Field reports from ODNR Division of Wildlife Officers Central Ohio – Wildlife District One During the 2017-2018 trapping season, State Wildlife Officer Brad Kiger, assigned to Franklin County, received a Turn In a Poacher (TIP) call about a subject trapping raccoons and opossums illegally. After further investigation, it was found that the trapper did not…
Tag: Lake Erie
Experts Predict Smaller Lake Erie Algal Bloom This Summer
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PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Experts are predicting that Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom this summer will be smaller than last year’s, which was the third-largest ever recorded. But the bloom will be larger than the mild bloom in 2016. The bloom is expected to measure 6 on the severity index, but could range between 5 and…
Solving Runoff 2 5-12-2018
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I have been involved in farming all my life. Lake Erie has had problems as far back as I can remember. In the 70s the city blamed the farmers for nitrogen run-off, the farmers blamed the city for phosphorous run-off and nothing got done. It is also lawn and garden fertilizers that run-off. Three problems…
Ohio EPA Issues Latest Water Quality Report
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Ohio EPA released the draft 2018 water quality report that outlines the general condition of Ohio’s waters and includes a list that identifies impaired waters that are not meeting their federal or state water quality goals, as well as waters that have improved to meet federal standards. The draft report highlights that between the…
