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HABs advisory issued for Conesus Lake swimmers
A Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) advisory is in effect for Conesus Lake, with small, localized blooms spotted near Vitale Park and the southeast shoreline, according to the Livingston County Department of Health. While the drinking ... more
Harmful algal bloom alert system active across New York
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has officially launched its 2025 Harmful Algal Bloom notification system, NYHABS, enabling New Yorkers to monitor and report bloom activity in real time. The alert system ... more
Finger Lakes Region Hit Hard By HABs During Final Week of August; No Other Part of NYS Had Comparable Outbreaks
More than 200 confirmed blooms of cyanobacteria hit the Finger Lakes during the final week of August in one of the most widespread outbreaks on record. The state’s interactive map of so-called harmful algal blooms ... more
INSIDE THE FLX: Was the 2022 HABs season bad? Where does Finger Lakes region stand in fight against blooms?
What's up with the fight against HABs in the Finger Lakes? Last month, an announcement about a Nine Element Plan in the Seneca-Keuka Watershed to address phosphorus runoff made headlines. But it isn't the kind ... more
Farmland runoff, intense storms responsible for raising phosphorus loads that drive HABs in Seneca-Keuka watershed, report finds
A comprehensive plan to cut phosphorus pollution in the Seneca-Keuka Watershed won final state approval this week, providing a roadmap for protecting the two lakes from toxic algal blooms and flooding driven by climate change ... more
Seneca, Skaneateles lakes hit with first toxic blooms of summer; plans seek to cut farming phosphorus
Widespread outbreaks of toxic cyanobacteria were reported across the Finger Lakes this week, including the first so-called harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the season on Seneca and Skaneateles lakes. A Cayuga Lake bloom south of ... more
Seneca Lake suffers one of worst HAB outbreaks in recent years last week: Other lakes saw blooms too
An unprecedented number of toxic blooms spread across the Finger Lakes on the “dead calm” afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 6, in what was easily the most intense outbreak of the season, if not the decade ... more