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FINALLY! GOODBYE ICE AND SNOW
-- HELLO SPRING AT GREEN LAKE!
Seattle's unusually frigid weather during the Holiday season caused no
end of problems for residents, many of whom were stuck in their homes
for at least two weeks including Christmas. But at long last, Spring has
arrived. Trees and bulbs are blooming. Everything is fresh and green as
we walk around our reborn lake. Enjoy these wonderful photos taken by
Karen Schurr.
LOW COST
LIFE JACKET SALES JUNE 20, JULY 18, AUG 15, SEP 19 AT EVANS POOL
When: Designated Saturdays during the summer from 10 AM– 2 PM
Where: Evans Pool, 7201 E Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, WA 98115-5301
(map)
Wearing a life jacket saves lives! The cost for life jackets sizes infant
to youth large will be $20, teens to adult size XXL will be $30. Special
thanks is extended to partners Seattle Children's Hospital, Fisheries
Supply, Rehab Without Walls, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary for their support
of this event. See event info online at Seattle
Parks website.
Click here to download an up-to-date Birds
of Green Lake Checklist to use as you walk along the path around the
lake.
MOTORIZED
BOATING EVENTS WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED AT GREEN LAKE PARK
At its meeting on October 23, the Seattle Park Board recommended and Parks
Supt. Gallagher agreed to disallow private motorized boats on the lake.
ALL private motorized boating at the park will be phased out.
REPORT TOXIC
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE BLOOM
Toxic blue-green algae looks pea-green in this Feb. 2008 Green Lake
photo.
The Washington Dept of Ecology has started a program to test blue-green
algae blooms for toxicity. Any blooms in Green Lake should be reported
so they can be recorded and tested. The bloom usually looks pea-green,
and can be scum or filaments or small spheres.
As the cells die, they can release pigment that is a striking blue, as
seen in the photo below. Digital photos help document the bloom and can
determine whether to sample. Contact Gayle Garman/Richard Fleming (206-525-1974),
Sally Abella (206-296-8382, or Tricia Shoblom (425-649-7288) to report
a bloom.
Dec. 2007 close-up photo of the toxic blue-green algae in Green Lake!
The 2007 bloom was sampled by the County Dept. of Natural Resources and
was predominantly Anabaena flos-aquiae, which can produce a neurotoxin.
Shoreline accumulations also were seen Jan. and Feb. 2008. The blue-greens
float to the surface, are pushed around the lake by the wind, then accumulate
at the shoreline. The toxin may persist in the water a week or more after
the bloom. The best way to minimize possible animal poisonings by the
blooms is to keep animals away from the affected waters.
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