Saratoga Lake under bloom advisory again

As seems to be common anymore around midsummer, Saratoga Lake is under a harmful algal bloom advisory as of July 18 according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

This is the sixth consecutive year the lake has been placed under an advisory for harmful algal blooms—or blue-green algae—since 2019. Previous advisories issued by the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Livestock Board have included the following recommendations:

- Avoid contact with water in the vicinity of the bloom, especially in areas where cyanobacteria are dense and form scums.

- Do not ingest wa...