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  1. Forecast for Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie 2018- Online

    https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/events/forecast-harmful-algal-blooms-lake-erie-2018-online

    Forecast for western Lake Erie on July 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition to the official forecast, the ... event will feature spring nutrient loading and projections along with expert commentary and highlights ...

  2. OARDC annual conference spotlights water quality

    https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/cfaes-connect/may-2015/cfaes-news/oardc-annual-conference-spotlights-water-quality

    on “Field to Faucet: Impacts of Phosphorus and Steps Forward in the Lake Erie Basin”; and CFAES Dean ... what’s coming in from the rivers, we can have an impact and lessen algal blooms,” said Martin, who is ... production while improving water quality in Lake Erie.” Watch: CFAES Dean Bruce McPheron speaks April 16 at ...

  3. New App Helps Farmers Know When to Spray or Spread

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/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 ...

  4. Farmers need to gear up for more rain

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-need-gear-more-rain

    said. In 2017, Lake Erie recorded its third largest harmful algal bloom ever reported. Phosphorus runoff ... of nutrients, such as phosphorous and nitrogen, entering Lake Erie and other bodies of water, Wilson ... is a main driver of the lake’s blooms. Farmers might want to look into other measures – such as ...

  5. Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer

    of 2017 algal blooms in Lake Erie was the fourth most severe in a century, according to a November ... certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms in Lake ... Erie and other bodies of water. Phosphorus and nitrogen in fertilizer can trigger the growth of algal ...

  6. Precision University: Nutrient Technology

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/precision-university-nutrient-technology

    that prevents it from running off the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways. The ... phosphorous and nitrogen in the soil and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms ... in Lake Erie and beyond. “We’re trying to bring attention to a relevant topic,” said Kaylee Port, ...

  7. Precision University: Nutrient Technology

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/precision-university-nutrient-technology

    and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms in Lake Erie and beyond. ... the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways. The conference is being hosted by Ohio State ... become even better stewards of the land and water,” she said. Precision University will feature experts ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Waiting for a Break

    https://advancement.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/cfaes-connect/december-2018/waiting-break

    for Lake Erie's health.  With the help of scientists at Stone Laboratory, Julie Christensen place ... seven cameras to livestream footage of the lake at points on South Bass and Gibraltar Island.  The ... the importance of our connection with the Great Lakes.  Christensen shared that the while working on ...

  10. Rain, Rain, Will It Ever Go Away?

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/rain-rain-will-it-ever-go-away

    fields and for the water quality of Lake Erie that’s affected by pollution sources including rain running ... Erie, which many municipalities rely on for their drinking water. In the summer of 2017, Lake Erie ... ’s algal bloom level was classified as severe. “I think that’s why farmers are working really hard on ...

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