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Can Asian Carp be stopped?
Feb. 1 | Two articles in today’s news think it is possible. Both articles are in response to a study released today by the Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, commending the authors’ factual analysis concluding that separation...
Celebrate the 40th Anniverary of the Clean Water Act
Jan. 30 | The clean water act, the federal environmental legislation enacted in 1972, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012. It has become the cornerstone for Waterkeepers throughout the United States and a model for environmental advocacy worldwide.
Government Revises Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
Jan. 30 | For the first time since 1990, the USDA has updated the plant hardiness zone map for the United States. It reflects 30 years worth of climate data and shows new trends in northward warming. The new map is much more precise and it even allows users to...
DEC Reminds Water Withdrawers To Report Water Use
Jan. 26 | A Phased-In Approach for Compliance will be Applied to Existing Water Users that Report Their Water Use by February 15, 2012 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding entities that currently use significant volumes of New...
Swim Guide App Lets You Track and Report Water Quality Issues
Jan. 26 | Our partner, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, has spent years creating the Swim Guide App to help you enjoy, celebrate, and care for your local waterbody. The Swim Guide is funded entirely by donations from individuals (like you), foundations, and corporate...
DEC public comment period open for water withdrawals in NYS
Jan. 17 | Many of us — especially those concerned with protecting New York’s fresh water supplies — have been working hard, through an inadequate regulatory process, to fend off the threats of high volume horizontal hydrofracking. In the meantime,...
Weekday General Assemblies @ 7pm
Jan. 5 | The General Assembly decided yesterday to move the time of all future Monday and Wednesday General Assemblies to 7pm. This was done in order to deal with internal scheduling conflicts and to facilitate more participation. Saturday General Assemblies will...
National Defense Authorization Act Section 1031 and 1032
Dec. 14 | The National Defense Authorization Act If passed, American citizens can… be searched without warrant. have property/arms seized. go to jail with no lawyer and no trial. be held for an indefinite period of time. restrict your right to free speech Take...
School Board Meeting Wed 5:30 @ City Hall
Nov. 29 | Members of Occupy Buffalo will be attending the Board of Education Meeting Wednesday November 30th @ 530 pm Room 801 in City Hall. The Buffalo Board of Education is the policy making body for the Buffalo Public Schools. We encourage everyone to attend...
Quick Hits: Cantina Loco, Community Beer Works and HHB
Nov. 17 | I know we have really dropped the ball for November, we have a couple articles in the works and I plan on reaching out to some people about future Buffalo Foodie articles, but until then here are a couple things you should know…. Hungry Hungry Buffaloes...
A New Neighbor on Connecticut Street: Horsefeathers Community Market
Oct. 28 | A new transformation on Buffalo’s west side is underway. Adjacent to Buffalo’s popular Allentown district and Elmwood Village, Connecticut Street offers some of Buffalo’s landmarks like Kleinhans Music Hall, The Connecticut Street Armory, Karpelles...
Environmental organizations collaborate for Great Lakes education
Sep. 28 | Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER, the Buffalo Urban Outdoor Education Foundation (BUOE), Buffalo Audubon Society and Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve, Inc. will collaborate to educate teachers about Great Lakes water, wildlife and management issues. Receipt...
DEC advises anglers to be on the lookout for lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes and Oneida Lake
May. 5 | The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today reminded anglers to be aware of spawning lake sturgeon in tributaries of the Great Lakes, Finger Lakes and Oneida Lake. Last season DEC staff received numerous reports of lake sturgeon...
DEC advises anglers to be on the lookout for lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes and Oneida Lake
May. 5 | The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today reminded anglers to be aware of spawning lake sturgeon in tributaries of the Great Lakes, Finger Lakes and Oneida Lake. Last season DEC staff received numerous reports of lake sturgeon...
Green Infrastructure Solutions Plan released to address sewer overflow issues
Apr. 8 | Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER conducted a technical briefing Friday morning, April 8, to review the Green Infrastructure Sewer Solutions Plan outlinging how this solution would eliminate stormwater flow into the combined sewer system, thereby effectively...