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  1. Algal Blooms 101

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/algal-blooms-101

    The harmful algal blooms that manifest on Lake Erie in the summer can be as murky a concept to ... through eastern Indiana and western Ohio and then feeds into Lake Erie near Toledo. Blooms are running ... Commission estimated that harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie in 2014 resulted in $43 million in lost tourism ...

  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. Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2015/seeing-and-using-good-manure-and-keeping

    toxins from a western Lake Erie algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think such ... algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. The issue made headlines in summer 2014 when ... manure while minimizing the risk of them entering lakes and streams. Co-hosted by OARDC, it was for ...

  4. ‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/%E2%80%98toledo-was-wakeup-call%E2%80%99-dean-announces

    systems In early August, toxins produced by a harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie caused a two-day ... runoff from farms is a cause of such blooms, which have plagued Lake Erie and other lakes in recent ... drinking water ban in Toledo. Toledo draws its drinking water from the lake. Experts say soluble phosphorus ...

  5. Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference

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

    prevent and predict harmful algal blooms and how to remove their toxins from drinking water. Hosted by ... 100 farmers representing 5,000 acres in the Western Lake Erie Basin to measure how much dissolved ... Fourteen leaders in the fight against harmful algal blooms will convene in Toledo on Sept. 15 to ...

  6. Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2014/teaming-farmers-protect-ohio%E2%80%99s-water

    a major contributor to harmful algal blooms, experts say. “This project would not be possible without the ... Grand Lake St. Marys and Western lake Erie Basin watersheds. The latter two are especially problematic ... that farmers use to predict phosphorus runoff from their fields, know their management options and ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Western Nutrient Management and Placement Field Day

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/western-nutrient-management-and-placement-field-day

    have plagued western Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other bodies of water. In South Charleston ... quality threats such as harmful algal blooms. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of the  College of Food, ... algal blooms, for instance, are partly caused by the runoff of phosphorus. In recent years, such blooms ...

  9. Do algae affect what fish see? Science angles for answers

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2016/do-algae-affect-what-fish-see-science

    Erie’s fisheries, especially its sport fishery, adapt to algal blooms that reduce underwater visibility, ... some way by changes to the visual environment that happen with the algal blooms in the late summer and ... are in SENR. There’s a citizen science component to the research, too, based on Lake Erie charter ...

  10. Algal blooms cost Ohio homeowners $152 million

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/algal-blooms-cost-ohio-homeowners-152-million

    algal levels in Lake Erie and all major inland lakes. Further, Ohio is a “public disclosure” state, ... blooms at two Ohio lakes cost Ohio homeowners $152 million in lost property value over six years. ... Meanwhile, a related study suggests that algae is driving anglers away from Lake Erie, causing fishing ...

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