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COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials, led by Gov. Strickland are set to unveil an "action plan" to battle algae that polluted Ohio's largest inland lake as welll as other, smaller, bodies of water.
Strickland, EPA Director Chris Korleski, Sean Logan, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Agriculture director Robert Boggs and Health director Dr. Alvin Jackson will announce the plan at Wright State University's Lake Campus on the shores of Grand Lake St. Marys.
Slimy blobs of algae like the ones that have polluted the western Ohio lake are now being found in some small lakes and ponds.
Researchers think it's because of the hot, rainy weather this summer.
Algae blooms are showing up earlier this year on western Lake Erie and there's growing concern about smaller lakes.
The state says algae blooms have been found at two lakes at state parks -- Burr Oak in southeast Ohio and Grand Lake St. Marys.
Ohio State University researchers say algae blooms are a problem for some private owners of ponds and lakes even though they're still uncommon.
They say the greatest risk is to small pets and livestock that drink from contaminated ponds.
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