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  1. Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer

    aquatic life. The extent of 2017 algal blooms in Lake Erie was the fourth most severe in recent history, ... be certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms ... in Lake Erie and other bodies of water. Phosphorus and nitrogen in fertilizer can trigger the growth ...

  2. Multimillion-dollar pilot watershed project set for NW Ohio

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/multimillion-dollar-pilot-watershed-project-set-for-nw-ohio

    County, which is part of the larger Maumee River watershed and drains into western Lake Erie, the project ... scale—can help meet Lake Erie’s water quality goals. The Regional Conservation Partnership Program, part of ... Preserve Lake Erie, maintain farm productivity The new project “targets the ultimate goal of preserving ...

  3. Tips and Events for the Week of May 21

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tips-and-events-for-the-week-may-21

    Erie. 7 p.m. research brief by Jessica D’Ambrosio, Western Lake Erie project director, The Nature ... Alayna DeMartini Tip 1. Water Purifiers Don’t Clear All Algal Bloom Toxins: Not all water pitchers ... Stone Lab, The Ohio State University, Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. 7 p.m. research brief, “We All Have a Role ...

  4. Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/842

    due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie’s surface ... limited to, Grand Lake St. Marys and the Western Lake Erie Basin, two of Ohio’s most problematic ... Tracy Turner COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism ...

  5. News tips and events for the week of July 8

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/news-tips-and-events-for-the-week-july-8

    Administration’s annual harmful algal bloom forecast for western Lake Erie, including reports on Maumee River ... go.osu.edu/ClimateSmart. Tip 2: Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... one of the causes of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other Ohio water bodies in recent ...

  6. New Poultry Litter Applicator Can Cut Nutrient Runoff, Protect Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-poultry-litter-applicator-can-cut-nutrient-runoff-protect-water-quality

    excessive nutrient runoff from farm fields, especially of phosphorus, is a cause of the algal blooms ... plaguing Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other Ohio water bodies. Farm field runoff also can carry E. ... from the fields, he said. Crop yields, meanwhile, are the same or sometimes higher. Experts say ...

  7. Tips and Events for the Week of Sept. 3

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tips-and-events-for-the-week-sept-3

    sought-after game fish in Lake Erie. In recent years, algal blooms, which can turn the water green, have ... wilson.1010@osu.edu, 614-292-7930. Tip 2: How algal blooms affect how walleye see: Walleye and the smaller fish they ... future if harmful algal blooms persist.” That’s according to a study led by CFAES scientist Suzanne Gray ...

  8. Media Advisory: CFAES, Ohio Sea Grant Experts Available to Speak on Asian Carp

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/media-advisory-cfaes-ohio-sea-grant-experts-available-speak-asian-carp

    available to speak with the media about the recent report of invasive grass carp breeding in a Lake Erie ... finding and the potential impact of grass carp and other Asian carp on Lake Erie. •  Jeff Reutter, ... Director, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, Stone Laboratory, Center for Lake Erie Area Research and Great ...

  9. Extension Educator Shares Expertise in Article about Microplastics in Lake Erie

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/september-19-2022/extension-educator-shares-expertise-article-about

    in Lake County, recently shared some of her expertise about microplastics in a news article.  ... data to determine how well the Cleveland Water Department and others who rely on Lake Erie for their ... Microplastics are the size of a sesame seed or smaller can be found in water, on land, and in the air. A grant ...

  10. Ohio State Economists to Hold Water Quality Discussion During 2013 Farm Science Review

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-economists-hold-water-quality-discussion-during-2013-farm-science-review

    caused frequent and intense harmful algal blooms in the lake in recent years, Irwin said. “The Maumee ... Erie provides. “Lake Erie is a vital economic, ecological and recreational resource for the Great Lakes ... millions of people and a billion-dollar fishing industry,” she said. “At the same time, Lake Erie is ...

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