Since 2017, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has worked with cooperators to improve our understanding of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Wyoming waterbodies for the wellbeing of the public.
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms, also known as HCBs, blooms, or blue-green algae are dense accumulations of cyanobacteria that may lead to serious health effects in people and animals (pets, wildlife, and livestock) through contact, ingestion, or inhalation of cyanotoxins or other cyanobacteria-related irritants.
To read more about the critical work the DEQ is doing to address and understand HCB's, go here.
