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A beloved fishing lake near Pinedale now has no fish. To top it off, the entire lake turned red a couple months ago, and land managers and biologists don’t know exactly why. WyoFile’s Mike Koshmrl first reported on this in early December and gives us a debrief.
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Harmful algal blooms are a major issue in water bodies across our region, and can be toxic to humans and animals. Some scientists have started using satellites to keep a better eye on them.
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a serious issue in bodies of water across the West. In Idaho, USGS scientists have developed a tool that harnesses satellites to help detect where such blooms could be cropping up. That could make time- and resource-intensive detection efforts more efficient.
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Seemingly more bodies of water in Wyoming are being affected by harmful algal blooms, but some experts say that might not be the case.
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Grass clippings, blue-green scum and spilled paint. These are all what toxic algae blooms or harmful cyanobacteria blooms (HCBs) can look like on water.
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In the past couple of years, harmful algae blooms have been identified in Wyoming's water bodies more frequently. So the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality started a routine monitoring program.
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Keeping bodies of water clean has obvious local benefits for those who want to access or use them, but sometimes, the cost of cleaning can outweigh those…
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As the summer season ramps up, so does the possibility of Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms (HCBs). Also known as blue-green algae, cyanobacteria are found in…
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One day last June, Susannah Roberts and her boyfriend, Reilly Davis, drove out to Leazenby Lake, just outside of Laramie, Wyoming. They had their black…
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So far this year, the Wyoming Department of Health has issued algae bloom advisories for 16 lakes and reservoirs across the state, a spike that mirrors…