[CPEO-BIF] Scajaquada Creek waterfront, Buffalo, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Waterkeeper 1660 Project Update


by Newell Nussbaumer 
Buffalo Rising (NY)
December 1, 2019

It was back in September of 2015 the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper announced that it would be demolishing an abandoned and neglected set of wharfs along Niagara Street. The plan was to build a small craft launch at the site, that would provide a crucial waterfront access point along the Scajaquada Creek, at the delta of the creek, where it meets the Black Rock Canal. The project was made possible thanks to the the vision and financial support of the following key supporters – Waterkeeper, the Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust, Congressman Brian Higgins, Senator Marc Panepinto, Alan Bozer, Chairman of the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee, and representatives from community organizations.

At the time of the announcement, Adam Walters, Board President for the Trust, had this to say about the project: 

“This project embodies all of the challenges the Buffalo Niagara Land Trust was created to resolve. Located on an urban brownfield, severely dilapidated privately owned buildings have hid the creek from the public for years. Through these generous grants and important partnership, this project will reclaim the space for environmental remediation, public fishing and boating access. We hope it is the start of many similar projects along the region’s waterfront,” said Walters.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.buffalorising.com/2019/12/waterkeeper-1660-project-update/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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