Fertilizer Ordinances in Michigan
List of web sites for local phosphorus ordinances within Michigan.

Phosphorus Publications
The following publications address phosphorus and its impacts on water quality.

Agriculture

• Understanding Soil Phosphorus. University of Wisconsin Extension 2002.
  http://ipcm.wisc.edu/Publications/tabid/54/grm2id/83/Default.aspx
• Agricultural Phosphorus Management and Water Quality Protection in the Midwest. Iowa State University, Kansas State University, University of Missouri, Columbia; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, EPA Region 7. 2005.
  http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/rp187/build/rp187.pdf
• Agricultural Phosphorus and Eutrophication. USDA Agricultural Research Service. 1999.

 Residential

• Phosphorus and Home Lawns. Michigan State University Extension. 2005. http://www.turf.msu.edu/docs/E0021TURF.pdf

• Fertilizing Home Lawns to Preserve Water Quality. Michigan State University Extension. 2002.
  http://www.turf.msu.edu/docs/E0005TURF.pdf

• Phosphorus in Lawns, Landscapes and Lakes. Minnesota Department of Agriculture. 2004.
  http://www.mda.state.mn.us/news/publications/chemfert/reports/phosphorusguide.pdf

Other

• Phosphorus Management Advisory Committee - Final Report. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. 2007.
  http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-wb-nps-phos-stakeholder-report.pdf

• Detailed Assessment of Phosphorus Sources to Minnesota Watersheds. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2003.
  http://www.pca.state.mn.us/hot/legislature/reports/phosphorus-report.html

• A Procedure to Estimate the Response of Aquatic Systems to Changes in Phosphorus and Nitrogen Inputs. 1999.  National Water and Climate Center, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (pdf file)

• Review of Phosphorus Control Measures in the United States and Their Effects on Water Quality. 1999. US Geological Survey (pdf file)

 

 

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