State & Tribal HAB Programs and Resources
Select state to find cyanobacteria/cyanotoxins resources for each of the States.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- Arizona Harmful Algal Blooms, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- Arizona Water Watch
- Arizona Department of Health Services - Harmful Algal Blooms
Arkansas
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Online Harmful Algae Bloom Complaint Reporting Form
- Arkansas Water Resources Center, Algal Blooms in Arkansas Streams, Ponds, and Lakes (pdf)
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality - Harmful Algal Blooms
California
- California HAB Portal
- California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Cyanotoxins in Recreational Waters
Colorado
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife Water Conditions Statewide
- Colorado Lake and Reservoir Management Association Guidance Document for Harmful Algal Blooms in Colorado
Connecticut
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Blue-Green Algae Blooms
- Connecticut Department of Public Health Section, Blue-Green Algae Blooms
- Interim guidance to Local Health Departments For Blue–Green Algae Blooms in Recreational Freshwaters
- Connecticut Long Island Sound Monitoring
Delaware
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Water: What is a Red Tide?
- Delaware Health and Social Services Frequently Asked Questions: Cyanobacteria (pdf)
- Delaware National Resources and the University of Delaware’s Citizen Monitoring Program
District of Columbia
Florida
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Blue-Green Algae Information
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Labs, Biology Section
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria)
- Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Health, Aquatic Toxics Program
- Protecting Florida Together: Water Quality Status Map
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Red Tide Current Status
- Blue-Green Algae Task Force
- South Florida Water Management District: Addressing Blue-Green Algal Blooms
Georgia
- Georgia Department of Public Health, Coastal Health District, Harmful Algal Bloom
- Georgia Department of Public Health, Coastal Health District: Frequently Asked Questions About Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) and Their Toxins
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, Harmful Algal Blooms
Hawaii
- Hawaii State Department of Health Disease Outbreak Control Division: Stinging Seaweed Disease (Lyngbya)
- Hawaii State Department of Health Disease Investigation Branch: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (pdf)
Idaho
- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality HABs Advisories
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare: Harmful Algal Blooms
Illinois
- Illinois Department of Public Health Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS)
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: Reporting a Harmful Algal Bloom
Indiana
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Addressing concerns about Blue-green Algae
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management: Blue-Green Algae Sampling Resource List
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Blue-Green Algae
- Indiana State Department of Health, HAB Map
Iowa
- Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Harmful Algal Blooms
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Beach Monitoring
Kansas
Kentucky
- Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection: Division of Water: Harmful Algal Blooms
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Harmful Algal Blooms, Division of Water
Louisiana
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality - Harmful Algal Blooms
- Louisiana Department of Health Office of Public Health
- Louisiana Department of Health Safe Drinking Water Program
Maine
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Algal Toxins
- Maine Department of Marine Resources: Red Tide in Maine
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Blue Green Algae Map
Maryland
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Harmful Algal Blooms in Maryland
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Algae
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Environmental Toxicology Program, Algae
- Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services, Algae Monitoring
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Health Blue-Green Algal Blooms and Microcystin
- Minnesota Department of Health Harmful Algal Blooms Fact Sheet
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Blue-green Algae and Harmful Algal Blooms
Mississippi
- Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality: Beach Monitoring Program
- Mississippi State University Extension: Planktonic Algae
Missouri
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: Blue-Green Algae Brochure (pdf)
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Recreational Water Safety
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Harmful Algal Blooms and Blue-Green Algae
Montana
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services: Public Health & Safety: Harmful Algal Blooms
Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality: Fact Sheet - Precautions and facts regarding toxic algae at Nebraska Lakes
- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality: Beach Watch HABs
Nevada
- Nevada Department of Wildlife Harmful Algal Bloom Webpage
- Nevada Division of Environmental Protection - Harmful Algal Bloom Program
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- New Jersey Center for Water Science and Technology
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Harmful Algal Blooms website
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, HABs in Drinking Water Supply
- Freshwater Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Response Strategy (pdf)
- Freshwater Cyanobacterial HAB Fact Sheet (pdf)
- Freshwater CyanoHABs and CyanoToxins: Recreational Exposure and Health Effects Fact Sheet (pdf)
- Freshwater Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Online Reporting Form
- Marine Harmful Algal Blooms Fact Sheet (pdf)
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, HAB
New Mexico
New York
- New York State, Department of Environmental Conservation: HABs
- Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Program Guide
North Carolina
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Blue-Green Algae
- North Carolina Environmental Quality, Algal Blooms
- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, HABs Monitoring
North Dakota
Ohio
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: Algal Toxin Analysis Options (pdf)
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: Algae Information for Public Water Systems
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: Algae Information for Recreational Water
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality: HABs
- Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Harmful Algal Bloom
Oregon
- Oregon Health Authority: Blue-Green Algae Labs and Expert Contacts List
- Oregon Health Authority, Harmful Algal Bloom Surveillance Program
- Oregon Health Authority, Algae Resources
- Oregon Health Authority, Algae Bloom Advisories
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harmful Algal Blooms
- Erie County Department of Health, Pennsylvania, HABs Map
- PA Department of Environmental Protection/Harmful Algal Blooms
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Cyanobacteria: Understanding Blue-Green Algae’s Impact on Our Shared Waterways, South Carolina Waterways, Clemson University
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Harmful Algal Blooms
- South Carolina Beach Guide
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Harmful Algal Blooms
- Guide for Public Health Response to Cyanobacterial Harmful Algae in Recreational Freshwater in Texas (pdf)
- Texas Health and Human Services: Harmful Algal Blooms – Seafood and Aquatic Life
Utah
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality HABs
- Utah Department of Health: Blue-Green Algae
- Chemtech-Ford Laboratories
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality, HAB Map
Vermont
- Vermont Department of Health, Cyanobacteria, Blue-Green Algae in Lake Champlain
- Vermont Department of Health Veterinarian Fact Sheet (pdf)
- Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Division, Cyanobacteria toxins
- Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Drinking Water and Ground Protection Division, Public Drinking Water System - Cyanobacteria monitoring
- Vermont, HAB Map
Virginia
Washington
- Washington State Department of Health, Division of Environmental Health, Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae)
- Washington State Toxic Algae, Freshwater Algae Bloom Monitoring Program
- Washington State Toxic Algae Online
West Virginia
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Information on Cyanobacterial Blooms (Blue-green Algae Blooms) or Harmful Algal Blooms
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Harmful Algal Bloom Response Plan for Recreational Waters
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Blue-Green Algae
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Blue-Green Algae website
- Public Health Madison-Dane County Beaches
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Beach Health