RECOVERY OF HIGHLY ACIDIFIED LAKES IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION OF NEW YORK
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FIGURE 13.32 At the beginning of the EPA’s Acid Rain Program in 1995, 284 lakes in the Adirondack region were highly acidified. By 2007, 132 of those lakes, or 46%, had recovered in response to decreased acid rain over the region. (Data from Waller et al., 2012)