June 2023 - Summer breathes life into the Champlain Valley—trees leaf, insects hum, and birds come back to their summer homes. Among this annual reawakening of ecological activity is cyanobacteria. With longer and sunnier days warming the lake, conditions can become a breeding ground for blooms of cyanobacteria (sometimes called blue green algae, even though they are not technically algae) that can inundate water and close beaches. Read...