“Lake Michigan does not have the fuel, the nutrient concentrations that Muskegon Lake has. Once that bloom is out there, it’s probably going to spread a little bit,” Ruck said.

A harmful algae bloom spills out of Muskegon Lake into Lake Michigan through the harbor channel on Thursday morning, Aug. 8, 2024. (Photo | David J. Ruck, Great Lakes Outreach Media) David J. Ruck ...

Steinman has been working on Lake Macatawa, which runs into Lake Michigan, for 20 years. The algae people are seeing is likely Cladophora or filamentous green algae, which grows on the bottom of ...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI -- Suspected harmful algal blooms were detected in a west Michigan lake, prompting a warning from county health officials. The Allegan County Health Department said on Thursday ...

Ford Lake has experienced harmful algal blooms in the past as well, county health officials said. The blooms can be caused by sunlight, low water or low-flow conditions, warmer temperatures and ...

In Michigan, algal blooms typically occur during periods of warm temperatures, ... Harmful algal bloom reported in Devils Lake, Lenawee County. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.

Algal blooms have left parts of the Great Lake’s surface green, slimy and covered with scum. The scum is often found in areas with high levels of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria.

The size of the algal bloom is dependent on how much rain falls this summer. If precipitation continues at an average rate, a smaller bloom is likely, similar to that of 2020.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Michigan is stepping up efforts to analyze the flow of harmful nutrients into the Western Basin of Lake Erie, which is plagued each year by toxic algal blooms largely attributed ...

And now we’re seeing that it might be moving out into Lake Michigan as well.” While not all algal blooms are dangerous, testing found harmful cyanotoxins in the blooms in Muskegon Lake.