The state and a few key interest groups want to clean up Lake Erie. The launch of the Michigan Cleaner Lake Erie through Action and Research partnership.
Farmers, universities and more are teaming up with the Department of Agriculture. Their mission? Improve the long-term water quality of Lake Erie.
Toxic algal blooms have plagued the lake recently. Some blame farmers for phosphorus runoff that goes into the lakes.
Jennifer Read is with the University of Michigan Water Center. She says agriculture isn’t the only culprit of the algae problem.
“And we need to sort of keep that in mind and work together constructively to come to solutions that will work, and work over the long run.”
The state wants to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering Lake Erie by 40-percent by 20-25.