Riverkeeper organizes Seneca Bluffs Tree Planting!

On Saturday, November 8, 2008, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper staff members organized 22 volunteers from D’Youville College, the University at Buffalo, and Citigroup to plant trees at South Buffalo’s Seneca Bluffs Park. Trees were donated by Re-Tree Western New York and technical partners included US Fish & Wildlife and Erie County Department of Environment and Planning. This group worked together through the chilly weather and less than ideal soil substrate to plant 22 trees of various varieties and re-mulch trees and shrubs from a previous planting. Some of the day’s highlights included the discovery of a hibernating frog, which was delicately relocated and buried, and the naming of a certain tree ‘Mr. Woods’ by our volunteer girls from D’Youville College. All the participants had a wonderful time helping the Buffalo River habitat and are looking forward to returning to see the fruits of their labor in the more favorable weather of Spring.