Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140603:08:05:00
River plain of new york's adirondack park. it looks beautiful and serene, picture postcard perfect. however, indian lake is dead. indian lake is not an isolated example. over a quarter of the 2,700 lakes and ponds in the adirondack park, a preserve as big as vermont, are so acidic they can no longer support fish life. they, too, are dying. it isn't just the lakes that are being killed by acid rain. it's the forests as well. >> that was the national treasure that is al roker doing that report on the "today" show in 1988. that was july of 1988. and at that time, the other thing going on in the c...