NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries will host two virtual meetings this week to receive public comment on the proposed designation of Lake Erie Quadrangle National Marine Sanctuary. The meetings will be held via GoToWebinar and can be accessed through the links below. The public is encouraged to attend.
Erie County, Pennsylvania, submitted a sanctuary nomination to NOAA in 2015 to protect the region’s maritime heritage resources, including a nationally significant collection of shipwrecks. The proposed Lake Erie Quadrangle National Marine Sanctuary would encompass approximately 740 square miles of Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie waters, from the shoreline to the Canadian border. This area represents a historically and culturally rich region where the long relationship between human activity and the maritime environment has created meaning and a sense of place, which is expressed and preserved in a wide variety of maritime cultural resources, from sacred places and cultural practices, to lighthouses and historic shipwrecks.
Virtual public meeting 1
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Registration: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5727142095178900822
Virtual public meeting 2
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET
Registration: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3840871623612958300
The public can comment on the proposed action until July 18, 2023. Comments may be submitted in person, online or by mail. For more information on how to submit comments, please click here.
