Site
Search results
-
'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to 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 ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
The Lake Erie Impairment Designation
https://epn.osu.edu/events/lake-erie-impairment-designation
in the process to reduce and mitigate harmful algal blooms will be addressed by the panel. WELCOMING ... PROGRAM OVERVIEW For the first time in our state’s history the open waters of western Lake Erie ... waters of Lake Erie met federal and state water quality goals, as well as key lessons learned from water ...
-
Natural Infrastructure Director
water for an additional five million Ohioans. The five worst harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie have ... nutrients. With Lake Erie to the north and the Ohio River to the south, our region is rich in water ... resources. Lake Erie provides drinking water for 11 million people, and the Ohio River provides drinking ...
-
A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's 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 ...
-
Our North Coast: An insight into Intergovernmental stewardship to improve Lake Erie from Ontario to Ohio
to harmful algal blooms in the western basin of Lake Erie. Josh has Bachelor and Master of Science ... in place to protect and restore Lake Erie with the International Joint Commission (Canada-U.S. ... Resources. These agencies play a significant role in Lake Erie-specific Total Maximum Daily Load development ...
-
Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference
https://extension.osu.edu/events/understanding-algal-blooms-state-science-conference
Highlights: current scientific knowledge about algal blooms, their causes and best management ... practices to prevent them, as well as model predictions and water treatment methods to remove toxins. ...
-
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 ...
-
Gone (or soon to 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 ...