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  1. More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-in-2018

    risk that the fertilizer runs off the land with rainwater and into nearby waters, especially Lake Erie ... become in Lake Erie. Warmer weather leads to warmer water temperatures, which spur the growth of algal ... water quality of Lake Erie, it’s impossible to put a time frame on when changes in farmers’ fertilizer ...

  2. Water Quality Focus of Conservation Tillage Conference March 3-4

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/water-quality-focus-conservation-tillage-conference-march-3-4

    “Magnitude of the Phosphorus Problem for Lake Erie and Other Water Bodies,” the goal of the March ... other lakes. In August, toxins from a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... soil health, seeding technology, water quality and nutrient management, Reeder said. The program on ...

  3. Testing a new way to kill harmful algal blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/testing-new-way-kill-harmful-algal-blooms

    about to begin on a new technique for killing off harmful algal blooms in Ohio’s streams and lakes.  The ... will be done before trials occur at Ohio’s state park lakes or public water system reservoirs.   “If we ... treat blooms on entire lakes as large as Lake Erie, she said. But the technology could potentially be ...

  4. New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-from-elevated-phosphorus-fields

    higher risk of contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, ... 2023. Lake Erie algal blooms Phosphorus, a nutrient, is needed for crops to grow. It’s an important part ... farm fields is a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are ...

  5. Ohio State University Researchers Working with Farmers to Protect Ohio Water Quality, Lessen Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-university-researchers-working-with-farmers-protect-ohio-water-quality

    nutrients have on water quality, most are willing to take at least one new action on their farm to reduce ... Lake Erie, experts with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ... been an issue in Lake Erie since the 1960s. The blooms, which are harmful to wildlife and humans, occur ...

  6. Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms

    The study, “Informing Lake Erie Agriculture Nutrient Management Via Scenario Evaluation,” was ... Suzanne Steel COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ... a problem of the past. A new report shows that if farmers apply agricultural best management practices ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields

    contributing to Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. That’s the premise of a new five-year, $5 million study that ... a significant driver of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie. The blooms are sometimes toxic, are often ... Agriculture  is funding the study, which started in September and will run through summer 2023. Lake Erie ...

  9. Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/below-average-harmful-algal-bloom-predicted-for-western-lake-erie

    Jill Jentes Banicki NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will ... events, and are a huge part of NOAA’s service to the nation.” Lake Erie blooms consisting of ... National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science’s (NCCOS’s) lead scientist for the seasonal Lake Erie bloom ...

  10. Ohio State Water Experts to Speak to Columbus Metropolitan Club June 3

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-water-experts-speak-columbus-metropolitan-club-june-3

    battle for Lake Erie, and for all of Ohio’s water, at next week’s Columbus Metropolitan Club Luncheon. ... Ohio Sea Grant program and Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie. He was a frequent media source during the ... a harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Scientists say phosphorus from ...

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