IH provides regional update on large algal bloom in Shuswap Lake

Interior Health, the Ministry of the Environment and the First Nations Health Authority are working with the City of Salmon Arm, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, and Shuswap Watershed Council to monitor a large algal bloom that has filled most of the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake.

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