LINCOLN – A health alert is in effect for Willow Creek Lake in Pierce County and Rockford Lake in Gage County.
The health alert was put in place after high levels of blue-green algae were detected at the lakes during testing by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
It is recommended that visitors to Willow Creek and Rockford lakes avoid full body contact activities such as swimming, wading, skiing and jet skiing. Non-contact activities such as boating, fishing and camping are not affected by the alert.
Updated lake algae and bacteria levels are posted each week at deq.ne.gov.