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Relicensing Greenway Funds
Greenway Ecological Standing Committee
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Standing
Committee Members (updated 12/15/2010)
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Greenway
Ecological Fund Standing Committee Award Guidelines & Application Requirements (updated
12/15/2010)
• Source
materials on native plants for the Niagara Greenway
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Proposal
Cover Sheet / Check List
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2013
Application Schedule (updated 11/29/2012)
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Greenway Ecological Standing
Committee Meetings
• Fish
and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Fund: Guidelines for Fund Applications
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Project Location Map
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NYPA Deposits, Earnings, and Withdrawals for GESC-Approved Projects
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Project Name
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Status
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Greenway Application
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Greenway Commission Consultation
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Greenway Ecological Standing
Committee Review and Approval
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Funding
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Status Reports
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Final Report
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Buffalo
Niagara Riverkeeper: “Niagara River Riparian
Restoration Program”
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Application
Submission 12/10/2008 PDF
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Greenway
Commission consistency approval letter 11/19/2008 PDF
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02/13/2009 Approval
Letter PDF
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03/23/2009
- $110,328.34
06/29/2010 - $115,178.00
07/19/2011-$105,478.66 (Final Payment)
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2009 Annual Progress
Report PDF
2011 progress report
(06/23/2011) PDF
and HTML
(Text Only)
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06/28/2012 Annual
Progress Report (PDF
and HTML
(text only)
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Research
Foundation of State University of New York: “Muskellunge Esox
Masquinoncy Genetic Structure, Reproductive Ecology and Interaction with
the Fish Community”
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Application
Submission 11/06/2008 PDF
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Village of
Lewiston Mayor Richard Soluri Comments for submitted Projects (12/2/2008) PDF
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02/13/2009 Approval
Letter PDF
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03/23/2009
-$118,893.60
06/29/2010
-$29,723.40
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Sampling for Muskellunge, Rudd, and the nearshore Fish
Community of the Buffalo Harbor and the Upper Niagara River, 2009 PDF
Sampling for Muskellunge
and the Nearshore Fish Community of the Lower Niagara River, 2009 PDF
2009 Expenditure Report PDF
08/25/2011 – Project
Status Presentation PDF
and HTML
(Text Only)
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August 25, 2011,
Presentation by Kevin L. Kapuscinski & John
M. Farrell PDF
and HTML (Text Only)
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Tuscarora
Nation: "Ecological
Enhancement
and Wetland Restoration on Tuscarora Nation Land in the Greenway Corridor”
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Application
Submission 11/18/2008 PDF
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Greenway
Commission approval letter 01/21/2009 PDF
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04/30/2009
Approval Letter PDF
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05/29/2009
– $129,767.00
10/18/2010
- $27,512
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Tuscarora Nation provided
GESC with a report entitled “Tuscarora Enhancement Final Report” dated
August 25, 2011.
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On October
18, 2011 GESC deemed the project as complete.
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Niagara Frontier
Transportation Authority: “Outer Harbor Bell Slip Stabilization Project”
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Project
Consultation and Review PDF (December 2008)
E-mail
03/10/2009: Greenway Ecological Standing Committee Items for Consideration
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Village of Lewiston
Mayor Richard Soluri Comments for submitted Projects (12/2/2008) PDF
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04/22/2009
Approval Letter PDF
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05/21/2009-$55,000.00
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The Niagara Frontier
Transportation Authority scheduled a presentation for the “Outer Harbor
Bell Slip Stabilization Project” for August 25, 2011. The presentation was postponed and will
be rescheduled.
