{"id":128965,"date":"2026-07-02T05:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/07\/02\/look-out-for-harmful-algal-blooms\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:08:27","modified_gmt":"2028-12-18T05:08:27","slug":"look-out-for-harmful-algal-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/07\/02\/look-out-for-harmful-algal-blooms\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Look Out For Harmful Algal Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When recreating on Montana\u2019s  lakes and reservoirs this summer, be on the lookout  for cyanobacteria, more commonly known as \u201charmful  algal blooms\u201d or \u201cHABs.\u201d HABs can release toxins into the water that may cause skin irritation, make people sick, and can be fatal to pets or livestock if ingested. Report suspected HABs atHAB. mt.gov to help alert others and prevent illness.<br \/>\n\t  HAB characteristics:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129127,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128965\/revisions\/129127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128965"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=128965"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=128965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}