Florida: Possible 50% Cut for Algae Monitoring Programs
Algae (pifsc.noaa.gov) $839,879, that’s how much funding the 50% cut could cost FWC’s Harmful Algal Bloom group. The group, specifically tasked with finding out what caused a massive kill of…
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Phragmites Threatens Wetlands in Guelph, Ontario
Phragmites (glennlakeassociation.com) Phragmites australis australis--the invasive subspecies that has infested much of North America-- has found its way into the Guelph area of Ontario.…
Blue-Green Algae and Hunting Dog Safety
Toxic algal bloom (newsroom.unl.edu) In response to a dog that recently died from swimming in the lake at the Olive Creek State Recreation Area, Nebraska, the Nebraska Game and Parks…
$12 Million in Funding to Combat Algal Blooms
Algae in Lake Erie (Enoch Wu/Sentinel Tribune) U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced $12 million in new federal funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) last week to…
Goats Take a Bite out of Buckthorn
Goats enjoying some invasive plants (courtesy of modernfarmer.com) “Buckthorn and white sweet clover were killing the native prairie grasses they planted and are very difficult to eradicate,…
EPA: States Along Mississippi Must Target Phosphorous
Of the 12 agricultural states in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin, only Ohio and Iowa have plans to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus that enters waterways, according to a report…