Yes, it's toxic blue-green algae, fed by run-off from farming, livestock operations and housing development around the lake. At this point the state and federal governments are still pouring millions into an effort to save the lake, but it's really too late. Cleaning up the lake and watershed would cost billions at this point and would take decades. It's just not going to happen. In a couple of years they'll be forced to give up and drain the lake.
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This morning a spreading slick of Gulf oil was sighted floating on Grand Lake St. Mary's.
That slick on Grand Lake St. Mary's is actually "bad algae" , not oil, according to todays news reports on channel 2, 3 or 7.
Yes, it's toxic blue-green algae, fed by run-off from farming, livestock operations and housing development around the lake. At this point the state and federal governments are still pouring millions into an effort to save the lake, but it's really too late. Cleaning up the lake and watershed would cost billions at this point and would take decades. It's just not going to happen. In a couple of years they'll be forced to give up and drain the lake.
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