LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A toxic algae bloom has been detected at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The National Park Service reported the algae has now been found at Cottonwood Cove.

State health officials have issued a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) warning for Weber Reservoir, and the National Park Service is monitoring coves around Nelson's Landing on Lake Mohave.

Toxic algae blooms that appeared in three coves last month have spread to several areas near Lake Mohave within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, according to a park service post on Facebook.

She said the algae is so widespread that it can be seen from the air, but Mack said what is happening now still doesn’t qualify as a “full bloom” like the one that turned Lake Mead green in ...

National Park Service (NPS) officials issued a water advisory for Lake Powell just before the July 4 holiday weekend after ...

Scientists still seek source of lake algae Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001 | 9:34 a.m. The cause of the large algae bloom that covered parts of Lake Mead this summer may never be known, officials said today.

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has issued Harmful Algal Bloom ... Meadow Valley Wash, enters the Muddy River and eventually into Lake Mead. Stay Connected. Like Us.

In 2022, a boy died from a brain-eating amoeba after a visit to Lake Mead, and toxic algae blooms are known to occur, including one last fall. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ijams Nature Center is warning visitors to stay out of the water at Mead's Quarry Lake and to keep their pets out too. It said on social media that there is a temporary bloom ...