July 1, 2022
A sign posted in 2022 at Indian Creek Reservoir warns visitors of toxins produced by blue-green algae.
Tests have confirmed harmful algal blooms at multiple locations in Mono County’s Lake Crowley and Bridgeport Reservoir
Test results for both El Dorado and Nevada beaches were negative for harmful algal blooms, though a shallow pond at Nevada Beach tested positive for a very low level of a cyanotoxin called saxitoxin.
An algal bloom has prompted posting parts of Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County as dangerous.
Bridgeport and Indian Creek reservoirs both tested positive for dangerous toxins
One of the collateral consequences of the Tamarack Fire might be an early blue-green algal bloom at Indian Creek Reservoir generating well above dangerous levels of toxins.
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