Onondaga Nation

People of the Hills

State official jumps in Lake, ripples continue

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honeywell_lakeswimCapital: ALBANY—When Joe Martens, then-commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and his co-workers took a dip earlier this month in one of the nation’s most polluted lakes, federal officials warned them that it was not just a bad idea, but it also sent the public the wrong message.