UPDATE: Recreational use health advisory lifted for Emigrant Lake
Published 5:26 pm Friday, May 9, 2025
- With Emigrant Lake essentially full, many people were out taking advantage of the warm weather and lakeshore trails last week. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini
The Oregon Health Authority has lifted the recreational use health advisory issued for Emigrant Lake outside Ashland, officials said early Friday evening.
OHA issued the advisory on May 1 due to photo and satellite imagery evidence of potentially-toxin producing cyanobacteria near areas of high recreational use, a news release said.
“Water monitoring has confirmed that the level of cyanotoxins in Emigrant Lake are below recreational guideline values. OHA advises recreational visitors to continually be alert to signs of cyanobacteria blooms,” the release said.