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January 2022
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Port Clinton discusses Lakeshore
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Michigan issues Lake Erie watershed
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Cuyahoga Soil &
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Sale of mobile
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Bipartisan Great
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Hoorman: Precious resources: soil, water and air
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Sensor detects toxins in drinking
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Senators want President Biden to prioritize Great Lakes infrastructure
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ODNR breaks
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Western Reserve Land Conservancy
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Former CEI
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Governor
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President Biden visits Lake Erie to discuss cleaning up of Great Lakes
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Wolf administration announces funding to protect Lake Erie
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Comments
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What caused an
unusual series of earthquakes in Lake Erie this year?
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new lakefront projects led by Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Metroparks gain
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Conservation
drainage and advanced technologies to be the focus of upcoming drainage
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Erie isn’t deep, but has depth of character among the Great Lakes
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Winter
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Nonprofits: Aerator
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Great News via the
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U.S. Rep Marcy
Kaptur wants to establish a federal ‘Great Lakes Authority’ to promote
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Restoring
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Holmes County
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Ohio could soon
pass bill to deregulate development of ephemeral water streams |
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Sandusky begins
wetlands work near Cedar Point |
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Officials sign
off on water-quality project in Mark Township |
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Florida man
promises Lorain County commissioners his compost business won’t make a stink |
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Lake Erie
shores could be getting a much-needed facelift |
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Cuyahoga County
releases finished report, interactive site, on new lakefront public access
plan |
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Area
legislators in D.C. propose new ‘Great Lakes Authority’ |
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Negotiated
settlement 'back on track' for landmark Lake Erie case |
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Does H2Ohio
really work? More than $10M being spent to find out |
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Marcy Kaptur’s
very good Great Lakes idea: editorial |
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New Documentary
‘The Erie Situation’ Looks at Toxic Algae Pollution on the Great Lake |
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Lakewood sees benefit of allowing lakeshore residents to form shoreline
improvement district
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Offshore Wind Accident: Orsted Asks for ‘No-Sail Zones’ After Turbine Breaks
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Models predict
that planned phosphorus reductions will make Lake Erie more toxic |
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COMMENTARY: You
can’t fish through an ‘algal bloom.’ Threat about more than drinking water |
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Harmful algal
blooms cause problems in Lake Erie; drinking water customers pay the price. |
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Electrofishing
helps sewer district biologists check water quality in Cleveland-area
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Smart buoys return to Lake Erie to help monitor water quality and conditions |
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New research wetland could unlock clues for better filtering |
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Sea lamprey
population could soon boom in Great Lakes |
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Lorain looks to
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Ag Report: $3
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Port
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holding up Irishtown Bend stabilization
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NOAA maintaining its Lake Erie algae projection |
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Ohio’s 2022 Water Quality Status
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Buffalo States gets EPA grant
to continue studying Great Lakes |
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Cover crop funding now
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Office of Coastal Management
moving from Sandusky |
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Litter collecting 'Seabin'
devices to be placed at several locations on Lake Erie |
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Study suggests phosphorous
reduction alone could lead to more toxic algae |
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Celebrating 50 years of the
Clean Water Act |
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Zaclon River Landing Project
awarded Brownfield grant, hopes to begin demolition this summer |
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Little mayflies quickly live large |
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State vows to keep an
open mind about emerging CAFO research |
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To tame
lake-fouling algal blooms, try an ecosystem approach |
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Seabins coming to Lake Erie |
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Scientists studying how wetlands can help Lake Erie
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Dead fish spotted along shore in Euclid due to strong winds shifting
oxygen-depleted water, ODNR says
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Modern sea lamprey control pits technology against invaders
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Western Lake Erie algal bloom is back; scientists are monitoring the
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City keeping an eye on planned East River wetland site
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Avon Lake public to peek at plans for power plant site |
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Trace amounts of invasive silver carp DNA detected in Lake Erie |
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Editorial: Plan to protect Lake Erie needs teeth
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Ohio Supreme Court Approves Permit for First Freshwater Offshore Wind Farm |
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Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for offshore wind farm on Lake Erie |
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Ohio Supreme Court allows construct of offshore wind farm in Lake Erie to
proceed |
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$1 million coming for streams, wetlands: What the projects will do |
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Stay out of water near Edgewater Beach, sewer district advises after
combined sewage/wastewater overflow |
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Cleveland’s combined sewage overflows into Lake Erie have been reduced by
1.7 billion gallons a year |
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All roads lead to Lake Erie |
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Microplastics are in our water, and
the researchers want to find out how bad the problem is |
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Toxic pollution in the Great Lakes
remains a colossal problem |
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Vegetable-oil powder accidentally
released into river in Lake County |
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Court decision
means Lake Erie offshore wind project can move forward |
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Planet CLE: Get
to know your H20 during National Water quality Month |
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Securing Clean
Water for Ohio |
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High-tech radio network will track
Lake Erie health and conditions |
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PLUS-UP Program Pays: Meetings August 22 - 23 |
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ODNR awards more than $400K in grants to protect Lake Erie shores |
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Mission Possible: A
“smart” Lake Erie attracts jobs to Cleveland |
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Water Lilies |
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Ohio wind ruling
starts storm of opposition |
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Governor’s Lake Erie
trip highlights Ohio as premier fishing |
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Walleyes, perch bite on Fish Ohio Day |
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“Clean water for all Ohioans is a top priority.” |
