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

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

    contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, $5 million study that ... a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are sometimes toxic, are often ... phosphorus is released from the soil and ends up in Lake Erie, where it contributes to harmful algal blooms ...

  2. New Ohio Sea Grant Project Helps Determine Lake Erie's Value to Its Residents

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/new-ohio-sea-grant-project-helps-determine-lake-eries-value-its-residents

    of the western Lake Erie watershed. These models in turn will help policy makers and watershed ... help policy makers decide which conservation practices will raise the value of the Lake Erie ecosystem ... nature provides to humans,” according to Irwin – when negative events like harmful algal blooms are ...

  3. Event to Look at Farming, Water Quality, Ohio's Efforts for Both

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/event-look-farming-water-quality-ohios-efforts-both

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

  4. Environmental Professional Network Breakfast- Ag & Water Quality Issues

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/environmental-professional-network-breakfast-ag-water-quality-issues

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

  5. News tips and events for the week of June 24

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/news-tips-and-events-for-the-week-june-24

    or view the July 11 Lake Erie harmful algal bloom forecast. Ohio State’s Stone Laboratory and Ohio ... bloom forecast for western Lake Erie on July 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. During the free webinar, ... and diseases. Free, no reservations required. Details: 330-263-3761. 11 Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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, ...

  10. 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 ...

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