New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Once Considered 'Dead', Upstate New York Lake Comes To Life
Once Considered 'Dead', Upstate New York Lake Comes To Life
Once Considered 'Dead', Upstate New York Lake Comes To Life
Back in the late 1980's, I went out to visit some college friends that lived near Syracuse. As we drove around, I saw this beautiful body of water. Being summertime, I suggested that we should go swimming. The car load of friends broke into laughter. "The lake's dead!" one friend exclaimed. "And you'll be if you swim it." Looking at the polluted, lifeless body of water was like a punch in the stomach. People that lived around the lake dealt with that feeling everyday, until now.