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  1. Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812

    many water resources from small streams and ponds to regional lakes, rivers, and Lake Erie. Harmful ... economy, and recreation. For example, the HAB of 2014 in the Western Basin of Lake Erie resulted in ... algae and water quality. Fertilizer nutrients are especially harmful. Ohio needs everyone’s help to ...

  2. Nutrient Management Plan Development Program

    https://lucas.osu.edu/events/nutrient-management-plan-development-program

    farmers in developing free Nutrient Management Plans (NMP) in the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) of Ohio. ... The Ohio State University Extension has four Nutrient Management Plan Writers working to assist ... Lake Erie Basin on select days this winter to work with you on preparing a free NMP or CNMP; dates, ...

  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. Ohio Phosphorus (P) Use by Crop Reporting District

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0144

    (OEPA, 2020). While Lake Erie gets the primary press with annual harmful algal blooms, water quality ... epa.ohio.gov/static/Portals/35/documents/Nutrient-Mass-Balance-Study-2020.pdf Ag Crops and Livestock phosphorus soil fertility nutrient management water quality Agriculture and ... impacts. P is a necessary nutrient for maximizing crop production. P can also contribute to water quality ...

  5. Ohio State’s Stone Lab Partners With Ohio Foundations On Field Trip Scholarships

    https://lucas.osu.edu/news/ohio-state%E2%80%99s-stone-lab-partners-ohio-foundations-field-trip-scholarships

    Scholarships to Stone Lab Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab, Ohio State’s island campus on Lake Erie, are offering ... Campus on Lake Erie and the research, education, and outreach facility of the  Ohio Sea Grant College ... scholarships to school groups from grades 5-12 for a one-day Lake Erie Science Field Trip at the lab on ...

  6. Understanding How Soil Test Phosphorus Impacts Water Quality

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0111

    thresholds (green line) to improve water quality entering Lake Erie from the Maumee River are defined by the ... practices beyond 4R nutrient management (right source, right rate, right time, and right place) may be ... needed to reduce field P losses. Implementing appropriate water management conservation practices that ...

  7. Water Effects on Livestock Performance

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ANR-13

    increase nutrient distribution throughout the field. Through management of available water and tank ... livestock productivity. Management of the water source can lead to more uniform distribution of nutrients ... dramatically than any other nutrient deficiency (Boyles). Water constitutes approximately 60 to 70 percent of ...

  8. Spray Irrigation of Reclaimed Wastewater for Rural Homes

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-758

    disinfect it, and then irrigate lawn and landscaping on the lot. Reusing the water and nutrients in treated ... shallow as 6 inches. green buildings—to reuse water and nutrients to obtain LEED credits. Therefore, ... is to provide enough water and nutrients for plants, but not too much. To match Ohio’s climatic ...

  9. Phosphorus Nutrient Management for Yield and Reduced P Loss at Edge of Field

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-509

    and Environment Farm Management p loss phosphorus bmps nutrient management row crop production water ... Where in-crop application is not used, incorporate organic nutrients. WATER QUALITY —The risk of P loss ... following water management practices based on fitness and cost effectiveness for field site: Production ...

  10. Ditch-style Filters for Mitigating Dissolved Phosphorus Losses

    https://grad.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/research-projects/vinayak-shedekar

    HABs in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Many practices intended for mitigating P losses are intended to ... and drainage water. Trench filters or ditch style filters are desirable due to a narrower footprint, ... and the dual utility in terms of P removal as well as a water conveyance. Although, the ditch-style ...

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