Apply green infrastructure solutions by reconnecting Cayuga Creek to its historic floodplain, improving urban wetland habitat, mitigating flood volumes, controlling invasives and strategically planting native trees within an undeveloped parcel located in the Town of Niagara, New York. Project will add 1.28 million gallons of stormwater storage annually, improve water quality, restore fish and wildlife habitat and increase habitat resilience to future extreme weather events.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Restoring an Urban Wetland along Cayuga Creek to Improve Habitat and Mitigate Flooding (NY)
Organization:
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Inc.
Project ID:
0501.19.064222
Description:
Award Amount:
$326828.65
Location:
Urban Wetland along Cayuga Creek in the Town of Niagara, New York