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Health Alert Issued for Bluestem Lake
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Lincoln, NE — The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Samples taken earlier this week at the lake on alert measure above the threshold of eight parts per billion (ppb) of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae.

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NOTICE OF CHANGES TO A NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN INCORPORATED AS TERMS OF A PERMIT

 

Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment

Livestock & Agriculture Section

Lincoln, Nebraska

 

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REQUEST FOR MAJOR MODIFICATION

Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment

Livestock and Agriculture Section

Lincoln, Nebraska

DHHS/NDEE Issues Smoke Advisory for Eastern and Central Nebraska
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Smoke associated with Canadian wildfires may affect the air quality in Nebraska. 

An advisory of possible Moderate (yellow category) to Unhealthy (red category) Air Quality Index (AQI) impacts may occur in Eastern and Central Nebraska, potentially affecting Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Grand Island, and Kearney, the afternoon of August 1, 2025, through the late afternoon of August 2, 2025.