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Buffalo District: The Past is Prologue The Buffalo District traces
its roots to Corps of Engineers
officer Captain Theodore
Maurice, first assigned to the
territory in 1824 to supervise
federal engineer operations on
Lake Erie.
During the early years, engineer officers assigned to the Great Lakes were supervised from West Point. The first permanent Corps office opened in Buffalo in 1857. Today, the Buffalo District covers 38,000 square miles from Massena, New York, to Toledo, Ohio. It encompasses the U.S. drainage basins for both lower Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, and a significant portion of the Nation's industrial heartland. There are approximately 280 employees in the District, which includes six field offices. The District program is approximately $80 to $100 million annually, with about half of the funding for the FUSRAP. Buffalo is also designated the LRD lead district for radiological waste. A significant portion of the District's budget is used for maintenance of Great Lakes harbors, including 100 miles of federal navigation channels; 38 miles of breakwaters, piers, and jetties; and operation and maintenance of the Black Rock Lock. Buffalo District was also responsible for the design and construction of the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, including the Eisenhower and Snell locks. The Buffalo District operates and maintains Mt. Morris Dam and the Visitor Center. The District completed construction of the dam, the largest concrete gravity dam east of the Mississippi River, in 1952. Since that time, it has prevented over a billion dollars of flood damages to the city of Rochester. |
District employees plan, design, construct, and operate water resource projects to maintain navigation, flood and storm damage reduction, stream bank and shoreline protection and ecosystem restoration. Our substantial expertise in water resource management supports ongoing programs related to wetland planning and management, water quality, and water supply. The Buffalo District also has regulatory authority over work impacting navigable waters and discharge of fill material into waters of the United States, including wetlands. The Buffalo District partners with other federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. NEWS YOU CAN USE The Buffalo District is addressing arsenic impacted soils resulting from the burning and disposal of chromated copper arsenate treated (CCA) lumber at the Mount Morris Dam facility in Mount Morris, NY. [Read More] Lake Ontario Ordnance Works |
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