Algal Blooms

Additional funding and conservation practices are necessary to reduce phosphorus by 40% by 2025, according to a study by the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Ohio Environmental Council.

The state is spending nearly $200 million to improve and protect Ohio's water quality.Gov. Mike DeWine encouraged a large group of farmers to keep…

Here are your morning headlines for Friday, Feb. 14:Owner of troubled Chapel Hill buys another mall;Ohio free of the coronavirus;KSU to pay Jane Fonda…

A state commission is asking people to comment on its latest plan to protect and restore Lake Erie. The first priority area listed in the Ohio Lake Erie…

Updated: Monday, 1:12 p.m. On Friday, a green-ish scum began forming in places along the banks of the Ohio River. At the time, the executive director of...

The village of Lakemore issued an advisory about harmful algal blooms on Springfield Lake.Recent heavy rain caused more ground water runoff into the lake,…

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, July 11:Coroners warn public of overdose spike;Scientists predict harm algal bloom in Lake Erie;Resolution…

The Cuyahoga River and many other Northern Ohio streams and rivers are part of the Lake Erie Watershed, which encompasses 33 of Ohio's 88 counties, or…

A Cleveland group has been awarded a grant for its work on a toxic algae early detection system for Lake Erie.The Cleveland Water Alliance is being…

Next Tuesday, Feb. 26, the residents of Toledo will have the chance to vote on an unusual (some might even say radical) proposal: whether to give the fourth largest lake in the United States its own Bill of Rights. If the ballot measure passes, it would be a win for the small but growing “rights of nature” movement, which aims to deter activities that pollute the environment by granting legal rights to ecosystems.