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1 Researchers from the University of California, Davis, are studying Clear Lake in order to understand how nutrients and water circulate within the lake system. From their research vessel the R/V Ted Frantz, the scientists take water quality samples at seven sites every six to eight weeks. Their results will inform state and local responses to the harmful algal blooms. 2 The Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians has a sliver of land on the flat, fertile western shores of Clear Lake. The tribe’s Environmental Protection Agency began a cyanobacteria monitoring program in 2014 after an exceptionally bad year for toxic blooms on the lake. The monitoring program has influenced a number of additional state studies as well as drinking water testing requirements for utilities that use the lake as a supply source. ....