When Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax was first published in 1971, Lake Erie was in a sad state. Pollutants from heavy industries along the Cuyahoga River, as well as agricultural waste and other litter had deteriorated the quality of the lake so greatly, that Dr. Seuss used it as a punch line. Lorax: “You’re glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hum! No more can they hum, for their gills are all gummed! So I’m sending them off. Oh their future is dreary…” Humming-Fish: “…I hear things are just as bad, u