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Buffalo
Museum of Science “Tree Regeneration
at Tifft Nature Preserve”
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Tifft Nature
Preserve
Management
Plan PDF
(February 2009)
Letters of
Support PDF
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Niagara River
Greenway Commission Consultation And Review Form PDF
Niagara River
Greenway Commission letter of support (05/20/2009) PDF
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10/01/2009 Approval
Letter PDF
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12/15/2009 - $100,000
12/20/2010
- $100,000
01/03/2012
- $100,000
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Report on activities and
expenditures:
First Year, September 15,
2010 Update PDF;
Second Year, October
24,2011 Update PDF
Year Two Project Update
Presentation PDF
and HTML (text only)
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Buffalo Urban
Development Corporation (BUDC) “Union
Ship Canal Public Open Space”
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Union Ship
Canal Public Open Space Application to the Greenway ecological Fund
Standing Committee (August 2009) PDF
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Niagara River
Greenway Commission Consultation and Review (05/20/2009) PDF
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02/11/2010 Approval
Letter PDF
03/04/2010 GESC Response PDF
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04/23/2010
- $92,000
09/24/2012
- $23,000
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Final report delivered at
June 26, 2012 meeting. PDF
and HTML
(text only)
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Wild Ones
Niagara Falls and River Region Chapter “Regional
Economic Growth Through Ecological Restoration of the Niagara Gorge Rim”
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Application
for:
Regional
Economic Growth Through Ecological Restoration of the Niagara Gorge Rim
(11/20/2009) PDF
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Proposal to
Niagara River Greenway Commission (09/21/2009) PDF
Niagara River
Greenway
ROUND 12,
vote 11/17/2009 PDF
DEC Comments,
12th Round Projects PDF
Niagara River
Greenway Commision Support (11/17/2009) PDF
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02/11/2010 GESC Letter PDF
02/18/2010 Wild Ones
Response PDF
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03/29/2010
- $92,000.00
01/17/2012
- $23,000
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October 18, 2011:
Progress handout
(PDF)
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Regional Economic Growth Through Ecological
Restoration of the Niagara Gorge Rim Report.
Executive
Summary
Part
1: Niagara Falls - Then and Now
Part
2: Robert Moses Parkway: Its Current Purpose and Future Prospects
Part
3: Restored Niagara Gorge Rim: Concept and Benefits
Part
4: Implementation and Management: How It Can Happen
Appendix
A: Soil Characteristics
Appendix
B: Ecological Inventory of Niagara Gorge and
Appendix
C: Economic Assessment Report
Appendix
D: Traffic Assessment Report and Existing Circulation Map
Appendix
E: Robert Moses Parkway: Then and Now
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Fenian
Marker Committee and South Buffalo Alive “Fenian Invasion of 1866 Marker”
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Application
for “Fenian Invasion of 1866 Marker” (11/18/2009) PDF
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Greenway Commission was
not consulted.
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12/22/2009 Notification
Letter PDF
(Funding was not approved) )
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Funding was not approved.
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N/A
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N/A
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Buffalo
Audubon Society “Enhancement of Bird
Habitat, Environmental Education and nterpretation, and Ecotourism at Joseph
Davis State Park Town of Lewiston, NY”
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Application
(09/16/2010) PDF
NYSOPRHP
support (09/01/2010) PDF
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Niagara River Greenway
Commission supports he Buffalo Audubon Society’s “Project Consultation and
Review” package (May 19, 2010) PDF
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12/22/2010 - $156,440
02/17/2012
– $ 39,110
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Phase 1 Progress:
08/25/2011 Presentation PDF
and HTML
(text
only)
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Forest Lawn
Heritage Foundation “Biological
Sampling Along Scajaquada Creek”
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Application
(09/21/2010) PDF
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Greenway Ecological
Standing Committee decided against funding “Biological Sampling Along
Scajaquada Creek”
proposal (11/16/2010
– PDF)
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N/A
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Funding was not approved.
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N/A
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N/A
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Research
Foundation of State University of New York: “Evaluation of Nearshore Fish Assemblages, Habitat, and the Effects
of Herbivorous Rudd: Determining the Efficacy of Fish Habitat Restoration
Efforts in the Buffalo Harbor and Niagara River”
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Revised
Application (02/02/2011) PDF
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Proposal to Niagara River
Greenway Commission (09/20/2010) PDF
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03/17/2011
- $188,881
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After the first year this
project was deferred for continuation under ESC/HERF funding.
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Riverkeeper/Ecology & Environment “Niagara River Regional Habitat Restoration Strategy”
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Application
(01/21/2011) PDF
Executive Summary
and supplemental information (02/11/2011) PDF
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07/19/2011-$137,785
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Riverkeeper/Ecology & Environment
“Niagara Riparian Restoration
Program Phase II”
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Application
(01/27/2012)
PDF
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Project is consistent to
the Niagara River Greenway Plan as determined by the Niagara River Greenway
Commission.
