By Doug Draper
In a world where so many suffer and sometimes die from a scarcity of water, those of us fortunate enough to be living in this greater binational region of Niagara are truly blessed.
The lakes, rivers and adjoining watersheds coursing through and around our region sustained the Native Americans who lived here for thousand of years, and have contributed to the health and wealth of generations of people of European descent who began settling here more than 300 years ago.
Yet we have not always done the best job in the world of protecting this life-sustaining resource. Industrial pollution and sewage, urban sprawl, along with any one of a number other misuses and abuses of our vital freshwater resources have taken quite a toll.
This Saturday, April 10, the Niagara Frontier (New York) Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club is hosting a free forum titled; ‘Conservation Conversations 2010 – Buffalo Waters – The History, Present and Future of One of Our Planet’s Most Water-Rich Environments’.
You can read more about this forum that is being held for all of us, on both sides of the U.S./Canada border, who care and share these precious waters by clicking on the ‘keep reading’ tab at the end of this sentence.
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB’S
NIAGARA FRONTIER CHAPTER
PRESENTS CONSERVATION CONVERSATION 2010
“BUFFALO’S WATERS”
THE HISTORY, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF ONE OF OUR PLANET’S MOST WATER-RICH ENVIRONMENTS
SATURDAY APRIL 10, 2010
8:30 AM – 1:00 PM Free and Open to the Publlic
JEROLD C. BESTEDO OF PENN DIXIE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE FORMATION OF THE GREAT LAKES AND NIAGARA RIVER REGION.
RACHEL HECKL REPRESENTS GREAT LAKES UNITED AND SHALL DISCUSS THE STATE OF OUR WATERS AND ISSUES SURROUNDING WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY.
THERESA HUDSON WORKS FOR THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SHE WILL SPEAK OF THE CORPS EXTENSIVE FIELD WORK AND ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS TO PROTECT OUR RESOURCES.
TIM TIELMAN IS FROM CAMPAIGN FOR GREATER BUFFALO AND WILL ENLIGHTEN US WITH STORIES OF BUFFALO’S WATERFRONT, ITS SCRAPPY AND GLORIOUS HISTORY.
WHERE?
GATEWAY EXECUTIVE OFFICE – NEAR WOODLAWN BEACH STATE PARK.
COFFEE, TEA, AND GOODIES WILL BE PROVIDED. GET THERE EARLY AND
Directions to Woodlawn Beach State Park: FROM NORTH OR SOUTH, TAKE ROUTE 5 (LAKE SHORE DRIVE) FROM THE DOWNTOWN BUFFALO AREA, ALONG ALONG LAKE ERIE, TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH ROUTE 179. FOLLOW SIGNS TOWARD WOODLAWN BEACH STATE PARK. LOOK FOR THE GATEWAY EXECUTIVE OFFICE. PARK IN LARGE LOT NEAR BUILDING.
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