Editing Lake Winnipeg (section)

===Environmental issues===
{{main|Lake Winnipeg algae threat}}
Lake Winnipeg is suffering from many [[environmental issues]] such as an explosion in the population of [[cyanobacteria]], caused by excessive amounts of phosphorus seeping into the lake.<ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/11m-for-lake-winnipeg-49170002.html $1.1M for Lake Winnipeg - Winnipeg Free Press]</ref><ref>[http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/canada%e2%80%99s-sickest-lake Canada's sickest lake] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828031757/http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/canada%E2%80%99s-sickest-lake/ |date=28 August 2009 }},  MacLean's Magazine</ref>  The phosphorus levels are approaching a point that could be dangerous for human health.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lake Winnipeg at 'tipping point': report |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lake-winnipeg-at-tipping-point-report-1.978527 |publisher=CBC News |date=31 May 2011}}</ref>

The [[Global Nature Fund]] declared Lake Winnipeg as the "threatened lake of the year" in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lake Winnipeg declared threatened lake of the year|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/lake-winnipeg-declared-threatened-lake-of-year-189778541.html|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=5 February 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, there was a major uptick of [[zebra mussels]] in Lake Winnipeg, the reduction of which is next to impossible because of a lack of natural predators in the lake. The mussels are devastating to the ecological opportunities of the lake.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lake-winnipeg-zebra-mussels-lost-cause-eva-pip-1.3264283 Lake Winnipeg a lost cause - CBC Online]</ref>