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LAKE ERIE WATERKEEPER Saving Our Great Lake Erie

Help Lake Erie

Take Action For Lake Erie

Ask Governor DeWine to require new and expanding conce3ntrated feeding operations in the Maumee watershed to treat the waste and for manure soil phosphorous(150 ppm) to equal the requirements for commercial phosphorous(40 ppm)
ASK YOUR CITY, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE, COUNTY to Pass a Resolution for New and Expanding Concentrated in the Maumee watershed to treat and limit soil phosphorous Sample resolution – Similar Resolution passed by Toledo, Oregon and Lucas County

Lake Erie now

Lake Erie Now Satellite
NOAA Lake Erie HAB Bulletin
Ohio Drinking Water Advisories
Ohio Lake Erie ODNR weekly fishing report
Michigan DNR Lake Erie weekly fishing report – click on southeast Michigan
Lake Erie Local Government Resolutions to reduce manure impacts
Lucas County (Coming Soon)
City of Toledo (Coming Soon)
City of Oregon

Volunteers Needed

Toledo Metropark Expo Sat. May 16 at Sidecut Park. To volunteer please contact Tahree Lane at tahreelane@yahoo.com
Kayak Eco Tours Tues July 7, 6 to 8:30 at Toledo Howard Pinkley Park.. To volunteer please contact Tahree Lane at tahreelane@yahoo.com (If we get enough volunteers will do additional paddles)

Report problems

Report Algae, Illness, Dead Fish etc.
1-800-282-9378 or (614) 224-0946.
If a visual take a picture, email information to HABmailbox@epa.ohio and copy to sandylakeerie@aol.com

Lake Erie Updates

Ohio is permitting 9800 more hogs in the Maumee watershed allowing for too much phosphorous while at the same time paying $65 per acre liquid pig and cow manure and $35 and acre to lower phosphorous levels than permits are allowing. Makes no sense.
Why Lake Erie needs to reduce manure nutrient and pathogen inputs from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Kewaunee, Wisconsin residents being given bottled water because of manure contamination
Lake Erie Economic Study
Draft Ohio Domestic Action Plan for Lake Erie
Great Lakes Manure Management Report – International Joint Commission Water Quality Advisory Board
Nations Leading Health Organizations asking for Moratorium on new and expanding CAFO’s
Romaine lettuce do not eat, study shows Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations should not be located so close Read More
Great Lakes Water Levels outlook same

Meetings & Events

Lake Erie Waterkeeper Meeting Thursday, April 9 in Cleveland at 6:30 pm. Speaker Elaine Marsh, Summit County Parks on Dams in the Cuyahoga River – location soon - agenda a week before
Lake Erie Waterkeeper Meeting Thursday, May 14 in Toledo at Packo’s Park Downtown – 7 S. Superior at 6:30 pm – Brian Schmidt, ODNR, speaker on sturgeon in the Maumee - Agenda a week before
August 14, 2020 Lake Erie Conference, Toledo Yacht Club Toledo, Ohio Information and Registration

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Sustaining Lake Erie through Advocacy, Education, Litigation and Innovation

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