{"id":3597,"date":"2026-05-07T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/?page_id=3597"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:04:35","slug":"cyanobacteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/cyanobacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyanobacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expansive areas of photosynthesizing bluish-green cyanobacteria in lakes are called blooms. These blooms can contain toxins that can be harmful to both human and other animals\u2019 health. A variety of state, local, and regional organizations are engaged in efforts to monitor for the presence of blooms and to alert the public when they are present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lake Champlain Sea Grant\u2019s focus has been to educate the public about how to keep humans and dogs safe from cyanobacteria toxins.&nbsp;A short&nbsp;video&nbsp;is available below to help people understand how to recognize cyanobacteria blooms, health concerns that result from exposure, and how to keep your dog safe if it is exposed to a bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"newspaper\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-newspaper \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M0 416L0 120c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24s24 10.7 24 24l0 288c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24s24-10.7 24-24L96 96c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64l288 0c35.3 0 64 28.7 64 64l0 320c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64L64 480c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64zM160 128l0 64c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32l64 0c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32l0-64c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32l-64 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32zm24 240c-13.3 0-24 10.7-24 24s10.7 24 24 24l240 0c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24s-10.7-24-24-24l-240 0zm-24-72c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24l240 0c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24s-10.7-24-24-24l-240 0c-13.3 0-24 10.7-24 24zM360 176c-13.3 0-24 10.7-24 24s10.7 24 24 24l64 0c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24s-10.7-24-24-24l-64 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/2023\/08\/07\/the-dog-days-of-summer-are-here-and-with-them-beach-closures-how-to-stay-safe-on-and-in-lake-champlain\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/2023\/08\/07\/the-dog-days-of-summer-are-here-and-with-them-beach-closures-how-to-stay-safe-on-and-in-lake-champlain\/\">Read <em>&#8220;The Dog Days of Summer are Here and With Them, Beach Closures\u2014How to Stay Safe on and in Lake Champlain&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Cyanobacteria with Kris Stepenuck\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oWWlzxv5Vbc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/keeping-dogs-safe-from-cyanobacteria-blooms\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1937\">Keeping Dogs Safe from Cyanobacteria Blooms (PDF):<\/a> Adapted from a New York Sea Grant publication, this fact sheet focuses on Lake Champlain-area resources to help people identify and report blooms. Find links to state environmental and health agencies in Vermont and New York with information on bloom biology, origin, status, and reporting protocols.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/publication\/Dogs_Cyanobacteria_v1.mp3\">Public service announcement about cyanobacteria and dog safety (MP3):&nbsp;<\/a>Cyanobacteria toxins can pose health threats to dogs. In this 3-minute audio file, learn how to keep your pets safe.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/publication\/BLUEBTV_Cyanobacteria.pdf\">Understanding Cyanobacteria (PDF)<\/a>: Learn more about cyanobacteria and how municipalities and individual property owners can help to reduce stormwater and pollutant runoff.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/?page_id=3780\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3780\">Beach cyanobacteria bloom warning and closed signs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expansive areas of photosynthesizing bluish-green cyanobacteria in lakes are called&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3790,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-3597","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3811,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3597\/revisions\/3811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}