difference between Grand Lake St. Mary�s and Indian Lake

difference between Grand Lake St. Mary�s and Indian Lake
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Posted on March 26, 2015 at 01:21:37 PM by BMH

Dana Oleskiewicz is the Program Director for Citizen Lake Awareness and Monitoring and is part of the Ohio Lake Management Society. She explained, "Harmful Algal blooms are actually caused by a type of bacteria and are not algae. Only a few types, under the right curcumstances, are toxic."

Bodies of water at highest risk include those with nutrient problems, lakes high in phosphorous, low water levels, and calm and warm water.

Blue-green algae thrives off of phosphorous, a chemical widely used in crop farming. The heavy use of the substance for fertilizer in recent years has made agricultural operations one of the major contributing factors to the harmful algae across Ohio.

Vicky Boots is the Executive Director of the Indian Lake Watershed Project. She noted the difference between Grand Lake St. Mary�s and Indian Lake.�We have had so much cooperation from our agricultural producers out in the watershed. >> They got on board first hand back in 1990 when the watershed project was formed <<

Local farmers were willing to change their practices and take part in environmentally friendly projects. These include no-till crop farming, installation of buffer strips to prevent chemical-heavy runoff, and many others.Oleskiewicz also added that the continuous replenishing of Indian Lake from a freshwater source is another contributing factor for the lack of an algal bloom. Boots and representatives from the Ohio Lake Management Society revealed a plan to test Indian Lake on a biweekly basis starting in July. A member of the Indian Lake Council volunteered and was trained to collect samples from the lake to be sent to a lab in order to identify the risk of the water. Through continued vigilance and community awareness, the Indian Lake Watershed Project hopes to make enough of a difference in the surrounding community >> to prevent Indian Lake from falling into a fate similar to that of Grand Lake St. Mary <<

For more information about Harmful Algal Blooms, go to www.OhioAlgaeInfo.com

link to above info ~ http://indianlake.com/news.htm#weed

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Re(1): difference between Grand Lake St. Mary�s and Indian Lake - By Basshawk March 26, 2015 at 05:28:31 PM

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