Lake Erie
Personal memory by Valencia Stokes
2014 • Toledo, OH, USA
As a kid, fishing in Lake Erie was something of a pastime for my family. I always looked forward to it as a way to spend time with them. Unfortunately, Lake Erie is now overrun with pollution and algae blooms. It's so bad that an entire portion of Ohio that relies on Erie's supply was unable to drink water. It's sad to think of this great natural resource being destroyed.
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. "Blue-Green Algae."
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