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Presentations and Clips from OFU’s Lake Erie Solutions Forum

September 23, 2014 By Ron Sylvester Leave a Comment

Lake-Erie-Forum640I’m working on a story and our own video coverage from what turned out to be an excellent set of presentations from Dr. Jeff Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant; Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension; Todd Hesterman, farmer and NW Ohio Coordinator of Conservation in Action and Adam Rissien from the Ohio Environmental Council. For now, find below the PowerPoint presentations from our presenters and links to media coverage of the event. Thanks to all who attended and to our presenters!

OFU Farmers Seeking Solutions Forum – Presentations

  • Dr. Jeffrey Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant (PDF)
  • Greg LaBarge, Ohio State University Extension (PDF)
  • Todd Hesterman, NW Ohio farmer and Coordinator of Conservation in Action Program (PDF)
  • Adam Rissien, Ohio Environmental Council (PDF)

OFU Farmers Seeking Solutions Forum – Media Coverage

  • Worst Risk to Toledo water has passed – for this year – The Blade
  • Scientists meet with farmers to discuss Lake Erie’s algae problem (Text) – NBC24
  • Scientists meet with farmers to discuss Lake Erie’s algae problem (Video) – NBC24
  • Farmers share algae solutions at Toledo forum (Video) – Toledo News Now 11
  • Ohio Farmers Union discussing water quality solutions (Video) – ABC13

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