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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes.  The technology being ... blooms on entire lakes as large as Lake Erie, she said. But the technology could potentially be used to ... treat streams entering those lakes, including Lake Erie.  “The sooner you can start cleaning the water ...

  5. New Law on Fertilizer and Manure Applications Explained

    https://darke.osu.edu/news/new-law-fertilizer-and-manure-applications-explained

    to control algae production in Lake Erie and its western basin can find a detailed explanation in ... a blog post written by an agricultural law expert and a manure expert with the College of Food, ... application restrictions in the western basin Manure application restrictions in the western basin Exemptions ...

  6. Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/updating-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index-generating-positive-initial-results

    Scioto, Grand Lake St. Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds. To date, the project has collected ... in the degradation of Ohio surface water and contributes to harmful algal blooms. “Our intention is ...

  7. Ohio State University Extension Addressing Nutrient Management Issues in the State

    https://darke.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-university-extension-addressing-nutrient-management-issues-state

    about how to ‘fix’ the algal blooms in Lake Erie and elsewhere. And not surprisingly, the ‘fix’ depends ... building better models to predict nutrient runoff. In my lab, which focuses on agronomic soil fertility, we ...

  8. Comparing Ohio’s Proposed Algae Control Legislation

    https://darke.osu.edu/news/comparing-ohio%E2%80%99s-proposed-algae-control-legislation

    phosphorous, in the western Lake Erie basin on frozen ground, saturated soil, and when the local weather ... management and conservation measures in the western Lake Erie basin and for reduction of nutrient runoff as ... differences and agree upon a plan for reducing the occurrence of toxic algae in Lake Erie, which they have ...

  9. More Than 10,000 Ohio Farmers Have Received Water Quality Training

    https://governmentaffairs.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/more-10000-ohio-farmers-have-received-water-quality-training

    to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. “Since we ... on the link between phosphorus, harmful algal blooms and agriculture; best management practices for ... nearby and downstream water resources. Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a contributor ...

  10. News and Events

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    Gap in the Western Lake Erie Basin Copy:  This $749,939 award from USDA's National Institute of ... constraints to adoption in the Western Lake Erie basin. Button context:  NIFA page " ... Using Nanobubbles to Kill Harmful Algal Blooms Copy:  The technology being tested by CFAES researchers ...

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