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​Lake Erie Calendar

  • ​​February 9  Virtual at 7 pm Lake Erie Pollution Diet Proposed by Ohio EPA - Speaker Rob Michaels Env Law & Policy Center followed by a Lake Erie discussion of current topics  Zoom Call in 312-626-6799 Meeting ID: 872 8977 2149
    Passcode: 723526
  • February 8 at 2 pm virtual information meeting by Ohio EPA Clean Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) informational meeting. Click here to register . February 23 Ohio EPA will be holding a public hearing at the City of Bowling Green’s Veterans Building Atrium (520 Conneaut Avenue; Bowling Green, OH 43402) on February 23, 2023, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and 6:00 to 8:00 PM. A virtual option will be available at the 6:00 to 8:00 PM session. Please register for the virtual session. For facts and info on the TMDL
  • May 4 Lake Erie Conference WW Knight - Keynote Speaker Former Reporter New York Times & Great Lakes Researcher and Reporter Keith Schneider who is currently researching CAFO's, Manure & Nitrates impact on public health

​LAKE ERIE 2023 - A Year to get manure runoff reduced

Watching For:
  • Spring - will it be wet or dry?  Decreasing Water Levels
  • Impacts of federal ruling on State of Oklahoma vs Tysson et al that requires Arkansas poultry manure runoff reductions in the Illinois River that pollute Oklahoma Illinois River waters downstream Click here for court ruling
  • The Maumee/Western Lake Erie Watershed continues to get bombarded with more and more Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations that land apply more manure than the sewage of all Ohioans. Steubon County Indiana Board of Zoning Appeals turned down a zoning request for an 8000 dairy cow operation that was going to transport manure to Eden, Ohio
  • The Maumee/Western Lake Erie Watershed is helped by family farms that use commercial fertilizer and are reducing the amount of phosphorus being applied to the fields - about a 40% reduction)
  • Progress on Erie Marsh protection - Lake Erie's silent gem
  • Thank federal and State of Ohio officials for funding and helping with sturgeon assessment for reestablishment in the Cuyahoga River
  • Thank local officials who are supporting the Lake Erie Executive Order supporting local government's need for phosphorus reductions to reduce costs in water treatment plant operations

​Report problems

  • Report Algae, Illness, Sick Animals, Dead Fish etc.
  • 1-800-282-9378 or (614) 224-0946.
  • If you see discolored water in a ditch, take a picture, note time, date and location(best you can give).  Text/call Sandy at 419-367-1691
  • If a visual take a picture, email information to HABmailbox@epa.ohio and copy to sandylakeerie@aol.com

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