The fight over the health of Lake Erie has been ongoing for decades. But gradually, as more feedlots and farms appeared in the Western Lake Erie Basin, phosphorus began to wash into the lake. That resulted in a reduction of the flow-weighted mean concentration, or average, of phosphorus in Lake Erie by 29%. Lake Erie rebounded, becoming the walleye fishing capital of the world. This year, nearly 90% of producers in the Maumee River Watershed who joined the H2Ohio program at its launch renewed their enrollment.