Watch out for poisonous green scum or other streaks or clumps of colored algae in Spanaway Lake, health officials said in a toxic algae caution advisory Wednesday.
“When you see algae, don’t swim, wade, waterski, or fish,” the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department news release said. “Keep in mind as wind direction changes, the algae could move elsewhere in the lake. When in doubt, stay out!”
The health department sampled the waters Monday and will check for toxic algae again next week. Officials will leave the advisory up for two weeks “out of an abundance of caution” once the bloom disappears, the release said…