"ALBANY, N.Y. — A reproducing population of brook trout has been discovered in a tiny lake in the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness for the first time since the lake was declared fishless because of acid rain 32 years ago, New York state officials said.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said Monday that the breeding population of trout in the 38-acre (15-hectare) Lake Colden demonstrates the effectiveness of clean air regulations. Those include New York’s 1984 Acid Deposition Control Act and amendments to the U.S. Clean Air Act requiring federal controls of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.

The DEC said it’s the first time a non-stocked, sustaining fish population has been recorded in a high-elevation Adirondack lake previously determined unable to support fish due to acid rain impacts."

Mary Esch reports for the Associated Press October 8, 2019. [2]