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Ohio EPA: Grand River cleanup might continue for a few more days |
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Veteran algal bloom scientist calls on EPA to shift priorities from focus
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ODNR breaks ground on
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Panel discusses lakefront
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Wetlands expansion at
Oakwoods opens to public |
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Sandusky Bay wetlands research gains attention of Sen. Sherrod
Brown |
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Searching for answers to
‘forever chemicals’ – U.S. EPA heading toward regulation |
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A new tool tests Lake
Erie algae to protect drinking water |
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Lake
Erie’s failed algae strategy hurts poor communities the most |
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West Creek Conservancy’s
acquisition ‘a win for environmental justice’ |
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What’s nature doing with
all that nitrogen? |
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Cultural artifacts
uncovered during Defiance wetland project |
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Litter cleanup take
place at Headlands Beach State Park as part of September
Adopt-a-Beach 2022 program |
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Wetland Restoration
Project in Findlay Completed |
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Ridding East Fork's
Harsha Lake of harmful algal blooms could be as easy as this
machine |
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Getting ‘Eriesponsible’
about Lake Erie’s future |
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Summit Metro Parks
celebrates Valley View Area and Cuyahoga River restoration |
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State legislators spare at hearing over causes of Lake Erie algae |
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‘Volunteer trashman’ aims to get rid of plastic in Lake Erie waterways |
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EGLE presents educational webinar series on Lake Erie algal blooms |
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Outdoor briefs |
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Fall is here, but western Lake Erie algal bloom persists |
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Editorial: Important promise kept; job well done |
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German-made device gives Toledo plant operators real-time algae data |
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This strange-looking robot is mapping Lake Erie’s lake bed |
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Editorial: Commissioners call for public pressure |
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New climate law could help combat harmful algal blooms in western Lake Erie:
Matthew McKenna |
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Toxic algae threatening ‘the gem of our state. ‘Manure plan’ desperately
need |
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First of its kind study to look at ways to protect the Great Lakes from
climate change |
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Congressman Joyce announces Lake Erie Water Quality Protection Act |
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Lawmakers, preservationists share Lake Erie wind turbine concerns |
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Early design plans shown for potential rehabs of Maumee River islands |
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Not-so-Great Lake: Health of Lake Erie is poor, according to U.S. and Canada |
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Council accepts
bid for dredged material facility |
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ERDC R&D underpins harmful algal bloom removal technology at Ohio
demonstration |
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USACE and Great Lakes States Execute Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency
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Conserving
coastlines: Protecting ecosystems threatened by changing climate |
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Ground broken for dredged material facility |
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Moxley Wildlife Area expands through donation |
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Medina County Park District, state announce Little Killbuck Creek Wetlands
project |
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ODNR announces Medina County wetland project |
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Which will come first: Thanksgiving or end of algal bloom? |
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Bibb announces lakefront design listening sessions, town hall meeting |
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Wrap-up: Fall Events Review Lake, Watershed Programs |
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Lake Erie water levels continue to trend lower in time for seiche season |
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Federal money to be used to combat algal blooms on Great Lakes |
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Kaptur: $1.5 million awarded to combat Great Lakes algal blooms |
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ODNR dedicates new wetland in Lorain County |
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Lakewood presents EPA consent decree
related to $300 million citywide water-sewer project |
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Algal bloom in Lake Erie still sticking
around |
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Mentor Marsh gets $2.9 million from state
for restoration project |
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Port of Cleveland board approves $3.75
million design contract to make lakefront CHEERS project ‘shovel-ready’ |
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New technology provides
hope for the Great Lakes’ polluted waters |
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Maumee River quality improves, prompting
removal of impairment designation |
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Is it safe to eat fish from Lake Erie in
New York State? |
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Ohio utilities ranked
among the worst on fossil fuel use |
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Going after grass carp in Lake Erie now,
before it’s too late |
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Feds require Lakewood to make $85
million in repairs to stop discharge of raw sewage into Lake Erie, Rocky
River |
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Site prep for Gorge Dam sediment disposal may start this month |
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Port of Cleveland receives $27 million federal infrastructrue improvement
grant |
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"Natures kidneys" Pointe Mouille wetlands filter water, reduce Lake Erie
algal blooms |
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Michigan legislators asked to invest more heavily in Lake Erie wetlands |
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Medina County Park District acquires land for Little Killbuck Creek wetlands
project |
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DeWine tours H2Ohio Wetland Conservation Area in St. Marys |
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Ground broken for dredged material facility |
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AES OPhio employees help clean up park in Trotwood |
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BGSU geochemist studying Lake Erie
sediment as a commercial fertilizer alternative to combat harmful algal
blooms |
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Agency directors look forward to another
four years H2Ohio program |
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Proposed settlement of landmark Lake Erie
case seeks public comment until Dec. 12 |
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UToledo researchers worry about November
Lake Erie algal blooms |
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OHIO: Cleveland Suburbs Must End Sewer
Overflows to Lake Erie |
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Latest sobering news on
climate change is more reason for cities, states to step up against global
warming |
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Justice Department requires Elyria to
spend $250 million to fix sewer system that has dumped sewage into Black
River, an issue dating back 37 years |
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Western Lake Erie’s algal bloom continues
growing: The question is why? |
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USDA wetland reserve easement funding now
available to Ohio landowners |
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Climate change has been an underrated
driver of Lake Erie algal blooms |
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BGSU geochemist studies Lake Erie sediment
as fertilizer |
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Ohio creating, fixing hundreds of wetlands |
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District opposes turbines on Lake Erie |
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This year’s ‘unusual’
Lake Erie algae bloom is the sixth worst on record |
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Lake Erie algal bloom
more severe than expected |
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Funding available for
farmers’ soil and water conservation efforts in the Western Lake Erie Basis |
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Moxley Wildlife Area expands on Sandusky Bay
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