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  1. Extension Educator Shares Expertise in Article about Microplastics in Lake Erie

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/september-19-2022/extension-educator-shares-expertise-article-about

    data to determine how well the Cleveland Water Department and others who rely on Lake Erie for their ... in Lake County, recently shared some of her expertise about microplastics in a news article.  ... Microplastics are the size of a sesame seed or smaller can be found in water, on land, and in the air. A grant ...

  2. Congrats to Ohio Sea Grant for Recent Conneaut Port Authority Clean Marina Certification

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/september-19-2022/congrats-ohio-sea-grant-recent-conneaut-port-authority

    result of intensive work to implement environmental best management practices to improve air and water ... Sea Grant college program, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management, the ... Ohio Department of Natural Division of Parks and Watercraft, and the Lake Erie Marine Trade ...

  3. Cover Crop Mapping in Maumee River Watershed

    https://grad.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/research-projects/kushal-kc

    cropping is one of the best management practices for improving soil quality and reducing nutrient losses to ... established to encourage adoption of cover crops throughout the Western Lake Erie basin, an impaired watershed ... spatial patterns of winter cover crops in the Western Lake Erie basin using satellite imagery. Images from ...

  4. Fall Manure Application to Wheat and other Fields

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/fall-manure-application-wheat-and-other-fields

    the western Lake Erie watershed. Also be certain to observe the proper setbacks from ditches and ... streams.” Of course, in this part of the state we are not under the Western Lake Erie basin regulations ... a water source is nearby.  Risk of nutrient movement is decreased by not applying manure within 24 hours ...

  5. Don't Forget About Livestock Water Needs in Winter

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/dont-forget-about-livestock-water-needs-winter

    thawing water lines and troughs. With recent temperatures, many of us often focus on keeping livestock ... body temperature. Although water is the cheapest nutrient we may purchase or provide, it is the one we ... Monitor new installations as well as established watering devises. An electrical AC current above three to ...

  6. EPN Breakfast Program to Focus on Lake Erie Stewardship – March 19

    https://extops.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/newsletter/news-and-notes/march-1-2024/epn-breakfast-program-focus-lake-erie-stewardship-%E2%80%93-march-19

    Resources to highlight how federal and state agencies work collaboratively to manage Lake Erie in ... Erie. Experts from the International Joint Commission and the Great Lakes Commission/Des Grans Lacs will ... Our North Coast, which will outline the stewardship practices in place to protect and restore Lake ...

  7. Nutrient Losses from Dairy Operations and Their Environmental Issues

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/january-2016/nutrient-losses-dairy-operations-and-their-environmental

    mitigating surface water (nutrient runoff) and air (ammonia emissions) pollution  should be a primary focus ... to be good environmental stewards and having a good nutrient management plan is necessary to mitigate ... nutrient losses and environmental (air, soil, and water) impacts. Among the livestock sector in Ohio, dairy ...

  8. Nutrient Management Algae Control Legislation

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/nutrient-management-algae-control-legislation

    animal waste management and conservation measures in the western Lake Erie basin and for reduction of ... applied.  Since both of these pieces of legislation are written for the Western Lake Erie basin, is there ... defined as nitrogen or phosphorous, in the western Lake Erie basin on frozen ground, saturated soil, and ...

  9. Wayne County Dairy Farm Manure Storage Survey

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/wayne-county-dairy-farm-manure-storage-survey

    Wayne County dairy farms are to comply with Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) type of clean water/nutrient management ... water quality/nutrient management legislation, including compliance time frames, and avoid unintended ... funding to accompany clean water/nutrient management legislation.             The survey is short (1-page ...

  10. Spring Cleaning

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/spring-cleaning

    into manageable pieces. For example, it might be easier to focus on cleaning one room per week or ... tablespoons of baking soda and a quart of warm water. Be sure all surfaces are dry before placing the food ... times a day. Mop floors with an all-purpose cleaner and make sure hardwood floors don’t become ...

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