AASU's Schuberth to Lecture on Deepening the Channel

Savannah, GA—February 11, 2004—Christopher Schuberth, assistant professor of middle, secondary, and adult education at Armstrong Atlantic State University, will give a lecture on "To Dig or Not To Dig, That is the Question" as part of the Robert Ingram Strozier Faculty Lecture Series on February 27. The lecture will begin at 12:15 p.m. in University Hall room 156. It is free and open to the public.

A well-known proposal has been underway for several years to deepen the Savannah Harbor Navigation Channel from its current authorized depth of forty-two feet below mean low water to as much as forty-eight feet below mean low water. Schuberth, chair of the Aquifer Committee of the Stakeholders Evaluation Group designated by the U.S. Congress, will address concerns that deepening the channel may adversely affect several aspects of the environment, including loss of freshwater wetlands, decline in endangered fish populations, and a change in the amount of oxygen.

For more details, call 912.961.3173 or visit www.nt.armstrong.edu/faculty.htm.