The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare issued health advisories for Lake Lowell near Nampa and the southeast side of Lake Cascade after health officials found toxic algal blooms.
Lake Lowell and the Van Wyck Boat Ramp area of Lake Cascade are new additions to the list of places the department urged the public to avoid in a Friday news release.
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality took samples Aug. 12 at the two locations and found they exceeded the recreational health advisory threshold for the harmful algal blooms…