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

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

    agricultural nutrient management in Ohio with the goal of decreasing nutrient runoff into Ohio’s water ... Erie basin also boasts the largest percentage of agricultural land in the Great Lakes region.” Nutrient ... 2011.” Ward, who focuses on farm management, will discuss the management of fertilizer and water quality ...

  2. New Research from Professor Irwin Offers Analysis of the Interaction between Humans and Ecosystem Thresholds

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/new-research-professor-irwin-offers-analysis-interaction-between-humans-and-ecosystem

    examining the effect of policies on agricultural land management practices and Lake Erie water quality ... kills, are common in Lake Erie in the summer months. They are the result of a gradual build-up of ... feedback: amenity-led growth that responds to changes in water quality. The lake ecosystem in the study was ...

  3. New Ohio Sea Grant Project Helps Determine Lake Erie's Value to Its Residents

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/new-ohio-sea-grant-project-helps-determine-lake-eries-value-its-residents

    farmers’ best management practices in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie, and how people’s ... reduced or eliminated. Irwin and Zhang will specifically look at three services Lake Erie provides: water ... help policy makers decide which conservation practices will raise the value of the Lake Erie ecosystem ...

  4. Zhang Named a 2014 Ohio State Presidential Fellow

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/zhang-named-2014-ohio-state-presidential-fellow

    funding to focus on his dissertation, “Improving the Sustainability of the Lake Erie Region: Linking ... Agricultural Land Management and Lake Ecosystem Services.” For his dissertation, he is currently working with ... impacts the incidence, intensity and extent of harmful algal blooms and downstream Lake Erie ecosystem ...

  5. Research from Professor Elena Irwin, Professor Mark Partridge, AEDE Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, and AEDE alumnus Heather Stephens, PhD, profiled in Twine Line, a magazine of The Ohio Sea Grant College Program

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/research-professor-elena-irwin-professor-mark-partridge-aede-swank-chair-rural-urban-policy-and

    Premium: Highly Educated Buyers Willing to Pay to Live Close to Lake Erie”, focuses on an analysis of two ... Lake Erie and the Great Lakes. It is part of the NOAA Sea Grant College Program (NOAA grant NA16RG2252, ... decades of data by the AEDE team, which enabled them to learn more about how Lake Erie and the other Great ...

  6. Algal Blooms 101

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/algal-blooms-101

    The harmful algal blooms that manifest on Lake Erie in the summer can be as murky a concept to ... courses and wastewater   treatment plants also contribute phosphorous to runoff that ends up in Lake Erie ... through eastern Indiana and western Ohio and then feeds into Lake Erie near Toledo. Blooms are running ...

  7. Reducing Sediment Loading in Lake Erie by Identifying Legal and Policy Options for Improved Agricultural Drainage Ditches

    https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/reducing-sediment-loading-lake-erie-identifying-legal-and-policy-options

    As primary conveyors of water in the Lake Erie watershed, agricultural drainage ditches play ... a role in the identified problem of high levels of agricultural sediment loading in Lake Erie. However, ... ditches, sediment loading, and other water quality concerns. Recommendations in this report focus on ...

  8. Panel Discussion Set for Farm Science Review to Focus on Water Quality

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/panel-discussion-set-farm-science-review-focus-water-quality

    signature program Nutrient Stewardship for Cleaner Water. Sponsored by CFAES, the Review features ... economist in the department; Glen Arnold, state field specialist for manure nutrient management systems and ... knowledge of manure management to the discussion. His research focuses on applying livestock manure to wheat ...

  9. Algal blooms cost Ohio homeowners $152 million

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/algal-blooms-cost-ohio-homeowners-152-million

    Meanwhile, a related study suggests that algae is driving anglers away from Lake Erie, causing fishing ... findings from the first two studies ever to put a precise dollar value on algae impact, both on Lake Erie ... Turning to Lake Erie, the researchers teamed with doctoral student  Will Georgic  to examine state revenue ...

  10. Recreation Demand for Great Lakes Beaches and Responses to Algae

    https://aede.osu.edu/events/recreation-demand-great-lakes-beaches-and-responses-algae

    focus on "Recreation Demand for Great Lakes Beaches and Responses to Algae." Abstract: ... Resurgent harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie have heightened public and political interest in the ... economic benefits of improving and protecting Great Lakes water quality. I describe efforts to model the ...

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