01/18/2012 Letter - PDF
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09/24/2012-
$235,225
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Western NY
Land Conservancy “Niagara Escarpment
Legacy Project”
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Application
(2012) PDF
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10/01/2012-253,338.40
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BUDC “Riverbend Shoreline Restoration Project”
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Greenway Commission
support 01/18/2012 letter PDF
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06/26/2012 Presentation (PDF)
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Funding was not approved
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Greenway
Ecological Standing Committee Meetings
2012
- October 9, 2012
- June 26, 2012
- March 1, 2012
2011
- October 18, 2011 Meeting
- August 25, 2011 Meeting
- Attendees,
Notes, Action Items
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy Genetic Structure, Reproductive
Ecology, and Interaction with the Fish Community: Acquiring Information
Needed for Successful Management. Presented by Kevin L. Kapuscinski & John M. Farrell PDF
and HTML
(Text Only)
- Tree Regeneration at Tifft
Nature Preserve, Year Two Project Update PDF
and HTML
(Text Only)
- Enhancement of Bird Habitat, Environmental Education
and Interpretation, and Ecotourism at Joseph Davis State Park - Phase 1
Progress. Presentation by Buffalo Audubon Society and Ecology and
Environment, Inc. PDF
and HTML
(text only)
- June 23, 2011 Meeting
- April 7, 2011 Meeting
- March 10, 2011 Conference Call
- February 15, 2011 Meeting
- Agenda
-Attendees
-Notes,
Action Items
-Presentation by Buffalo Niagara
RIVERKEEPER and Ecology and Environment - “Niagara River Regional Habitat
Restoration Strategy” PDF
2010
- November 16, 2010 Meeting
- Agenda
-Attendees
-Notes,
Action Items
- Agenda
-Attendees
and Notes
- Scajaquada Creek Water Quality
and Habitat Restoration Initiative - Biological Sampling of Scajaquada Creek
and Adjacent Waterbodies PDF
- Habitat Restoration And Bird
Habitat Enhancement, Joseph Davis State Park, Lewiston, NY – Presentation by
Buffalo Audibon Society - PDF
- September 21, 2010 Meeting
-Attendees
- Michelle
Vanstrom from Wild Ones Niagara (WON) presented an update on the WON Niagara
Gorge Rim Restoration project
- July 13,2010 Conference Call
- Attendees,
Agenda
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Muskellunge Project Update Presentation by Kevin L. Kapuscinski and John M.
Farrell - PDF
- Attendees
- Tree Regeneration at Tifft Nature
Preserve Presentation - PDF
- Habitat Restoration And Bird Habitat
Enhancement, Joseph Davis State Park, Lewiston, NY – Presentation by Buffalo
Audibon Society - PDF
- Restoration and Rehabilitation of
Scajaquada Creek – Presentation by Forest Lawn Heritage Foundation in cooperation with Buffalo Olmsted Parks
Conservancy - PDF
- February 26,2010 Conference Call
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Attendees, Agreements, Action Items
-Attendees,
Agreements, Action Items
-Union
Ship Canal Open Space Presentation - PDF
-Attendees,
Agreements, Action Items
2009
- December 18, 2009 Meeting
-Agenda,
Attendees, Notes
- Regional
Economic Growth Through Ecological Restoration of the Niagara Gorge Rim
Presentation by Niagara Falls and the River Region Chapter of the Wild Ones
Native Plants, Natural Landscaping - PDF
- Union
Ship Canal Open Space Presentation by Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
(BUDC) Revised Presentation - PDF
- September 15, 2009 Meeting
-Agenda,
Attendees, Notes
- August 11, 2009 Conference Call
-Agenda,
Attendees
- Union Ship Canal Open Space
Presentation by Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (BUDC) Presentation - PDF
and, html
(text only) format.
- July 21, 2009 Meeting
- May 19, 2009 Meeting
-Attendees,
Agreements, Action Items
- April 3, 2009 Conference Call
-Agenda
-Action
Items/Agreements
-Attendees,
Agreements, Action Items
2008
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