Grass buffers ease subsurface movement of herbicide, study finds
While grass buffer strips are an effective means to reduce herbicide runoff from farm land, a new study shows they can actually increase the ease with which these chemicals move[…]
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Megafarm watchdog protects Michigan freshwaters
For her efforts to patrol megafarms in southern Michigan, Lynn Henning received what’s considered the “Nobel Prize for environmental work” yesterday. Henning was awarded the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize, an[…]
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Lake Erie’s Wheatley Harbour graduates from “areas of concern” list
It’s been an “area of concern” for 25 years, but now Lake Erie’s Wheatley Harbour has at last been restored to good health. The southwestern Ontario harbor has been removed[…]
New study recommends strategies to regulate farm runoff
Regulations for agricultural runoff aren’t effective enough, primarily because they’re not mandatory, according to a new report. The study, “Cultivating Clean Water: State-Based Regulation of Agricultural Runoff Pollution,” was formed[…]
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