New Mexico Environment Department increases monitoring of blue

EAGLE NEST — Pea-soup green pigment floated where the water met the shore on Eagle Nest Lake on Tuesday, while bright, turquoise pigment stained the south boat ramp. In the water, a flurry of blue-green algae drifted, like a collection of grass clippings.

Across the lake, Savannah Cutler waded into a thick algal bloom in knee-high gray boots. Wearing purple gloves to protect her hands, she dipped a small amber container into water topped by a slick of algae.

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