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Ohio expands farmer incentive program to clean up Lake Erie
-Farmers in 10 more northern Ohio counties will be eligible to receive financial incentives for using new agriculture practices that improve water quality in Lake Erie.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationCommercial FishingGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMarine Blooms of Harmful Algae Increasing in Europe, Much of the Americas
-The study did not investigate freshwater harmful algal blooms, which are also assumed to be increasing globally because of more nutrients in lakes and rivers and warmer water temperatures.
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Algal blooms close 5 Madison-area Wisconsin beaches
-The city-county joint health department is urging swimmers to check conditions before entering the water at any beach since algae levels can change quickly.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTapped Out: Power, justice and water in the West
-On the West side of the United States, residents are seeing problems crop up in their waters. Great Lakes region residents will find those issues familiar.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsU of M team makes discovery about Lake Erie dead zone
-New research finds the annual dead zone in Lake Erie is getting a boost that makes it worse very quickly.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsClimate ChangeCollaborationDrinking WaterGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPolicyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsToo few farmers are curbing pollution in Lake Erie. Should they be forced?
-As climate change complicates Lake Erie’s algae problem, scientists say farmers must do far more to reduce phosphorus runoff. But will enough farmers change their ways without a government mandate?
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Public Concern: Climate change, runoff and chemicals at the forefront of people’s worries about the Great Lakes
-Public concern about climate change is escalating in the Great Lakes region, according to a new report issued by a binational group that manages and protects the Great Lakes.
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Field Tiles: Continued use and improvement of drainage systems pose problems for Lake Erie
-Settlers began draining the Great Black Swamp soon after they encountered it. The farmland that took its place has its own set of problems.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsClimate ChangeCollaborationIndigenous CommunitiesInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts“Saving the Great Lakes”: National Geographic December issue explores the lakes and their struggles
-Great Lakes Now spoke to the author of the feature story of National Geographic’s December issue on the lakes, their issues and worldwide appeal.
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Algae BloomsGary WilsonLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOverlooked: Small streams can have a big impact on Great Lakes water quality
-Wisconsin researcher highlights threat from small streams, calls for agencies to increase enforcement.
