10/16/2025
Camas High School Joins City Effort to Educate About Lacamas Lake
CAMAS, WA — A partnership between the City of Camas and students from the Camas High School Watershed Alliance Club (CWAC) has resulted in new informational signs being placed around Lacamas Lake.
Students in the newly formed CWAC group reached out to the City in October 2024 to discuss ways they could help inform the public about nonpoint source pollutants that contribute to harmful algal blooms in Lacamas Lake.
According to the club’s founder, Camas High senior Audreen Tsai, the idea for the group stemmed from a personal experience.
“As harmful algal blooms began appearing in Lacamas Lake, we had a friend who got sick after swimming, and we were concerned,” said Tsai. “After doing some research, we found that this is a global problem, and there is no easy solution. But educating the public on best management practices (BMPs) is one of the lowest-cost solutions.”
With that in mind, the group formed with the goal of developing an educational partnership with the City to help address the issue.
“We think we—the youth—have some unique advantages for community outreach. If every student talks to their parents about the issue, we can reach a lot more residents,” Tsai said.
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