A different kind of watery plant has covered almost all of Albany’s Waverly Lake with a greenish carpet of muck. But this is expected to be temporary, likely to disappear when it starts raining.
The unsightly condition of the lake attracted attention on social media, where someone said it was the worst they had ever seen.
After returning from a few days away, I took the bike there for a look and then asked the Albany Parks Department about what was a fairly thick layer of mostly green growth on the surface of the lake…