Sandusky native Jay Cooke's summer home on Gibraltar Island is part of Ohio Sea Grant's Stone Lab. In the years after the Cooke family sold the island to Ohio State, Cooke Castle has served different purposes, including as a men’s dormitory for Stone Lab students and housing a telescope on the roof. 

Firelands Habitat for Humanity has set a goal of building four houses in 2024.

Twin Oast Brewing and Catawba Island Brewing Co. team up to bring the area flavorful fusions.

“We want you to tell us what you can do to fix Lake Erie, and we fund it...Ohio Sea Grant really prides itself on funding research that is applied in nature.”