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  1. Ohio State Improving Water Quality, One Farm at a Time

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-improving-water-quality-one-farm-time

    in Lake Erie’s waters. Microcystin is a toxin made by certain harmful algal blooms. ·      A sensor ... will be developed to detect real-time concentrations of microcystin in Lake Erie’s waters. Field to ... creating a tri-state cost-share program to help protect water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie ...

  2. News tips and events for the week of June 17

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/news-tips-and-events-for-the-week-june-17

    Lake Erie,  2–3 p.m., Pavilion West Deck, 236 Walnut Ave., Lakeside, Ohio. Ohio Sea Grant ... Sea Grant presentation on Lake Erie’s unique fish species, including game fish and species threatened ... available to discuss proposed cutbacks to Clean Water Act protections for wetlands and streams:  In a new ...

  3. Tax or Subsidy? How to Reduce Lake Erie Phosphorus Sources

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/tax-or-subsidy-how-reduce-lake-erie-phosphorus-sources

    cheaper than many of the proposed measures being recommended to reduce phosphorus in Lake Erie, Sohngen ... of harmful algal blooms, which poisoned Toledo’s drinking water in 2014 and impact the lake ... by the water quality issue including Toledo and lake area residents to pay for improved water ...

  4. Cover Crops Can Improve Soil Health, Water Quality and Yields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/cover-crops-can-improve-soil-health-water-quality-and-yields

    “Farmers wanting to keep nutrients out of surface water including Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and ... other lakes. In August, toxins from a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in ... say phosphorus runoff from farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and ...

  5. Learn About World’s Largest Water Quality Trading Program

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/learn-about-world%E2%80%99s-largest-water-quality-trading-program

    water quality goals for nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen,” according to the project’s website. ... Farmers participating in the project earn water quality credits by using best management practices to ... reducing nutrient loading Reducing nutrient loading — specifically, of phosphorus and nitrogen — into water ...

  6. News tips and events for the week of June 3

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/news-tips-and-events-for-the-week-june-3

    Grant presentation on plastics and other types of marine debris, their effects on Lake Erie, and what can be done to ... Sea Grant presentation on Lake Erie’s unique fish species, including game fish and species threatened ... Contact: Amanda Bennett, 937-440-3945,  bennett.709@osu.edu.  18 Lake Erie Science at Lakeside Chautauqua: ...

  7. Ohio State Report Evaluates Options for Reducing Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-report-evaluates-options-for-reducing-lake-erie%E2%80%99s-harmful-algal-blooms

    algal blooms in Lake Erie. In 2012, the United States and Canada set the goal of reducing phosphorus ... entering the lake by 40%. Now, researchers have a better understanding of what management practices need to ... phosphorus entering Lake Erie originates from the Maumee River watershed. More than 85% of the phosphorus ...

  8. Ohio Study Shows How Shoreline Anglers Value Lake Erie Fishing

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/1057

    small part of Ohio’s Lake Erie fishery,” said Frank Lichtkoppler, Ohio Sea Grant Extension Specialist. ... Christina Dierkes COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lake Erie shoreline anglers – those who fish from shore ... spends about $8.22 per fishing trip in Lake Erie shoreline communities. The statistical analyses showed ...

  9. Media Advisory: CFAES, Ohio Sea Grant Experts Available to Speak on Asian Carp

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/media-advisory-cfaes-ohio-sea-grant-experts-available-speak-asian-carp

    Director, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, Stone Laboratory, Center for Lake Erie Area Research and Great ... available to speak with the media about the recent report of invasive grass carp breeding in a Lake Erie ... finding and the potential impact of grass carp and other Asian carp on Lake Erie. •  Jeff Reutter, ...

  10. Experts to Review State of the Science for Harmful Algal Blooms

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/experts-review-state-the-science-for-harmful-algal-blooms

    drinking water. Hosted by units of The Ohio State University – Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, the ... effort. LaBarge is working with about 100 farmers representing 5,000 acres in the Western Lake Erie Basin ... convene in Toledo on Sept. 15 to share the latest information on protecting water quality. Scheduled for ...

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