CAMAS — Audreen Tsai has positive memories from her experiences, mostly hiking, at Lacamas Lake. But she’s discouraged that some of her classmates can’t say the same.

“My friend’s dog drank the algae and died,” said Tsai, a senior at Camas High School. “And a few of my other friends got various infections or got sick from the water.”

Tsai’s distress over the lake’s worsening algal blooms led her to found the Camas Watershed Alliance Club. The group worked with the city of Camas to create new informational signs at Lacamas Lake.

“Seeing the lake progressively get worse felt like a call to action,” Tsai said.

The Camas Watershed Alliance Club works to address water quality in the Lacamas watershed by educating residents about sources of pollution.

“When I was younger, in elementary sc

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