We need your help! Let us know when and where you see algae blooms on the Winnebago Lakes.
Click the button to report algae bloom information, which will be shared with Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, UW-Oshkosh’s Harmful Algal Bloom project partners, and the Wisconsin DNR. This information is vital to understanding harmful algae blooms in our lakes. As lake users, your algae sightings allow us to collect information in real-time, across the lake system. Thank you!
Harmful Algal Blooms are the rapid growth of algae or cyanobacteria that can cause harm to people, animals, or the local ecology.
You can’t tell if a bloom is harmful or not by sight alone. When in doubt, best keep out of the water!
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) can produce toxins that can harm humans, animals, and vegetation. HABs can cause humans and animals to become sick. HABs also consume oxygen and clock sunlight from competing plats, which can result in ‘dead zones’ where other vegetation cannot grow.
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) affect ecosystems, human health, recreation activities, and local economies. Reporting and studying HABs helps to better understand the blooms in our system, improving outreach, education, and management.