Workshopping an environmental report card for the western basin of Lake Erie

Satellite image of Lake Erie where the water appears dark blue except in two coastal zones near Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan as well as Saginaw Bay. In those In November 2017, IAN staff Bill Dennison, Alex Fries, and Andrew Elmore led a workshop in Sandusky, OH for the Lake Erie Foundation to begin the process of designing an environmental report card for the western basin of Lake Erie. Workshop participants represented diverse stakeholders from state agencies, municipal governments, and private foundations, all focused on understanding and addressing threats to water quality and ecosystem health in the western basin. Of particular concern are reoccurring harmful algal blooms that have increasingly impacted the region over the past 5 years. Head over to this blog for more details.