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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 ...
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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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Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to 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 ...
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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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Jay Martin to Lead Field to 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 ...
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SWBR researchers present for International Association for Great Lakes Research
Lakes Research. The session focused on lake-specific research such as the management of algal blooms ... a technical session and participated in the State of Lake Erie Conference. Drs. Rafiq Islam and Arif Rahman ... point was Cyanotoxin-producing algal blooms due to edge-of-field loss of reactive phosphorous ...
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SWBR receives research funding
https://southcenters.osu.edu/spring-summer-2022/swbr-receives-research-funding
agriculturally-induced algal blooms and associated cyanotoxins in lakes and reservoirs. This project is aimed at the ... the mitigation of the edge-of-field P and N loss responsible for algal blooms and water quality ... problems of Lake Erie. In addition, the Soil, Water, and Bioenergy team, along with Central State ...
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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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Short and Long Term Strategies to Address Harmful Algal Blooms in 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 ...
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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 ...