Florida environmental protection releases interactive blue-green algae map

Credit: Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection unveiled a tool you can use to track where blue-green algae is populating across the states waterways.

It’s an interactive map, allowing you to click on different waterways and see what the latest measurements are.

To view the map, go to the DEP website.

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