LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Nebraska has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, for three Nebraska lakes including Maskenthine Reservoir in Stanton County and Kirkman’s Cove Lake in Richardson County.
Glenn Cunningham Lake in Douglas County remains on health alert this week after being on alert last week.
Samples taken earlier this week at these lakes measure above the threshold of eight parts per billion of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae…