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Water Quality the Focus of March 14 Workshop
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/water-quality-the-focus-march-14-workshop
issues such as algal blooms in Lake Erie or contaminated drinking water.” Topics to be discussed include: ... experts in agriculture, climatology and environmental economics during a workshop and annual conference ... and agricultural chemicals escaping from farmland to streams and lakes, said Randall Reeder, a retired ...
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Directors of Three State Agencies to Speak on Nutrient Runoff, Water Quality at Ohio State Oct. 1; Register by Sept. 30
“Nutrient runoff and resulting harmful algal blooms continue to limit the use of lakes and streams across ... Ohio, including Lake Erie, for fishing, boating, swimming and now even for drinking water,” said the ... 614-247-1908 Conservation CFAES News Team cfaesnews@osu.edu 614-292-2270 ...
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Learn About World’s Largest Water Quality Trading Program
bodies can help reduce or prevent algal blooms and low-oxygen “dead zones.” Both the Ohio River and Lake ... Erie suffered record-setting algal blooms last summer. Speaking at the event will be: Jessica Fox, ... Hanselmann hanselmann.3@osu.edu 614-247-1908 Extension OARDC Conservation CFAES News Team cfaesnews@osu.edu ...
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For Youth in 4-H, a Deep Dive Into Science of Water
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/for-youth-in-4-h-deep-dive-science-water
the project’s developers. Last August, toxins from a Lake Erie algal bloom led that city to ban tap ... nutrient runoff into lakes and streams — a cause of harmful algal blooms like the one that hurt Toledo ... the very experts who ran the plant.” A member of the Gorman Farm 4-H Club, Nadathur was one of the ...
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Water: the next generation’s oil?
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/water-the-next-generation%E2%80%99s-oil
harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie and surrounding watersheds. Elizabeth Dayton, a soil scientist with the ... outbreaks, weather issues and best management practices, including those that can curb algal blooms. Go to ... expert in controlled drainage, which can help reduce nutrient loads. Contact Brown at 614-292-3826 or ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. · ...
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College Putting Emphasis on 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 ...
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NW Ohio Producers Can Get Paid for Growing Perennial Forage
in the Western Lake Erie Basin Watershed. This is a great opportunity to improve soils and conserve ... secondly from annual payments through the program. Land owners in the Western Lake Erie Basin Watershed can ... district office. For details of this and other Western Lake Erie Basin Phosphorus Reduction Programs see ...