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MY COUNTY IS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK BETWEEN OSWEGO AND MADISON.

THE CATSKILLS MOUNTAINS

  

Catskills: 350 million years old    

AROUND 1600 THE ONONDAGA TRIBE LIVED IN ONONDAGA.

Image from: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov

THE MARCELLUS SHALE SPLITS THE COUNTY IN HALF.

ONONDAGA COUNTY IS IN THE GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER WATERSHED

THE SENECA AND ONEIDA RIVERS ARE IN ONONDAGA COUNTY

BOG TURTLE

The bog turtle is an endangered species in Onondaga Lake. Onondaga Lake is called the most polluted lake in the U.S.

WATER ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION PROGRAM

Water monitoring at Onondaga Lake

Image from: www.ongov.net

INDUSTRIES

29.31%:

• Educational services,

• Healthcare and

• Social assistance

Other industries include:

• Retail trade

• Food Service

• Manufacturing

There is a movement to recycle waste from the healthcare industry to prevent pollution

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St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse

ENERGY

SYRACUSE

Images from: http://www.syracuse.com/news And Wikipedia

A INTERESTING FACT ABOUT ONONDAGA COUNTY…

Many Onondaga Tribe people still live there today, though others fled to Canada in the 1700’s.

Image from: http://www.oneidanation.org/