Monitoring group flags chronically low bottom dissolved oxygen in Western Lake
CBAEP reported Western Lake’s bottom dissolved oxygen averaged about 2.5 mg/L in 2025, a level the presenter called "really low" and close to hypoxic conditions, prompting recommendation to monitor causes and protect habitat.
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Kayla Wingard, monitoring program manager at the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance Estuary Program, singled out Western Lake as having persistently low bottom dissolved oxygen, with a 2025 mean of about 2.5 milligrams per liter. "That's that's really low," she said, noting values below 3 mg/L can cause stress to certain organisms and that 2 mg/L is generally considered hypoxic.
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