Onondaga Lake in Central New York has transformed from one of the Northeast's worst environmental disasters into a thriving bass fishery.
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Onondaga Lake: From Environmental Disaster to Trophy Bass Fishery
16 Years (1970-1986) Fishing ban duration
1994 Superfund designation
Over A Century Pollution period
NY DEC, EPA, Honeywell Cleanup partners
1970-1986 fishing ban
Late 1990s-2010s cleanup decades