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Studying Rapid Acid Deposition Recovery

By Pat Bradley

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Inlet, NY – Some lakes in the Adirondacks devastated by acid rain deposition may be adapting to, or recovering from, the pollution. Scientists are trying to determine if those waters are responding to something in the natural surroundings or to pollutant reductions brought about by federal and state mandates. One lake in particular has tweaked researchers attention. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.