DOWNTOWN BUFFALO HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING AN EXHILARATING RENAISSANCE THESE PAST FEW YEARS, EVIDENCED BY THE CRANES IN THE AIR, AN EVER-BUSTLING WATERFRONT, AND A BOOM IN SEASONAL FESTIVITIES.
Along with the redevelopment and refining of community spaces have come new venues for healthful outdoor activities. Read More
MUNICIPALITIES AND HOMEOWNERS ARE EMPLOYING SOME EXPENSIVE AND SOMETIMES FUTILE REMEDIES TO COMBAT THE NASTY WORK OF CHINA’S EMERALD ASH BORER.
When Todd Robinson returned home from the Vietnam War in 1968, he recalled the shock of driving down Richmond Avenue and seeing the devastation. The elm trees were all cut down,” Robinson recalled. “It looked like a barren wasteland. … I saw just stumps.”
Buffalo, NY — The Sugorovskiy family’s private memorial to remember, and celebrate the life of, Maksym Sugorovskiy will be held on Monday, May 30, at 6:00 p.m. in Delaware Park. Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – BUFFALO’S LATEST AND BEST WEAPON AGAINST A DESTRUCTIVE PEST THAT HAS ALREADY LAID MILLIONS OF ASH TREES TO WASTE ACROSS THE U.S. IS A CURVED ARBORIST’S HAND SAW.
Foresters for the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy use it to strip bark from infested trees to draw the emerald ash borer away from the healthy ash trees.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – IN JUST A FEW YEARS THE EMERALD ASH BORER HAS ALREADY LAID WASTE TO THOUSANDS OF TREES IN WESTERN NEW YORK, AND NOW THE BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IS DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND.
But can parks officials stop or slow down a ravenous pest that has been shown to be–up to this point–unstoppable?