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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. Great Lakes Scientist says, “If We Lose The EPA, We Lose Lake Erie”

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/news/great-lakes-scientist-says-%E2%80%9Cif-we-lose-epa-we-lose-lake-erie%E2%80%9D

    phosphorous run-off from farms that use fertilizers and manure. Click here to read more about Lake Erie algal ... At the 8 th  Binational Meeting of the Lake Erie Millennium Network, 125 scientists gathered at ... warmest and shallowest of the Great Lakes: Lake Erie. One of the biggest threats the scientists are ...

  3. Environmental Professionals Network

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/events

    For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie have been deemed ... our state’s leading universities to help the Ohio EPA assess whether the open waters of Lake Erie met federal ... Chesapeake Bay, Grand Lake St. Marys, and the City of Columbus. Efforts to monitor harmful blooms, keep ...

  4. 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, ...

  5. 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  ...

  6. Short and Long Term Strategies to Address Harmful Algal Blooms in Ohio Lakes

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/best-practices/short-and-long-term-strategies-address-harmful-algal-blooms-ohio-lakes

    lakes that can lead to harmful algal blooms. Mr. Fletcher will share lessons learned from alum treatment ... blooms present a threat to human health and recreation in Ohio's lakes. After attending this webinar ... options. Mr. Fletcher will bring us up-to-date on the current status of harmful algal blooms in Ohio's ...

  7. Landscape Faculty/Student Design Collaboration Leads to Possible Patent

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/news/landscape-facultystudent-design-collaboration-leads-possible-patent

    a forest of trees in Lake Erie, Toledo, to reduce harmful algal blooms. Two years later that collaborative ... prototype was based on its applicability. In 2014, algal blooms shut down the water supply to 400,000 people ... in the Toledo area. Those blooms, which now occur every year in many of Ohio’s lakes and reservoirs, ...

  8. Floating Aquatic Habitats

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/research-and-education/floating-aquatic-habitats

    to float a forest of trees in Lake Erie, Toledo, to reduce harmful algal blooms. Two years later that ... prototype was based on its applicability. In 2014, algal blooms shut down the water supply to 400,000 people ... in the Toledo area. Those blooms, which now occur every year in many of Ohio’s lakes and reservoirs, ...

  9. Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference

    https://extension.osu.edu/events/understanding-algal-blooms-state-science-conference

    Highlights: current scientific knowledge about algal blooms, their causes and best management ... practices to prevent them, as well as model predictions and water treatment methods to remove toxins. ...

  10. 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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