Fernan Lake Invasion
Season 2 Episode 1 | 9m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Toxic blue-green algae take over one Idaho’s lakes. Scientists try to find out why.
For more than 100 days a year, Fernan Lake falls under health warnings because of toxic blue-green algae blooms. Resident Marc Andrews says you could see the lake turning color. “It’s starting to look more like pea soup instead of water.” Lake managers and residents turned to scientists from the MILES project at the University of Idaho to help them understand what was happening.
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Idaho Science Journal is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
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Fernan Lake Invasion
Season 2 Episode 1 | 9m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
For more than 100 days a year, Fernan Lake falls under health warnings because of toxic blue-green algae blooms. Resident Marc Andrews says you could see the lake turning color. “It’s starting to look more like pea soup instead of water.” Lake managers and residents turned to scientists from the MILES project at the University of Idaho to help them understand what was happening.
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Idaho Science Journal is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Funding for Idaho Science Journal was provided by the National Science Foundation Idaho EPSCoR Program and by the National Science Foundation