The summer of 2022 marked the first major harmful algal bloom—or HAB—in Otsego Lake, resulting in the closure of the public beach at Glimmerglass State Park as well as the Village of Cooperstown-owned ...

BFS Alerts Public to Early Stage HABs on Otsego Lake COOPERSTOWN—On Thursday, August 7, SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station staff announced that early stage harmful algal blooms have been observed ...