Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will conduct a study along 16 miles of shoreline in Buffalo, New York. Funding for the study is made possible by a $750,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
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