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Health Advisory for lakes & reservoirs: Cyanobacterial blooms found

The Wyoming Department of Health has issued recreational use advisories for Boysen Reservoir, Ocean Lake, Saratoga Lake, Wheatland Reservoir #3, and Leazenby Lake due to cyanobacterial blooms on those waters

The Wyoming Department of Health and Wyoming Livestock Board recommend the following:

- Avoid contact with water in the vicinity of the bloom, especially in areas where cyanobacteria are dense and form scums.

- Do not ingest water from the bloom. Boiling, filtration and/or other treatments will not remove toxins.

- Rinse fish with clean water and eat only the fillet portion.

- Avoid water...

 

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