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  1. Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference

    https://extension.osu.edu/events/understanding-algal-blooms-state-science-conference

    Highlights: current scientific knowledge about algal blooms, their causes and best management ... practices to prevent them, as well as model predictions and water treatment methods to remove toxins. ...

  2. Elena Irwin

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/faculty-expert/elena-irwin

    farmer land management, nutrient run- off and harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. She is a Co-Investigator ...

  3. Water Quality Wednesday

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/events/water-quality-wednesday

    effects’ on Lake Erie and the recent algal blooms it has experienced. Time for a Question-and-Answer ...

  4. Ohio State Improving Water Quality, One Farm at a Time

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-improving-water-quality-one-farm-time

    in Lake Erie’s waters. Microcystin is a toxin made by certain harmful algal blooms. ·      A sensor ... creating a tri-state cost-share program to help protect water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie ... around Grand Lake St. Marys in western Ohio, where there are a large number of livestock farms. ·      ...

  5. College Putting Emphasis on Water Quality, Implications for Farming, Society

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/college-putting-emphasis-water-quality-implications-for-farming-society

    power plants on farm fields can keep soluble phosphorus, the main nutrient feeding harmful algal blooms ... in Lake Erie, from getting washed from the soil by heavy rains, then running off into streams and ... rely on pristine water quality. And it's an issue for the fishing and recreation industry in Lake ...

  6. New Law on Fertilizer and Manure Applications Explained

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-law-fertilizer-and-manure-applications-explained

    week intended to control algae production in Lake Erie and its western basin can find a detailed ... explanation in a blog post written by an agricultural law expert and a manure expert with the College of Food, ... application restrictions in the western basin Manure application restrictions in the western basin Exemptions ...

  7. How and why to keep phosphorus on no-till fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/how-and-why-keep-phosphorus-no-till-fields

    the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie every summer is phosphorus that runs off farm fields with ... it phosphorus in a form that can be readily available to produce algal blooms downstream, said Warren ... lakes by not tilling fields, but we have also seen an increase in our soluble phosphorus going into ...

  8. A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/better-tool-in-the-toolbox-new-project-will-bolster-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index

    . And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in ... Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms ... the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most often implicated in the degradation of ...

  9. Rain, Rain, Will It Ever Go Away?

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/rain-rain-will-it-ever-go-away

    soggy fields and for the water quality of Lake Erie that’s affected by pollution sources including rain ... Erie, which many municipalities rely on for their drinking water. In the summer of 2017, Lake Erie ... ’s algal bloom level was classified as severe. “I think that’s why farmers are working really hard on ...

  10. Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training Workshop Offered Aug. 29

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/fertilizer-applicator-certification-training-workshop-offered-aug-29

    Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a contributor to the harmful algal blooms plaguing ... Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. “Our goal is to offer farmers more information on ...

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