Another mild algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie this summer
The forecast for this summer released by NOAA predicts the bloom will come in at 3 on its severity index – a mild reading on par with last year. Anything above 5 indicates a severe bloom.
Algae
Environmentalists: Lake Erie won’t recover without new rules
They contend that the only way the lake will meet federally mandated water quality standards is to add enforceable rules limiting two main sources of the phosphorus that feeds the algae – chemical fertilizers used on fields, and livestock manure.
Ohio wants to put Lake Erie on a new, strict pollution diet
The state intends to establish a plan to reduce runoff that’s feeding the algae outbreaks by limiting how much of the pollution is allowed to flow into the lake’s western end.
Cleanup costs of algae from Michigan lake worry homeowners
Tests of samples taken from one property in Macomb County showed the substance to be decaying algae containing E. coli bacteria.
Ohio to create, use wetlands to combat Lake Erie’s algae
The state has 23 sites so far where it wants to restore or create new wetlands, which slow down runoff from farm fields while also filtering and capturing the phosphorus from fertilizers that feed the algae.
Another huge algae blob expected on Lake Erie this summer
Researchers are expecting that record-setting rains in Ohio and neighboring states in recent months will fuel a large mass of algae on the lake.
Pilot program aims to detect harmful blooms in Finger Lakes
Authorities say newly installed technology on Owasco, Seneca and Skaneateles Lakes will quickly detect changing water-quality conditions that could indicate a harmful algal bloom, or HAB, is developing.
More rain likely means more algae in Lake Erie later this summer
The bloom’s size will ultimately depend on rainfall amounts from now through early summer.
Starry stonewort confirmed in Wright County’s Pleasant Lake
A DNR invasive species specialist confirmed starry stonewort when investigating a report of zebra mussels in Pleasant Lake, which turned out to be negative.
