Under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Canada and the United States use an Adaptive Management approach for addressing eutrophication issues in Lake Erie. The Annex 4 (Nutrients) Subcommittee’s Adaptive Management Task Team conducted an evaluation to assess…
Through the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Agreement), Annex 4 (Nutrients), Canada and the United States (the Parties) have committed to coordinate binational actions to manage phosphorus loadings to the Great Lakes to combat harmful and nuisance algal blooms and…
Lake Ontario shoreline (U.S.), credit: Douglas Rissing (iStock)To help manage nutrient loads and mitigate the impacts of harmful and nuisance algae in the Great Lakes, the United States and Canada committed, through the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA), to…
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue a Binational Strategy for Phosphorus Reduction in Lake Erie. This Strategy includes:An updated assessment of environmental conditions to guide nutrient management in Lake Erie…
To combat the growing threat of toxic and nuisance algal development in Lake Erie, the United States and Canada committed, through the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, to establish binational phosphorus load reduction targets for Lake Erie by February, 2016, and to…
To combat the growing threat of toxic and nuisance algal development in Lake Erie, the United States and Canada committed, through the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, to establish binational phosphorus load reduction targets for Lake Erie by February, 2016, and to…
Satellite image of an algal bloom on Lake Erie, taken on September 6, 2015. Credit: NASA Worldview.To combat the growing threat of toxic and nuisance algal development in Lake Erie, the United States and Canada committed, through the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement…
Satellite image of an algal bloom on Lake Erie, taken on September 26, 2013. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFCTo combat the growing threat of toxic and nuisance algal development in Lake Erie, the United States and Canada have…