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River on Fire
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 2007, a young bald eagle took flight from its nest along the Cuyahoga River. It was the first successful nest in Cuyahoga County in more than 70 years. The eaglet grew up eating fish from the Cuyahoga River, where, throughout most of the 1900s, fish could not survive due to the pollution. Neither could the wildlife that depend on fish as a food source. On Today's Episode, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the event that helped rally the world to the attention of polluted waterways.
Released:
May 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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