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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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. ·      ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. NW Ohio Producers Can Get Paid for Growing Perennial Forage

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2019-10/nw-ohio-producers-can-get-paid-growing-perennial-forage-0

    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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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 ...

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