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On this page you will find links to various agency reports about Clear Lake Water Quality. A description of the content of each report is provided below. This page also serves as a parent page for the topics of Clear Lake Algae and Clear Lake TMDL information.
Information about the history of algae in Clear Lake, nuisance Blue-Green algae and Cyanobacterial blooms, and graphs/reports can be found within the Lake County Department of Water Resources website.
Human Influences to Clear Lake, California: A 20th Century History by Gregory A. Giusti can be found on the Lake County Fresh Water Ecology website. Clear Lake State Park offers a great camping and educational experience all in one.
The Clear Lake Annotated Bibliography contains 302 references (journal articles, reports, books, videos) about Clear Lake's history, water chemistry, fish fauna and more.
Clear Lake lies within the Upper Cache Watershed, as defined by the United States EPA. The Watershed is represented by an 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC). Visit the EPA's "Surf Your Watershed" website to learn more about the Upper Cache Watershed.
Clear Lake's physical attributes have allowed for many different native fishes to call the lake home. Often these native species evolved into lake adapted sub-species. The following list shows the native fish species of Clear Lake.
Some of Clear Lake's earliest human impacts are tied to the introduction of non-native fishes, dating back to the early 1870s. Clear Lake served the late 19th Century as a "testing ground" for fish introductions, often with little regard for native species (Dill and Cordone, 1997).
Looking for information about Local, Regional, State or Federal agencies and organizations? Find help below: Local: Chi Council for the Clear Lake Hitch- Local resource management and planning group that works to promote restoration efforts for the Clear Lake Hitch.
A water quality approach under the Clean Water Act helped established the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program for impaired bodies of water. A description of the state TMDL program can be found on the State Water Resources Control Board website.
A complex set of environmental factors and human impacts, including geochemistry, limnology, climate, land use, and invasive species, have contributed to a shifting ecology of Clear Lake. If you are interested about information regarding current lake levels, flow data, aquatic plants, or algae....
