Ohio’s Algal-Bloom Attack Plan Faces Deep Budget Cuts Despite New Signs of Success - Great Lakes Commission

Ohio’s algal-bloom attack plan faces deep budget cuts despite new signs of success - Great Lakes Commission

The Ohio legislature has proposed severe cuts to the H2Ohio program, and yet the initiative that works to reduce farm runoff into Lake Erie is showing the first signs that […]

Ohio water quality gains threatened by H2Ohio budget cuts

SALEM, Ohio — H2Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine’s flagship water quality initiative, doesn’t have as many friends as it once did in the Ohio state legislature. In April, House lawmakers proposed slashing the program’s funding by more than $120 million over two years to $150 million, down from the $270 million requested by DeWine. Then, on June 11, the Ohio Senate released its own version of the spending plan, one that preserved those deep cuts. While som…