Long Island Seaport & Eco Center
Second Annual Family Day at Harborfront Park, Port Jefferson Celebrating
National Estuaries Day
Saturday September 24, 2005
PORT JEFFERSON, NY The
new Promenade at Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson is the perfect site for
this comprehensive maritime celebration featuring live marine animals,
interactive science experiments from the Childrens Maritime Museum, and exhibits
from Stony Brook University, five school districts, Atlantis Marine World,
the Riverhead Foundation, the Town of Brookhaven, local scouts and many others.
This festival is supported by
a grant from the Long Island Sound Study and is part of a national campaign
to develop awareness of the marine environment and the importance of estuaries
such as Port Jefferson Harbor. It is also part of the Long Island Seaport
& Eco Centers educational mission to use the "Harbor and Sound
as a Learning Laboratory."
















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