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A local environmental group believes that the road runoff from seasonal weather is contributing to harmful algae in lakes on Cortes Island.
Winter storm surges concentrate phosphorus in local lakes, the main element causing summer algae build up, or algal blooms, in Hague and Gunflint, suggests Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), the environmental non-profit. Roads and ditch systems “are like highways for water” that carry minerals from agricultural activities and flush them into the lakes.
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