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Lost and found: native aquatic plant in Ohio
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A scientist may have found a native aquatic plant in Ohio that was once thought to be wiped out in the state. The watermilfoil species has not been seen in Ohio in at least 20 years.
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Hope spreads for infected trees
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Researchers in Ohio are getting ready to expand one of seven treatments for a widespread disease that kills beech trees. The invasive beech leaf disease causes dark striping on leaves and makes them thick, leathery and disfigured before killing the tree.
Air
Ohio court extinguishes bid to open pet crematorium
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A pet crematorium is not legal in a residential and farming community north of Dayton, the appeals court said in a dispute that pits kennel owners against township authorities.
Nearshore
Artificial wetland in Ohio filters runoff, fights algae
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Ohio officials have built an artificial wetland to help prevent blooms of toxic algae in Grand Lake St. Marys by filtering runoff from a nearby creek.
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Video: What the Frack?
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This video is among those produced by students at Kent State University’s Stark campus under the direction of biology and journalism faculty.
It is part of a multidisciplinary study of the local environment called OurWaterWebs and based south of Cleveland.
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Nearshore ecosystem at risk by Ohio compromise on Great Lakes water compact
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The Ohio governor likely will sign into law industry-soft rules for enforcing mother of all regional water compacts.
Has he sacrificed the near-shore health of Lake Erie?
Wildlife
Spot. Snap. Stamp.
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If you live in Ohio and see a salamander scattering past, don’t scream and swat it. Shoot it, instead. With a camera, that is. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Third Annual Wildlife Legacy Stamp photo contest is underway. Focusing on a different animal each year, this contest hopes to promote the diversity of Ohio’s wildlife.
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Algae attacks Ohio’s largest inland lake; wet spring and manure blamed
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A popular recreational lake in western Ohio has nearly died, economically and environmentally, because of algae thriving on runoff from farm fields, officials say.
Grand Lake St. Marys is now undergoing a clean up to get rid of toxic algae mostly attributed to manure from nearby fields flowing into the lake during the wet spring.
As a part of the $3.4 million operation, the lake will be treated with nearly 2.6 million gallons of the chemical compound alum.
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Friday Five: The grandma who stood up
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You know the big names credited with major policy decisions that affect the basin.
But who are the people behind the scenes who shape Great Lakes policy?
Our series ends this week with Sandy Bihn, western Lake Erie’s well-armed activist.
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Climate change may spur northward advance of Great Lakes invaders
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Amid concern and confusion over Asian carp possibly finding their way into the Great Lakes, many experts involved in the controversy agree that other invasive species are likely to show up too.
Non-native wildlife are common in the Great Lakes, with more than 140 species living in them. Sea lampreys were first found in Lake Ontario in the 1830s.