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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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New Midwest Cover Crops Guide Available to Help Growers Improve Water Quality, Soil Quality
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ohio Colleges and Universities Invited to Submit Pre-Proposals for Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative
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, ...
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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 ...