Buffalo River AOC

The US Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and local partners have reached a significant milestone by beginning the construction of a multi-year coastal wetland habitat restoration project in the Buffalo Outer Harbor Slip #3. The project uses clean sediment dredged from the navigation channel to create wetland habitat that will benefit native plants, fish, and birds and the local community.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has completed closeout of the habitat restoration along the Buffalo River near Katherine Street.

Construction of the stone breakwater in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor marks the first major physical step in creating another new wetland ecosystem on Buffalo’s waterfront using material dredged from the Buffalo River.