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In 1986, Onondaga Lake reopened to fishing after sewage and industry made it infamous, and it now has more than 65 documented fish species

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Swimming was banned by 1940 and fishing by 1970. Today, Onondaga Lake is the cleanest in over a century, with 65-plus fish species documented.

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