Residents should not be concerned with the algae in city parks. It is not the blue-green bacteria — sometimes known as blue-green algae — which some area media outlets reported on in other areas, Parks and Recreation Director Chad Shoemaker said. "Blue-green algae is not actually algae," he said. "It's a bacterial colony that uses sunlight as an energy source. There are a lot of different kinds. Some are pink, some are red," he said. The bacteria can grow on shorelines due to the low oxygen content and higher water temperatures in shallow depths...
