Blue-green algae are migrating to the Caloosahatchee estuary
Two months have passed since health alerts showed that blue-green algae are in our waterways.
We’ve seen it in places like the Davis or Alva Boat Ramps, and more recently, it has begun spreading through the canals of Cape Coral. However, on Wednesday, blue-gree algae were seen in some different areas.
What’s startling is the Caloosahatchee Estuary isn’t a shallow, dead-end canal where algae easily grow. The Caloosahatchee Estuary is big and open, which means it’s atypical to see algae there. That said, in 2018, a blue-green algae bloom occurred in the estuary. That was during the worst blue-green algae crisis facing the community.