WaterFront by Peter Mantius

The once-pristine Finger Lakes are under stress. While they dodged a bullet in 2014 when the state banned high-volume fracking for natural gas, major threats remain: invasive species, gigantic garbage dumps, stream runoff carrying agricultural and munitions wastes, toxic waste dumps, salt mines, etc. While local environmental groups try — with meager funding — to engage these deep-pocket threats, local media tend to remain on the sidelines. WaterFront was founded to shed light on these increasingly consequential battles.