AHS cautions visitors to Clear Lake about blue-green algae

Alberta Health Services is warning visitors to Clear Lake to take precautions to protect themselves against presence of blue-green algae. Clear Lake is located in the MD of Willow Creek, about 100 kilometres southeast of Calgary. Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, is naturally occurring and often becomes visible when weather conditions are calm. It looks like scum, grass clippings, fuzz or globs on the surface of water and can be blue-green, greenish-brown, brown and/or pinkish-red i