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  1. 'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/we-are-continuing-look-for-best-management-practices-improve-water-quality

    With harmful algal blooms forecast to have increased this summer in western Lake Erie, experts ... have been an issue in Lake Erie since the 1960s. The blooms, which are harmful to wildlife and humans, ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  in July predicted  that the 2013 western Lake Erie harmful ...

  2. What Will We Find in Lake Erie This Summer?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/what-will-we-find-in-lake-erie-summer

    seasonal harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecast for the Great Lakes. Led by regional and national experts, the ... the history of this work on Lake Erie. An afternoon webinar will allow the public to participate ... at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. Media members should contact Ohio Sea Grant's Jill Jentes Banicki at  ...

  3. New lab to help fight the (algae-fueled) battle of Lake Erie

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-lab-help-fight-the-algae-fueled-battle-lake-erie

    harmful algal bloom problem is not gone, and reducing phosphorus loading is as important as ever, so being ... and to harmful algal blooms, or HABs, which can threaten the health of people and animals.  ... coordinator and the lab's primary technician. "Research in the new lab will address Lake Erie ...

  4. A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/better-tool-in-the-toolbox-new-project-will-bolster-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index

    Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms ... . And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in ... the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most often implicated in the degradation of ...

  5. Nutrient Management Algae Control Legislation

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

    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 ... nonpoint sources in the Lake Erie and Ohio River basins.  The House bill does not contain this or a similar ...

  6. Stone Lab to partner with BGSU on STEM-related grant

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/stone-lab-partner-with-bgsu-stem-related-grant

    island campus on Lake Erie, will receive $224,000 to guide teacher groups in two focus areas: watersheds ... Ohio Sea Grant  and  Stone Laboratory  are partnering with Bowling Green State University on ... applications." Similar courses at other partner institutions, such as the Toledo Zoo and the BGSU Herpetology ...

  7. Gone (or soon to be going) fishing: Charter captains prep for new season, new teaching

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/gone-or-soon-be-going-fishing-charter-captains-prep-for-new-season-new-teaching

    Ohio Sea Grant's annual Charter Captains Conference has become a tradition for Lake Erie ... charter boat captains, with many attendees regularly returning for the latest updates on Lake Erie ... charter captains who can in turn educate many other anglers on Lake Erie, we are able to reach thousands ...

  8. Callia A. Tellez

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/node/4389

    Lakes region and the creation of an early warning system for harmful algal blooms. Her remarkable level ... International Association for Great Lakes Research and Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual ... a commitment to environmental advocacy through involvement with several organizations, including the Ohio State ...

  9. Lake's effect on housing prices?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/lakes-effect-housing-prices

    Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics,  have found that Lake Erie attracts highly educated ... bodies of water, only a small percentage of Lake Erie shoreline is publicly owned. "If you go to ... bike to the coast, you can enjoy it yourself," he says. "Along Lake Erie, if you're not ...

  10. Three ways to learn about Lake Erie science while on vacation

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/three-ways-learn-about-lake-erie-science-while-vacation

    Crowds swell in the summer months at Put-in-Bay as vacationers visit Lake Erie to fish, boat, and ... having fun learning about Lake Erie. Visitors can take advantage of Ohio Sea Grant's science and ... The tours are a fun way to learn about Lake Erie without sitting through a traditional lecture. ...

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