Cayuga Lake threatened by Mud?

Photo by BILL HECHT/Provided

An aerial photo of Cayuga Lake, taken on April 5 by Bill Hecht of Union Springs, shows the flow of sediment into the lake. A new study recommends restricting development in floodplains, preserving and rebuilding wetlands and protecting riparian buffers, the land adjacent to streams and creeks. Flooding of streams sends silt into Cayuga Lake, which has the largest watershed of all the Finger Lakes.

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