GLRI Wildlife Health Event Reporter (GLRI-WHER)

River institute studying spiking algae levels

noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN]) — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:30:00 +0000

The St. Lawrence River Institute has received a grant of $24,970 from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment - Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund. The funding will support a project this summer called “AlgaeAlert” that will involve homeowners and volunteers in the area of Lake St. Francis. This project will track occurrences and causes of excess algae in waterways between Cornwall and the Quebec border.

... “We need people who live along the St. Lawrence waterfront to help us gather data and provide observations about algae in Lake St. Francis and its tributaries,” said Dr. Andy Bramburger, an algae specialist with the river institute. “From our past work, we know that excess algae in the water can be a big problem, especially when it’s one or more species collectively called cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, which have the potential to affect human and animal health.”

Cornwall Seaway News
18 May 2013

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Project aims to restore western Lake Erie wetlands

noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN]) — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:30:00 +0000

A project restoring 2,500 acres into wetlands along western Lake Erie is a small but important step toward creating a new home for wildlife and cleaning water runoff from farm fields that feeds harmful algae, conservation organizations say.

Restoring the wetlands east of Toledo is one of several projects aimed at creating marshland along Lake Erie through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

... It would take well over 100,000 acres of wetlands to fix the water quality problems facing Lake Erie. "But every little bit counts," he added. Knights said that while wetlands certainly act as a natural filter, the biggest way to improve the water is working with farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that ends up in Lake Erie.

seattlepi.org

05 May 2013

J Seewer

GLRI Wildlife Health Event Reporter (GLRI-WHER)

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