Green Lakes State Park says ‘your Instagram’ is killing something in the water

FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. — Your Instagram is killing it. That is the urgent message from staff at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville.

The park said the reef at Deadman’s Point is “slowly dying” from people standing on it, taking pictures and videos to post on social media.

The reef is home to life that has grown here for thousands of years, the park said. They noted that the reef supports rare sponges and moss that can’t grow anywhere else…

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