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  1. CFAES Research Conference Will Focus on Water Quality

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/cfaes-research-conference-will-focus-water-quality

    fertilizer and manure runoff is one of the causes of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other ... Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) will dive into water, including Lake Erie and ... director of the Ohio State-based Ohio Sea Grant program and CFAES’s Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie. Latest ...

  2. Clean Water for Ohio: New Partners, Projects, Funding are Growing Field to Faucet

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/clean-water-for-ohio-new-partners-projects-funding-are-growing-field-faucet

    college funding toward the effort after harmful algal blooms caused dangerous microcystin levels in Lake ... researchers to better monitor harmful algal blooms in lakes and agricultural ponds. ·      Edge of field ... algal blooms if proper timing, placement and rates are not used. Too much nitrogen can cause dead zones ...

  3. Tips and Events for the Week of June 25

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tips-and-events-for-the-week-june-25

    Zimmerly or Paul Snyder, 330-263-3761, or  go.osu.edu/CSxX. 12 Lake Erie Algal Bloom Forecast,  11 a.m. to ... Atmospheric Administration summer forecast for Lake Erie harmful algal blooms. Nutrient loading projections, ... Jessica D’Ambrosio, Western Lake Erie project director, The Nature Conservancy, Ohio. 8 p.m. Guest lecture ...

  4. CFAES Researcher Part of New Project Studying Conservation Incentives, Farming Practices

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-researcher-part-new-project-studying-conservation-incentives-farming-practices

    Great Lakes algal blooms, ‘dead zones’ Since 2010, the GLRI has provided farmers in the Great Lakes ... blooms and oxygen-free “dead zones” in the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie. Key among those nutrients ... data from four Great Lakes watersheds, including Lake Erie’s Maumee River watershed in northwest Ohio, ...

  5. Short and Long Term Strategies to Address Harmful Algal Blooms in Ohio Lakes

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/best-practices/short-and-long-term-strategies-address-harmful-algal-blooms-ohio-lakes

    lakes that can lead to harmful algal blooms. Mr. Fletcher will share lessons learned from alum treatment ... blooms present a threat to human health and recreation in Ohio's lakes. After attending this webinar ... options. Mr. Fletcher will bring us up-to-date on the current status of harmful algal blooms in Ohio's ...

  6. Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    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 ... “Farmers wanting to keep nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and ...

  7. NW Ohio Farmers: Sign Up for Project Designed to Improve Ohio Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/nw-ohio-farmers-sign-for-project-designed-improve-ohio-water-quality

    cause of harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes in recent years. In August 2014, ... a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The project involves ... reducing loss of phosphorus, LaBarge said. Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is an important ...

  8. CFAES names director of new Water Quality Initiative

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cfaes-names-director-new-water-quality-initiative

    harmful algal blooms, joins CFAES from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, where she was state ... harmful algal bloom (HAB) coordinator and lead hydrogeologist. She was also recently elected to serve on ... the National HAB Committee.  Harmful algal blooms are the often pea-green, sometimes-toxic slime ...

  9. Study: Most Farmers Willing to Take More Steps to Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/study-most-farmers-willing-take-more-steps-improve-water-quality

    Lake Erie has experienced large algal blooms in recent years that threaten the economy of the region. ... reducing dissolved reactive phosphorus loading into Lake Erie tributaries, Wilson said. Some of these ... educated and more resistant to change, and also tend to operate farms farther away from Lake Erie, she ...

  10. News tips and events for the week of June 17

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/news-tips-and-events-for-the-week-june-17

    Free, no reservations required. Details: 330-263-3761. 11 Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast, 11 ... forecast for western Lake Erie by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Features ... email at  sullivan.191@osu.edu.  June 2019 18 Lake Erie Science at Lakeside Chautauqua: Talking Trash in ...

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