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  Water Quality

  MSU Extension works with community leaders to create water-protection strategies, landowners and industry to reduce risks of water pollution, and state agencies to develop water quality information systems.

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• Lessons Learned from Lake Erie

  Published on March 17, 2020
  Series 2 Episode 5: MSU Extension Educators Monica Jean and Sarah Fronzack sit down with Sarah Noggle, OSU Extension Educator, to discuss water quality issues and what Michigan Farmers can learn from Ohio.

• Mar 5

  Extension Master Gardener Program Training Course Traverse City (Leelanau County)

  March 5, 2020 – June 11, 2020 4 - 8 p.m. Grand Traverse Regional Arts Campus, 10781 E Cherry Bend Rd., Room 8B, Traverse City, MI 49684

  The MSU Extension Master Gardener Program is a volunteer leader training program for people who are enthusiastic to learn science based environmentally friendly gardening practices and share this knowledge with others to improve Michigan communities.

• Jun 24

  POSTPONED: Drainage Field Day 2020

  June 24, 2020 – June 25, 2020 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. both days 8815 Samaria Rd., Riga, MI 49276

  This field day will educate people about drainage installation, water quality, and soil health.

• Sep 16

  Michigan Inland Lakes Convention: Conserving Lakes in a Changing Environment

  September 16, 2020 – September 18, 2020 EST Online via Zoom

  Conserving Lakes in a Changing Environment

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  Between Land and Lake: Michigan's Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands (E2902)

  Published on November 10, 2015
  Imagine flying over the shoreline of western Lake Erie and seeing a mile-wide swath of grasses and bulrushes rippling in the winds. As the plane passes, thousands of waterfowl rise and take flight to a distant edge of the marsh.

• Does Drainage Pay?

  Published on June 14, 2018
  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for June 14, 2018, focused on drainage, presented by Dr. Ehsan Ghane, MSU assistant professor and Extension specialist.

• Multiple human pressures and their spatial patterns in European running waters

  Published on September 25, 2015
  

• 2015 Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Early Season Projections and Bulletins

  Published on July 29, 2015
  The severity of the western Lake Erie cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (HAB) is dependent on phosphorus inputs from March 1- July 31, called the loading season.

• MSU Institute of Water Research

  Published on March 26, 2012
  

• Michigan Sea Grant water issues links

  Published on March 26, 2012
  

• Michigan Water Stewardship Program

  Published on August 13, 2013
  

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  Environmental Stewardship: Controlling Silage Leachage (E3099)

  Published on April 2, 2012
  Silage leachate—seepage from silage piles, bags, bunkers or silos—often occurs on beef and dairy farms and is one of the farm outputs requiring proper management.

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  Water Withdrawals and Water Use in Michigan (WQ62)

  Published on October 20, 2015
  Maintaining accurate information about the amount of water used in Michigan and the purposes of its use is important for effective water resource management.

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  Natural Shoreline Landscaping (E3158)

  Published on April 2, 2012
  

• Drainage Design Considerations

  Published on July 9, 2020
  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 9, 2020, focuses on drainage design considerations, presented by Ehsan Ghane, MSU agricultural drainage specialist.

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  MSU Extension Water Programs Lakes, Streams and Watersheds

  Published on April 7, 2020
  Learn how you can get involved with MSU Extension programs to improve your local lake, stream and watershed.

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  Learn about aquaculture from experts through new webinar series

  Published on June 3, 2016
  Michigan Sea Grant to present on aquatic invasive species hazard course.

• Clean water checklist

  Published on July 8, 2015
  Help protect water resources by adopting one or more of the actions on this checklist.

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  Explore Michigan’s wonderful world of crayfish

  Published on December 12, 2016
  A new poster celebrates biodiversity of these freshwater crustaceans.

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  Cosmetics containing microbeads will soon be breaking the law

  Published on December 29, 2015
  President signs legislation to reduce microbead pollution in the Great Lakes and beyond.