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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. SWBR researchers present for International Association for Great Lakes Research

    https://southcenters.osu.edu/spring-summer-2022/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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Extension Educator Shares Expertise in Article about Microplastics in Lake Erie

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/september-19-2022/extension-educator-shares-expertise-article-about

    in Lake County, recently shared some of her expertise about microplastics in a news article.  ... data to determine how well the Cleveland Water Department and others who rely on Lake Erie for their ... Microplastics are the size of a sesame seed or smaller can be found in water, on land, and in the air. A grant ...

  8. Algal Bloom Action Team Receives Outstanding Regional Collaboration Achievement Award

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/april-1-2021/algal-bloom-action-team-receives-outstanding-regional

    The North Central Region Water Network’s Algal Bloom Action Team has received an Outstanding ... learned about emergent harmful algal bloom research and facilitated outreach on the subject. Eugene Braig, ... senr.osu.edu/news/team-recognized-outstanding-regional-collaboration. ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. EPN Breakfast Program to Focus on Lake Erie Stewardship – March 19

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/march-1-2024/epn-breakfast-program-focus-lake-erie-stewardship-%E2%80%93-march-19

    Erie. Experts from the International Joint Commission and the Great Lakes Commission/Des Grans Lacs will ... Resources to highlight how federal and state agencies work collaboratively to manage Lake Erie in ... Our North Coast, which will outline the stewardship practices in place to protect and restore Lake ...

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