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  1. Picnic Safety: Ohio Foodborne Illness Outbreak Prompts Advice

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/picnic-safety-ohio-foodborne-illness-outbreak-prompts-advice

    dangerous levels more quickly. Don't drink water you're not certain is safe. Picnic sites often ... have nonpotable water available for restrooms or other uses, but it's not safe to drink. Be sure ... Development Center. "The most important thing people can do to keep food safe is to wash their hands ...

  2. Control Aquatic Vegetation in Your Pond. Get Tips at Farm Science Review

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/control-aquatic-vegetation-your-pond-get-tips-farm-science-review

    September 7, 2010 LONDON, Ohio – Controlling aquatic vegetation, such as harmful algal blooms, can ... nutrients that end up in the water." Lynch said that cattails, filamentous algae and harmful algal ... blooms are some of the more common aquatic surface vegetation found in ponds. "I'll be ...

  3. Precision University: Nutrient Technology

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/precision-university-nutrient-technology

    a course in how to safely apply nutrients to their land. The certification requirement is aimed at keeping ... phosphorous and nitrogen in the soil and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms ... technologies to help growers become even better stewards of the land and water,” she said. Precision University ...

  4. Precision University: Nutrient Technology

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/precision-university-nutrient-technology

    and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms in Lake Erie and beyond. ... become certified every three years by passing a test or taking a course in how to safely apply nutrients ... to their land. The certification requirement is aimed at keeping phosphorous and nitrogen in the soil ...

  5. 2018 Environmental Policy and Outlook Conference

    https://agnr.osu.edu/events/2018-environmental-policy-and-outlook-conference

    Lake” 9:45am-  Professor Allen Klaiber: "The Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms ... here. 8:30am-4:30pm Agenda: Water Quality: Pathways to Sustainability 9:00am- Keynote: Gail Hesse, ... " 10:10am- Professor Brent Sohngen: “How Much Could it Cost to Meet a 40% Reduction in Phosphorus Emissions ...

  6. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hawk Makes a Splash (for the Week of Aug. 9, 2009)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-hawk-makes-splash-week-aug-9-2009

    What was it doing there? A. Probably getting a drink of water, taking a bath or both. Q. Why? A. Likely ... it was thirsty, dirty, hot or all three. A hawk is a bird. And birds need water. They drink it to ... stay hydrated ("HI-drayt-ed"; supplied with enough water) and healthy. They bathe in it to ...

  7. New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-research-examine-connections-between-land-use-public-policy-lake-erie-water-quality

    examine how people’s actions in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie. Researchers from six ... impact water quality in Lake Erie, how public perception of the health of the lake may influence those ... drains into the western basin of Lake Erie, where harmful algal blooms are common during the summer ...

  8. Keeping Phosphorus Out of Waterways

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/keeping-phosphorus-out-waterways

    a lot of discussion about  who  causes the algal bloom problem in Western Lake Erie or what  causes the ... through it, he said. If excess nitrates enter a public drinking water source, a municipality has to take ... in drinking water, Brown said. “Later in the spring we may start seeing some alerts because of the ...

  9. Farmers need to gear up for more rain

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/farmers-need-gear-more-rain

    said. In 2017, Lake Erie recorded its third largest harmful algal bloom ever reported. Phosphorus runoff ... State University. As a result, the state's farmers will have to deal with more and more water ... pouring onto and running off of their fields, and that could threaten the quality of water downstream, ...

  10. Bluebird Boxes, Other Conservation Info Abounds at Farm Science Review

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/bluebird-boxes-other-conservation-info-abounds-farm-science-review

    algal blooms, farm nutrient loss and water quality, maple syrup production, invasive plant species, ... landowners how to bring bluebirds to their land.  “It is for anyone interested in bluebirds, putting up ... pollinators, Asian carp, flying squirrels, water gardens, aquatic plants and algae, stream stewardship, harmful ...

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