You Might Want To Avoid These Two Lakes In North Dakota Due To These New Warnings
By Leah|Published August 29, 2018
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Leah moved to North Dakota when she was 12 years old and has traveled from the Red River Valley to the badlands and many places in between. She loves small-town life and currently enjoys living on a small farm in the ND prairie. She's always had a passion for writing and has participated in novel writing challenges such as NaNoWriMo multiple times. Her favorite part about this job is recognizing small businesses that deserve a boost and seeing the positive affect her articles can have on their traffic, especially in rural areas that might have otherwise gone overlooked.
While you may be wanting to get in all the last summer days at the lake that you can, you might want to avoid visiting two specific lakes in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health has issued warnings for toxic algae blooms at those specific places, and here’s what you need to know:
Two lakes in North Dakota have been moved up from an advisory to a full warning for blue-green algae being present. The algae is toxic if ingested in large quantities for both people and animals, and may also cause skin, eye, and respiratory irritation.
Blue-green algae is considered a harmful algae bloom, or HAB, and the North Dakota Department of Health advises people to avoid all water-based recreation in lakes that are listed under the warning category. If you do go in a lake with a HAB, you must shower immediately afterwards and avoid drinking any of the water. This includes letting pets such as dogs drink the water.
Other lakes in North Dakota are currently only under advisories for algae, where algae blooms may be present in part of the lake but not all of it. Lakes currently under the advisory include Lake Tschida, Lake LaMoure, Harvey Reservoir, and a handful more.
