Scientists fear a federal lab won't perform its harmful algae bloom work this year because of staffing losses and future ...

First it was below-average water levels, and now toxic water warnings have some businesses and users of Detroit Lake worried the double-whammy could impact summer tourism. The Oregon Health ...

DETROIT, Ore. – Health officials re-issued an advisory for Detroit Lake Wednesday, just five days after lifting a similar advisory for toxic blue-green algae blooms in the water.

Detroit Lake has been placed under a health advisory because of an algae bloom, the Oregon Health Authority said Friday. The agency said in a news release that water sampling had found blue-green ...

The health advisory isn’t a new phenomenon — Detroit Lake frequently had toxic algae blooms in the past, but this is the first one since 2018 and the first to include the North Santiam River ...

Toxic algae blooms found in parts of Detroit Lake, Oregon health officials warn. by KATU Staff. Wed, May 23rd 2018 at 2:00 PM. Updated Wed, May 23rd 2018 at 2:36 PM.

TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history -- a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of ...

The algae produces liver and nerve toxins that can not only sicken people and kill pets and wildlife but also take a bite out of the lake's annual $11.5 billion annual tourism industry. Latest U.S.

Western Lake Erie's warm, shallow, nutrient-rich water creates an ideal environment for harmful algal blooms. The harmful algal bloom forecasts are based on measurements and forecasts of ...

A harmful algae bloom spills out of Muskegon Lake into Lake Michigan through the harbor channel on Thursday morning, Aug. 8, 2024. (Photo | David J. Ruck, Great Lakes Outreach Media) David J. Ruck ...