Efforts to keep phosphorus (found in livestock manure and artificial fertilizers), from flowing into Lake Erie are falling drastically short of results needed. Cutting runoff to prevent harmful algae outbreaks requires sweeping changes on region’s farms, with one solution of converting … Continue Reading…
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Scientists from University of Michigan, OSU, & Heidelberg released scenarios on how to decrease the 98% of Phosphorus input to Maumee watershed from agricultural sources. One conclusion: Convert 50% of Cropland to Grassland to reduce dissolved Phosphorus. Cows grazing in … Continue Reading…
Early signs of Algal Bloom on March 21, 2106. Location: West side of Ingall Highway, north of Packard Road, tributary to Lime Creek.Bean Creek/Tiffin Watershed, Medina Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. … Continue Reading…
Forecast murky for Lake Erie Many forget the 2015 bloom, while relatively low in toxin, was the largest in terms of biomass since a satellite began sending daily images of the lake in 2002 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric … Continue Reading…
On Friday, dozens of government leaders and environmentalists came to the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve for the Lake Erie Waterkeeper’s annual conference. Waterkeeper Sandy Bihn said a reliable source has told her that tens of millions of chickens are being … Continue Reading…