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New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change
drains into the western basin of Lake Erie, where harmful algal blooms are common during the summer ... examine how people’s actions in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie. Researchers from six ... impact water quality in Lake Erie, how public perception of the health of the lake may influence those ...
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Juan Pablo Sequeira Lezama
https://hcs.osu.edu/our-people/juan-pablo-sequeira-lezama
algal blooms dominating the Western Lake Erie Basin and contribute to a circular economy. Research ... graduating Spring 2024 Research Focus: My research project aims to use Lake Erie sediments as soil amendments ... selling the Lake Erie sediments. Using Lake Erie sediments as farm soil amendment might ameliorate harmful ...
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The Lake Erie Impairment Designation
https://epn.osu.edu/events/lake-erie-impairment-designation
PROGRAM OVERVIEW For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie ... waters of Lake Erie met federal and state water quality goals, as well as key lessons learned from water ... in the process to reduce and mitigate harmful algal blooms will be addressed by the panel. WELCOMING ...
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Farmer Views on Nutrient Loss, Water Quality to Be Discussed at Farm Science Review
who contribute to and are most impacted by environmental issues. The Western Basin of Lake Erie has ... they may be more motivated to take action if made aware of the issues in Lake Erie’s Western Basin and ... Lake Erie are engaged in best management practices and generally concerned about nutrient loss, said ...
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Nutrient Management Key to Reducing Dissolved Phosphorus in Lake Erie
lake.” Thirty years ago, farmers in the watershed of Lake Erie's western basin were challenged to ... phosphorus going into Lake Erie over the past 50 years, but must reevaluate nutrient management practices to ... of the lakes affected. “Dissolved phosphorous is an algal-available nutrient in the water leading to ...
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Harmful Algal Blooms Impacting Landowner Ponds and Small Lakes
July 26, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Harmful algal blooms, like those affecting Grand Lake St. Marys, ... harmful algal blooms in landowner ponds and lakes as we are seeing in Grand Lake St. Marys," said ... and children away from ponds or lakes suspected of being contaminated with harmful algal blooms. Scum ...
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Natural Infrastructure Director
water for an additional five million Ohioans. The five worst harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie have ... ambitious goals for nutrient management in the Lake Erie and Ohio River Basins, with focus on the Western ... nutrients. With Lake Erie to the north and the Ohio River to the south, our region is rich in water ...
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Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality
tourism due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie ... Grand Lake St. Marys and the Western Lake Erie Basin, two of Ohio’s most problematic watersheds. ... November 6, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in ...
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Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812
economy, and recreation. For example, the HAB of 2014 in the Western Basin of Lake Erie resulted in ... many water resources from small streams and ponds to regional lakes, rivers, and Lake Erie. Harmful ... algal blooms (HABs) can have a significant impact on water quality, which effects human health, the ...
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Ohio State Experts Work with State Agriculture Professionals to Devise Water Quality Recommendations
agricultural nutrients from affecting or entering the western basin of Lake Erie using best management ... basin of Lake Erie has been the focus of attention for the past two years of a working group of industry ... working group of Lake Erie stakeholders and agriculture professionals who worked over a six month period ...