A new project in the Western Lake Erie Basin will monitor sediment and nutrient movement in targeted watersheds.

Alliance for the Great Lakes Agriculture & Restoration Policy Director Tom Zimnicki tells Brownfield the partnership stems from the organization’s Cost to Meet Water Quality Goals report.

“I think it’s an important first step in getting a better understanding of what’s going on in the basin on Michigan side,” he says.

The 2023 report says Michigan needs to spend up to $65 million per year on conservation to reduce total phosphorus entering the Western Basin of Lake Erie by 40 percent by 2025 as agreed to by the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S.

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