Over the last several weeks the algae bloom has ranged from significant covering the surface of the lake in many places to today seeing patches of the bloom here and there on the surface. It can also be observed below the surface near the shoreline.
Mergansers (Mergus merganser) are not common visitors to Cheney Lake, but a flock of about a dozen showed up in early November.
"I am worried that unless we do something, the algae will kill the lake, or at least our enjoyment of it."
The forest on the East side of Cheney Lake is changing and the biggest change is the proliferation of May Day trees.
I rarely see trumpeter swans on the lake, and I don't ever remember seeing them so early.
Water quality in Anchorage's lakes is generally good, but swimmer's itch is a risk.
Anchorage anglers got good news this week when Fish and Game reported that pesticide applied to Cheney Lake last October in an effort to wipe out invasive northern pike appears to have worked.
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