The Easthampton Health Department has issued a public advisory for Rubber Thread Pond due to a bloom of cyanobacteria, advising contact with the water to be avoided.

Harmful algae blooms have been reported in three island ponds this week: Capaum Pond, Clarks Cove and Miacomet Pond.

Residents are advised that a blue-green algae bloom has been confirmed at Pontoosuc Lake, which may pose health risks to ...

An almost annual — sometimes a few times a year — warning has come early this year from state health and environmental ...

'No matter what I try, I'm removing heaps of it daily, only for it to come back the next day," the gardener wrote, along with a photo of the pond filled with green algae.. The original poster ...

It is a common mistake for folks to think shallow ponds are green because algae is covering the surface of the water. ... In spring, the starch-filled turion starts to swiftly metabolize.