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The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a comeback
About a mile from Cleveland’s Lake Erie shore, in a stretch of water once among America’s most polluted, a team of conservationists just released a few dozen lake sturgeon into the Cuyahoga River. Lake sturgeon need a nice clean substrate so their eggs don’t suffocate, and biologists believe the Cuyahoga’s improved water quality has made that possible. Read the full story by NPR.
The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a co…