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  1. CFAES Research Conference Is Friday, Will Focus on Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-research-conference-is-friday-will-focus-water-quality

    blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies in recent years. The blooms have hurt tourism, ... Lake Erie. Latest CFAES water research Eight CFAES faculty will give brief “lightning round” ... presentations on their research, including efforts to evaluate algal blooms’ economic impacts, reduce the ...

  2. Event to Look at Farming, Water Quality, Ohio’s Efforts for Both

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/event-look-farming-water-quality-ohio%E2%80%99s-efforts-for-both

    was established in 2014 by Senate Bill 150 after a toxic algal bloom in western Lake Erie shut down ... phosphorus runoff at more than two dozen Ohio farm fields, including some in western Lake Erie ... of Agriculture. But that industry also is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms that have plagued ...

  3. Tips and Events for Week of July 9

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tips-and-events-for-week-july-9

    engagement, fox.264@osu.edu, 614-292-0456 Tip 3: Lake Erie algal bloom forecast on Thursday: ‘Tis the season ... go.osu.edu/CSxX. 12 Lake Erie Algal Bloom Forecast,  11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stone Lab, The Ohio State University, ... Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. Annual NOAA summer forecast for Lake Erie harmful algal blooms. Nutrient loading ...

  4. Attracting more farmers to participate in water quality efforts

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/attracting-more-farmers-participate-in-water-quality-efforts

    light and suddenly say, ‘Oh, I should be doing this instead.’” Experts say the harmful algal blooms ... by crop plants to grow, is present in fertilizers and manure. The severity of the lake’s algal bloom ... in Lake Erie, said Robyn Wilson, a professor in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ...

  5. New Midwest Cover Crops Guide Available to Help Growers Improve Water Quality, Soil Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-midwest-cover-crops-guide-available-help-growers-improve-water-quality-soil

    runoff from farms is an important cause of harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in ... recent years. In August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... impact of nitrogen and phosphorus on watersheds that drain into Lake Erie, this guide can offer really ...

  6. Coal Plant Byproduct, If Spread on Farms, Could Fight Lake Erie Algae

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/coal-plant-byproduct-if-spread-farms-could-fight-lake-erie-algae

    toxic  algal blooms  that have plagued Lake Erie and other water bodies, such as western Ohio’s Grand ... coal-burning power plants, if spread on farmers’ fields, could help control Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms ... said. Photo: A harmful algal bloom, fueled mainly by soluble phosphorus, covers much of Lake Erie ...

  7. Ohio Colleges and Universities Invited to Submit Pre-Proposals for Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-colleges-and-universities-invited-submit-pre-proposals-for-harmful-algal-bloom

    Agency, and the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. “The Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative demonstrates how ... universities as part of the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative ... funding focuses on agency priorities aimed at reducing nutrient loading to Lake Erie via wetland design, ...

  8. OSU Extension Training Reaches Nearly 1 Million Acres Toward Improving Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/osu-extension-training-reaches-nearly-1-million-acres-toward-improving-water-quality

    plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in recent years. In August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to ... waters. Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is an important source of harmful algal blooms ... farmers across Ohio, LaBarge said. Special projects have been planned also for the Western Lake Erie ...

  9. News tips and events for the week of Sept. 9

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/news-tips-and-events-for-the-week-sept-9

    go.osu.edu/solarleasing. Tip 2: Update on algal blooms in Lake Erie: The fourth annual Understanding Algal Blooms: State of ... Erie’s harmful algal blooms. Lake Erie’s summertime algal blooms have begun, including in waters off the ... of people and pets. For more information about Lake Erie’s blooms, the media can contact Christopher ...

  10. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    about to begin on a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes.  The ... treat blooms on entire lakes as large as Lake Erie, she said. But the technology could potentially be ... used to treat streams entering those lakes, including Lake Erie.  “The sooner you can start cleaning ...

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