Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – With temperatures across Western New York continuing to soar this summer, concerns over harmful algae blooms increase in several waterways and other bodies of water throughout the region.
Executive director of Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Jill Jedlicka says the increase in algae blooms every year in the waterways of Western New York is nothing entirely new.
“It has been kind of steadily increasing in recent years, but also we’ve been monitoring it more and keeping an eye out,” said Jedlicka in an interview with WBEN. “It’s still too soon to determine are these algae blooms happening more frequently, or are we just paying more attention to them when they happen.”…