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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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, ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Water Quality Focus of Conservation Tillage Conference March 3-4

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/water-quality-focus-conservation-tillage-conference-march-3-4

    say phosphorus runoff from farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and ... other lakes. In August, toxins from a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... “Magnitude of the Phosphorus Problem for Lake Erie and Other Water Bodies,” the goal of the March ...

  8. FABE study shows fish from Lake Erie are safe to eat, despite algae bloom

    https://fabe.osu.edu/news/fabe-study-shows-fish-lake-erie-are-safe-eat-despite-algae-bloom

    Despite toxic algae blooms, fish from Lake Erie are safe to eat, according to early results of ... here. (Source: http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/lake-erie/2014/08/...) Ecological ... Engineering FABE algae Lake Erie ...

  9. New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-from-elevated-phosphorus-fields

    higher risk of contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, ... farm fields is a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are ... 2023. Lake Erie algal blooms Phosphorus, a nutrient, is needed for crops to grow. It’s an important part ...

  10. Ohio State’s Agricultural Fertilizer Program Helps Farmers Keep Phosphorus on Fields, Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state%E2%80%99s-agricultural-fertilizer-program-helps-farmers-keep-phosphorus-fields

    runoff from farms is an important source 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 ... Certification Program. The Link between Phosphorus, Harmful Algal Blooms and Agriculture. Soil Testing for ...

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