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Environmental Stewardship

Impacts of Mississippi River Fertilizer & Algae Blooms in Lake Pontchartrain

Caring for Lake Pontchartrian

Fertilizer Runoff

Fertilizer Runoff from upriver, especially Iowa has created a Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico that exceeds 9,000 square miles.

Low oxygen is referred to as a Dead Zone and kills fish.
The Dead Zone is studied from Cocodrie Louisiana