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Albany area wetlands collide with major housing development
Guilderland Planning Board and conservationists weigh ecological impact on rare habitat amid development review By Lily MagurnoUniversity at Albany(This story originally appeared in Community Spotlight.) ALBANY COUNTY—The Guilderland Planning Board is reviewing an application for a 15-lot major subdivision on East Old State Road in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, a proposal that is raising…
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Video | Buffalo waterways anxiously await D.C. changes
By Chris GiacobelloBuffalo Review West(Buffalo Review West is a product of Buffalo State University) Jennifer Fee, communication and marketing director for Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, says the organization is highly concerned about the developments in Washington concerning funding and policy changes affecting the environment. At the beginning of March, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it…
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Rowers’ passion floats Brockport canal vision
Jaden ErcolinoSUNY Brockport The Brockport Community Rowing Club (BCRC) is on the verge of becoming a center for recreation, education and community connection along the historic Erie Canal. This nonprofit organization is getting ready to build its long-awaited boathouse. The boathouse will provide chances for people of all ages and skill levels to discover the beneficial power of…
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Progress with Buffalo’s waterfront park
By Chris GiacobelloBuffalo StateRalph Wilson Park Conservancy Executive Director Katie Campos believes the construction progress on LaSalle Park is going well. Located on the shoreline of Lake Erie where it meets the Niagara River, the project aims to give families and kids more activities to do. The park looks to add outdoor fields that will…
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Scientists see tiny fish as big deal in waterway health
By Matt Szucs, Buffalo STate A new initiative spearheaded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers will help the Niagara River and Lake Erie sustain their ecosystems by providing one of its smallest fishes, the Emerald Shiner, a fighting chance against the current and help them make their way upstream.…
