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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. 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, ...

  3. 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  ...

  4. New App Helps Farmers Know When to Spray or Spread

    https://ati.osu.edu/new-app-helps-farmers-know-when-spray-or-spread

    the time. For example, the Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership sets laws that prohibit farmers from ... Erie, you have a greater potential for harmful algal blooms,” Wilson said. “This is detrimental to the ... fertilizer and pesticide is actually acting upon their crops, then it’s difficult to predict growth. The app ...

  5. OARDC annual conference spotlights water quality

    https://alumni.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/cfaes-connect/may-2015/cfaes-news/oardc-annual-conference-spotlights-water-quality

    on “Field to Faucet: Impacts of Phosphorus and Steps Forward in the Lake Erie Basin”; and CFAES Dean ... what’s coming in from the rivers, we can have an impact and lessen algal blooms,” said Martin, who is ... production while improving water quality in Lake Erie.” Watch: CFAES Dean Bruce McPheron speaks April 16 at ...

  6. A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/better-tool-in-the-toolbox-new-project-will-bolster-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index

    . And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in ... Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms ... the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most often implicated in the degradation of ...

  7. Lake's effect on housing prices?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/lakes-effect-housing-prices

    Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics,  have found that Lake Erie attracts highly educated ... bodies of water, only a small percentage of Lake Erie shoreline is publicly owned. "If you go to ... bike to the coast, you can enjoy it yourself," he says. "Along Lake Erie, if you're not ...

  8. Webinars for online continuing education

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/webinars-online-continuing-education

    http://changingclimate.osu.edu/webinars/archives/2 The page listed above has one hour webinars on climate change and forests, harmful algal blooms in ... research coming out of Ohio and the Great Lakes region.   ... Maumee bay, great lakes as carbon sinks, and wildlife.  The link below takes you to an archived list of ...

  9. Gone (or soon to be going) fishing: Charter captains prep for new season, new teaching

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/gone-or-soon-be-going-fishing-charter-captains-prep-for-new-season-new-teaching

    Ohio Sea Grant's annual Charter Captains Conference has become a tradition for Lake Erie ... charter boat captains, with many attendees regularly returning for the latest updates on Lake Erie ... charter captains who can in turn educate many other anglers on Lake Erie, we are able to reach thousands ...

  10. Three ways to learn about Lake Erie science while on vacation

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/three-ways-learn-about-lake-erie-science-while-vacation

    Crowds swell in the summer months at Put-in-Bay as vacationers visit Lake Erie to fish, boat, and ... having fun learning about Lake Erie. Visitors can take advantage of Ohio Sea Grant's science and ... The tours are a fun way to learn about Lake Erie without sitting through a traditional lecture. ...

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