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Residents, visitors warned to take precautions in Salmon Arm Bay and Sunnybrae/Canoe Point

Residents, visitors warned to take precautions in Salmon Arm Bay and Sunnybrae/Canoe Point

DFO scientist Andrea Locke explains how the unusual colour near the ocean’s surface is actually typical for this time of year

However, prolific growth can cause a dense mass or bloom to form. While some blooms are harmless, others, such as Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), produce cyanotoxins that can cause abdominal upsets in humans and can be lethal for small animals, such as dogs. To better understand where and when algae blooms happen around the province, the Environment Ministry has developed Algae Watch, where people are invited to contribute information to create a comprehensive picture of the situation in B...

Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Geri Allan-Helmer May 14, 2021 - 10:44 AM Interior Health continues to warn residents to stay out of the water where an algae bloom is visible on Wood Lake in Lake Country. Lake Country residents have continuously reported the smelly algae bloom through social media since April. The health authority said via email the bloom is still active and the public should avoid contact with it, as well as avoiding drinking from the lake and to keep pets and lives...

Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Geri Allan-Helmer May 12, 2021 - 4:30 PM The B.C. government has created a website to help identify algae blooms on lake. The Algae Watch website has a submission tool that helps to identify a possible algae bloom, while aiding the province in keeping tabs on lake health, according to a news release from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. “The website can help us track changes over time and identify areas of the province that ar...

May 12, 2021 | 11:20 AM FORT ST. JOHN, B.C – The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy has developed an educational Algae Watch website. The website invites people to contribute any information on B.C.’s algae situation and will help community members recognize potentially harmful algae blooms and differentiate algae blooms from other natural phenomena like foam or pollen which can look like blooms. There will be an online submission form on the website that will give informat...

  VICTORIA -- The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has developed a new website to offer more information about increasingly common algae blooms in B.C. waterways and help people understand why some of the organisms might pose a safety risk. The site was developed after a bloom last summer turned the usually pristine waters at one end of Shuswap Lake into what the ministry describes as “pea soup” -- the first time such a bloom had occurred there. Most algae growth, like the on...