Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz joins the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (BSNS) for a ceremonial boardwalk breaking at Tifft Nature Preserve, to commemorate the beginning of the construction phase of a $1.9 million accessible trail that will be wheelchair, walker, and stroller friendly. The three-quarter-mile trail loop will begin at the Herb and Jane Darling Environmental Education center and lead visitors through woods and around the Preserve’s Heritage Boardwalk.
The trail will offer concrete walkways leading to the entrance and emergency exits of the Education Center, a welcome kiosk with tactile map at the trailhead, a compacted stone dust trail surface, simplified trail intersections, and a complete rebuild of the Heritage Boardwalk. An elevated ADA-compliant viewing area will be added to the widened boardwalk for unobstructed views of Tifft’s cattail marsh.
The project was funded by Erie County, along with New York State, Buffalo & Erie County Greenway Fund, The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and the Montgomery Family Foundation.
