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  1. 'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/we-are-continuing-look-for-best-management-practices-improve-water-quality

    With harmful algal blooms forecast to have increased this summer in western Lake Erie, experts ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  in July predicted  that the 2013 western Lake Erie harmful ... have been an issue in Lake Erie since the 1960s. The blooms, which are harmful to wildlife and humans, ...

  2. EPN Breakfast- The Lake Erie Impairment Designation- Columbus, Ohio

    https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/events/epn-breakfast-lake-erie-impairment-designation-columbus-ohio

    harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie, Chesapeake Bay, Grand Lake St. Marys, Sandusky Bay and within the City ... For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie have been deemed ... Program and Stone Laboratory), to discuss efforts to monitor harmful algal blooms, keep drinking water ...

  3. New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-research-examine-connections-between-land-use-public-policy-lake-erie-water-quality

    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 ...

  4. Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ecosystem — such ... Lake Erie Basin, where most of the dangerous algal blooms occur. Information from the study could ... a drop of this magnitude would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “With aggressive ...

  5. New lab to help fight the (algae-fueled) battle of Lake Erie

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-lab-help-fight-the-algae-fueled-battle-lake-erie

    coordinator and the lab's primary technician. "Research in the new lab will address Lake Erie ... harmful algal bloom problem is not gone, and reducing phosphorus loading is as important as ever, so being ... nuisance algal blooms, which are unattractive and may have a negative impact on tourism and water quality, ...

  6. What Will We Find in Lake Erie This Summer?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/what-will-we-find-in-lake-erie-summer

    seasonal harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecast for the Great Lakes. Led by regional and national experts, the ... the history of this work on Lake Erie. An afternoon webinar will allow the public to participate ... at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. Media members should contact Ohio Sea Grant's Jill Jentes Banicki at  ...

  7. Farmer Views on Nutrient Loss, Water Quality to Be Discussed at Farm Science Review

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/farmer-views-nutrient-loss-water-quality-be-discussed-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 ...

  8. Jay Martin to Lead Field to Faucet and Global Water Initiative

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/jay-martin-lead-field-faucet-and-global-water-initiative

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – While some would say people are the problem behind Lake Erie’s harmful algal ... Engineering. For the past 10 years, he has focused on the Lake Erie basin, again in concert with researchers ... Environmental Sciences, which put $1 million toward the effort after dangerous microcystin levels in Lake Erie ...

  9. Nutrient Management Key to Reducing Dissolved Phosphorus in Lake Erie

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/nutrient-management-key-reducing-dissolved-phosphorus-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 ...

  10. Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. In August, toxins from ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. “The use of cover crops and ... nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and Buckeye Lake will find that ...

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