PAINESVILLE, Ohio, July 9 -- Lake Erie College issued the following news: Jeanna Purses, Director of the Lincoln Library at Lake Erie College, has been selected for the position of Co-Chair of the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Assessment Interest Group. As a member of the group, Purses was eligible to apply for the position and stepped forward when there was a call for applicants. The ALAO Assessment Interest Group provides a network to discuss issues and developments in the asse  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 10 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following news release: This morning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners released the 2020 Seasonal Forecast of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) for Lake Erie. NOAA predicted a bloom severity of 4.5 and could possibly range between 4 and 5.5. In 2015, the Governors of Ohio and Michigan, along with the Premier of Ontario, set a public goal of reducing nutrient pollution by 40% by 2025, with 202  more

PAINESVILLE, Ohio, July 11 -- Lake Erie College issued the following news: Lake Erie College continues new construction projects and significant renovations around campus over the summer months. From updates to spaces in College Hall, residence halls and Royce Hall for Fine and Performing Arts to brand new classrooms in the Garfield Center and the new equestrian arena at the George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center, students can look forward to these updates when they return for the fall semester.   more

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 11 -- The Ohio Environmental Council issued the following news release on July 9: This morning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners released the 2020 Seasonal Forecast of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) for Lake Erie. NOAA predicted a bloom severity of 4.5 and could possibly range between 4 and 5.5. In 2015, the Governors of Ohio and Michigan, along with the Premier of Ontario, set a public goal of reducing nutrient pollution by 40% by 2025,   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 10 -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news: As rain darkened the red earth atop Bolivia's largest silver mine, Peter Schmidt watched children only a few years younger than him emerge from the honeycomb of hand-excavated tunnels to dump minecarts of ore before hurrying back inside the mountain's labyrinth of compact tunnels. Schmidt -- a high school graduate from St. Louis studying in Bolivia through Princeton's Novogratz Bridge Year Progra  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on July 9: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its research partners announced their forecast that western Lake Erie will experience a moderate harmful algal bloom this summer. In its statement issued today, NOAA stated, "this year  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 9 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news release: Every summer millions of people visit parks and protected areas along the shorelines of the Great Lakes to camp, hike, swim and explore nature's beauty. While COVID-19 has impacted staffing, operations and budgets at the parks, tourists this year also may notice changes if recent record-high water levels persist on Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Superior. A new study by a graduate   more