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15 03, 2017

Get to Know Him! Art Traver Edition

By |2017-03-20T13:17:46-04:00March 15th, 2017|Categories: Member Profiles, Nonprofits|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Council Board Member Art Traver. Photo by Paul Maurer Landscape architect and longtime Council Board Member Art Traver works for Wendel Companies out of their Buffalo office.   Were there childhood influences foreshadowing your career?   Art Traver: I think I first noticed the “environment” [...]

30 10, 2016

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Video Looks Back on the October 2006 Surprise Snowstorm

By |2016-11-02T18:08:43-04:00October 30th, 2016|Categories: Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits, Tree Planting|Tags: , |0 Comments

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) honors ten "Frederick Law Olmsted Award" recipients who stepped up after the October 12-13, 2006 freak snowstorm in which more than 12,000 trees in the City's Olmsted-designed park system were damaged by nearly 2 feet of snow. Here's an excellent video [...]

7 03, 2016

New CommuniTREE Stewards Program Launches in Erie County

By |2016-04-26T15:17:30-04:00March 7th, 2016|Categories: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits, Training, Tree Planting|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Sister Johnice of St. Adalbert’s Response to Love Center in Buffalo joined the community around the Broadway Fillmore area to help plant trees. Here, a priest from St. Adalbert’s blesses the new plantings. Photo by Paul Maurer This is the first in a series of [...]

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