Webster Hosts Algae WorkshopNORTH WEBSTER – Tippecanoe Property Owners Association, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation and Kosciusko Lakes and Streams are sponsoring a free workshop on plants, algae and water quality. The workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday in the North Webster Community Center. Overabundant algae and weeds are becoming a greater problem in the lakes and waterways of Indiana. Similar problems in western Ohio caused the closing of Grand Lake St. Marys last summer to swimming, boating and fishing by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency because of toxic algae blooms. To better understand the relationship between plants and algae and water quality, Jill Hoffmann, an aquatic biologist, will explore what is causing algal blooms and what people know about the risks of these blooms. The workshop is an opportunity to learn more about what citizens, landowners and public servants can do to protect lakes, health and properties. For information, call Lyn Crighton, Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation executive director, at 574-265-8323
