Lake Dojran’s Story of Recovery

A few years ago, things were looking grim for Dojran (pronounced “doy-ran”), a lake in the southeastern corner of Macedonia. It was losing water rapidly, and facing total disappearance. But a strict conservation program has brought this little lake back from the brink.

They’re not wearing black wetsuits: that is mud spread across their bodies.

We had only heard Dojran described as “troubled”, “endangered”, and “diminished”, so weren’t expecting much during our visit. Certainly, we weren’t expec...