Neighbors vent as DEC plans to turn section of Chautauqua Lake into wetland

CELORON, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The state's Department of Environmental Conservation is modernizing some regulations, turning an area of Chautauqua Lake into a wetland, leaving some neighbors nervous about their property values and long-term plans of living there.

"My first thought when I hear wetlands … I think swamp," said Cathie Kasperek, a resident along the lake in Burtis Bay.

In the 1980s, Cathie and Jim Kasperek moved down to Celoron along with Cathie's sister Peggy Newell and Peggy's husband Mike.