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Slide 2 Lake Apopka Slide 3 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Lake Apopka one of the most popular fishing locations in the U.S. Slide 4 Levees drain water, create 20,000 acres for farming; pollute lake 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 5 EPA Investigates: Lake Apopka polluted with pesticide DDT 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 6 EPA designates Superfund Cleanup Site near Lake Apopka 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 7 Study links pesticides to Lake Apopka alligator mutations 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 8 Friends of Lake Apopka created; lobby against polluted runoff 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 9 Lake Apopka Restoration Act signed; farmland purchased 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 10 Farmworker Association addresses farmworker needs 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 11 Lake Apopka farms officially close; farmworkers out of work 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 12 Pesticides cause Apopka mass bird death, report says 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 13 Lake Apopka Farmworker Memorial Quilts completed 1950s 1940s 1979 19811991 May 1998 1996 1998-99 1980s Summer 2010 Slide 14 And soon the quilts had a life of their own Slide 15 Quilt MakingQuilt Publicity Slide 16 Quilt Events Slide 17 Lake Apopka Quilt Project Slide 18