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  • October

    Buffalo District partnered with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raystown Lake​ and students from Juniata College​ to conduct a lake wide aquatic plant survey with emphasis on hydrilla (hydrilla verticillata), an invasive aquatic plant in early October 2018.

    Hydrilla Invasive Aquatic Plant Control: Buffalo District Becomes Regional Technical Experts

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has a highly skilled workforce that has been completing hydrilla surveys and herbicidal treatments in multiple locations since 2012 when hydrilla was initially found in the Finger Lakes region and the Erie Canal in Western New York (WNY).

  • June

    The Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration project at Seneca Bluffs Natural Habitat Park, along the Buffalo River in South Buffalo, is approaching its final phase. The project team will plant native riverbank plant species to replace the invasive species like Japanese knotweed and phragmites removed last year.

    Seneca Bluffs ecosystem restoration project ready for native species planting phase this summer

    The Corps of Engineers ecosystem restoration project at Seneca Bluffs Natural Habitat Park, along the Buffalo River in South Buffalo, is approaching its final phase. The project team will plant native riverbank plant species to replace the invasive species like Japanese knotweed and phragmites removed last year.

  • April

    Volunteers with Buffalo Niagara Waterkeepers cleanup Seneca Bluffs Park on Earth Day, Apr. 21, 2018. The park is the site of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District habitat restoration project.

    Earth Day cleanup project highlights improvements in Seneca Bluffs Park in Buffalo

    Seneca Bluffs Park is located along Seneca Street in Buffalo, N.Y., and borders the Buffalo River. Since Aug. 2016, the Buffalo District’s NY/PA Construction Office has managed a project at this park, which is a staple in the surrounding community. The Seneca Bluffs Habitat Restoration Project is entering its final year of construction as the contractor is finishing invasive treatment this summer and will be planting the final shrub clusters in the fall. To date, work on the park’s lower terrace has consisted of riverbank stabilization, habitat improvements, creation of a wetland area, enhancement of the small recreation boat launch, and removal of invasive species, namely Phragmites and Japanese Knotweed.

  • March

    Pictured are Chris Akios (USACE), Jason Lewis (US Fish and Wildlife Service), Ron Huffman (USFWS), Tracy Colston (City of Port Clinton), Mayor Hugh Wheeler (City of Port Clinton), Mike Kelly (Ohio Environmental Protection Agency), Linda Merchant-Masonbrink (OEPA), and Angela Adkins (OEPA). In the background, the Port Clinton site featuring the dominance of Phragmites. While picturesque, this plant monoculture does not support a diversity of plants and animals. The current project aims to change that and restore the site to support a variety of native plants and animals.(Picture by Gerlyn Hinds, USACE)

    Government agencies collaborate to restore coastal wetlands in the Great Lakes

    Sometimes, when people at different levels of government put their minds together, good things happen.Take what’s going on at Port Clinton, Ohio, where the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of Port Clinton, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have joined together to restore 12 acres and add another 1.4 acres of coastal wetlands on Lake Erie.

  • August

    Biologist Michael Voohees inspects one of the plants pulled up from the bottom of Cayuga Lake near Aurora, NY on July 17, 2017. The purpose of the inspection was determine the amount of proliferation of the invasive Hydrilla plant; the plants were later treated with herbicides on July 20, 2017.

    Herbicide treatment of invasive Hydrilla in Cayuga Lake completed near Aurora, NY

    BUFFALO, NY—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District completed a scheduled herbicide treatment of the invasive Hydrilla plant in Cayuga Lake near Aurora, NY in late July 2017, having previously conducted a plant survey in the location the last week of June and again on July 17, 2017.

  • November

    Biologist Kathleen Buckler takes a moment to review the sampling area she set up.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers biologist shows value of fieldwork in higher education

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boasts a highly educated staff. In the Buffalo District alone, employees collectively have over 60 different types of certifications, more than 30 master’s degrees, and four doctorate degrees. Buffalo District biologist Kathleen Buckler recently obtained a Master of Science degree in Wetland Ecology from SUNY Brockport and is already using her education on the job.