Lake Winnipeg most threatened in world in 2013 'This is the Red Flag.'

Lake Winnipeg has earned a disturbing new title from the Global Nature Fund (GNF), as the Threatened Lake of 2013.

"That this huge Canadian lake is faced with problems similar to those of lakes in more densely populated countries is hard to believe," stated the organization, which is based in Berlin, Germany.

GNF, the organization that created the International Living Lakes network, chooses the most-threatened lake in the world every year. Lake Winnipeg was nominated by Living Lakes Canada.

"This is the red flag," said Vicki Burns, outreach coordinator at the Lake Winnipeg Foundation.

Burns, along with other experts, say blue-green algae is poisoning the lake.

"They're getting so big you can see it from a satellite from outer space," Burns said.

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