Call/email the governor and state officials to stop Ohio's Assault on Lake Erie Ohio is in the process of permitting 40,000 more chickens, 22,800 more hogs, and 8.420 more dairy cows that will land apply manure in the Maumee/Lake Erie watershed that is equivalent to over 250,000 people raw untreated sewage. Attached is a recent University of Wisconsin study clearly showing the impacts from the increases in phosphorus when more manure is added at Confined Animal Feeding Operation(CAFO's). Ohio is clearly permitting more manure phosphorus that will runoff to Lake Erie increasing the harmful algae blooms. And Ohio is clearly crapping on Lake Erie in favor of large industrial operations controlled by the international companies that run the meat and dairy industry - this is in no way a small family farm issue!
ASK YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO JOIN the City of Lakewood, the City of Sandusky, the City of Toledo, the City of Oregon, Lucas County, Kelleys Island, South Bass Island in Ohio and Luna Pier, Michigan to help solve the Lake Erie Algae problem by passing a resolution asking President Biden for a Lake Erie Executive Order. The order would coordinate federal oversight and work with states, researchers, LOCAL GOVERMENTS (not now at the table) and other stakeholders to account for algae source reductions.
