visit the Lab’s website at www.hpl.umces.edu, call 410-221-8383 or email touchtank@hpl.umces.edu. From the wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay to the open waters of the world’s oceans, the UMCES Horn Point Laboratory has a national reputation for its groundbreaking research in estuarine, ecosystem, aquaculture and restoration studies. Founded in 1973 and located on the banks of the Choptank River, the Horn Point Laboratory is one of three laboratories of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. CONTACT: |
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