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Documents Pertaining to the Buffalo River Watershed

Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper. A Wildlife Survey of the Lower Buffalo River Area of Concern, Buffalo, Erie County, New York. 2013.
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper. 2013. Habitat Action Plan.
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper. 2014. Buffalo River Area of Concern: A Monitoring Plan for the Delisting of “Impaired” Beneficial Use Impairments.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper. Riverwatch Report on Buffalo River RAP coordinated Bacteriological Sampling, Summer 2014.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper. Buffalo River Bacteriological Sampling Data from 2011 – 2013
Former Buffalo Color Corporation Site – Area D – Site Management Plan (MALTEL, 2015).
Record Drawings – Remediation Construction – Buffalo Color Area D Site, Buffalo NY
CH2MHILL. 2012. Appendix H Sediment Remediation and Habitat Restoration Buffalo River Area of Concern. Buffalo, New York. Prepared for EPA.
CH2MHILL. 2012. Appendix C Acute Toxicity and Bioaccumulation Assessment of Buffalo River Sediment. Buffalo, New York. Prepared for EPA.
CH2MHILL. 2012. Data Summary Report Buffalo River AOC Baseline Remedial Assessment Study. Buffalo, New York. Prepared for EPA Region 10
Diggins, T.P. and Snyder, R.J. 2003. Three Decades of Change in the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community and Water Quality in the Buffalo River Area of Concern, 1964-1993. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(4): 652-663.
Diggins, T.P. and Stewart, K.M. 1993. Deformities of Aquatic Larval Midges (Chironomidae: Diptera) in the Sediments of the Buffalo River, New York. Journal of Great Lakes Research 19(4): 648-659.
Ecology & Environment. 2011. Interim Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC) Strategic Plan for Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) Delisting. USACE Contract #W912P4-10-D-0002.
Environ, MacTec, and LimnoTech. 2011. Feasibility Study for the Buffalo River, New York.
Ecology & Environment. 2011. Buffalo River Ecological Restoration Management Plan (ERMP).
Environ, MacTec, and LimnoTech. 2009. Sediment Remedial Investigation Report for the Buffalo River, New York
Friends of the Buffalo River. 1996. Buffalo River Greenway Plan and Design Guidelines.
Great Lakes Laboratory. 1979. A Survey of the Crustacean Zooplankton of the Buffalo River. Great Lakes Laboratory Special Report 20. *
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan.
Hickey, J.T. 1984. 1984 Fish Tumor Survey in the Niagara River System. Pilot Study Report. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. *
Irvine, K.N. 2007. Assessment of Trophic Status and Phytoplankton Population Characteristics in the Buffalo River AOC.
Irvine, K.N. et al. 2003. Contaminated Sediment in the Buffalo River Area of Concern – Historical Trends and Current Conditions.
Irvine, K.N., Perrelli, M.F., McCorkhill, G., and Caruso, J. 2005. Sampling and Modeling Approaches to Assess Water Quality Impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows – The Importance of a Watershed Perspective. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 31:105-115.
Irvine, K.N., Snyder, R.J., Diggins, T.P., Sinn, B., Chuey, C.F., Jedlicka, J., and Barrett O’Neill, J. 2005. Assessment of Potential Aquatic Habitat Restoration Sites in the Buffalo River Area of Concern.
Irvine, K.N., Stein, G.P., and Singer, J.K. 1990. An Environmental Guidebook to the Buffalo River. *
Kozuchowski, E.S., Poole, E.A., and Lowie, C.E. 1994. The Fishes of the Buffalo River , Buffalo, New York: Report on the results of the 1993 larval and adult fish survey, and summary of two years of data. Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office, US Fish and Wildlife Service. *
Kozuchowski, E., Poole, E.A., and Lowie, C. 1993. Buffalo River Fisheries Assessment. Report on the results of the 1992 larval and adult fish survey. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Kozuchowski, E. 1989. A Survey of Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Buffalo River and a Comparison to Past Surveys and a Different Method of Collection.
Jaffe, R. and Hites, R.A. 1986. Anthropogenic, Polyhalogenated, Organic Compounds in Non-Migratory Fish from the Niagara River Area and Tributaries to Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 12 (1): 63-71.
Makarewicz, J.C., Dilcher, R.C., Haynes, J.M., and Shump, K. 1982. Biological Survey: Buffalo River and Outer Harbor of Buffalo, N.Y. US Army Corps of Engineers. *
Mann-Klager, D.P. Hickey, J.T., Stilwell, D.A. 1993. Assessment of Potential Habitat Restoration Areas within the Buffalo River Area of Concern, Buffalo, New York. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. *
Meredith, D.D. and Rumer, R. R. 1987. Sediment Dynamics in the Buffalo River. Department of Civil Engineering; SUNY Buffalo.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 1982. Control of Toxic Industrial Discharges in the Niagara River Basin. *
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1993. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Inventory and Assessment of the Lower Buffalo River Watershed. *
Singer, J., Irvine, K.N., Snyder, R., Shero, B., Manley, P., and McLaren, P. 1994. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment of the Buffalo River Area of Concern and Watershed.
Skinner, et al. 2009. Data Report for Residues of Organic Chemicals and Four Metals in Edible tissues and Whole Fish for Fish Taken from the Buffalo River, New York.
Sweeney, R.A. 1970. Survey of Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Analysis of Water and Sediment from the Buffalo River, 1969.
Sweeney, R.A. 1971. Survey of Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Analysis of Water and Sediment from the Buffalo River, 1970.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District. 2010. Finding of no significant impact and environmental assessment: Buffalo Harbor dredging, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Erie County Buffalo NY.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Buffalo District. 1988. Buffalo River Sedimentation Study: Buffalo and West Seneca, New York.
USEPA and NYSDEC. 2005. Reductions of Toxics Loading to the Niagara River from Hazardous Waste Sites in the United States.
USEPA. 1993. Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program; Biological and Chemical Assessment of Contaminated Great Lakes Sediment.
USEPA. March 1985. Preliminary Evaluation of Chemical Migration to Groundwater and the Niagara River from Selected Waste – Disposal Sites. EPA-905/4-85-001

Remedial Action Plans and Status Reports

Buffalo River Area of Concern — Tainting of Fish and Wildlife Flavor BUI Removal Project

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Removal Recommendation — BUI Degradation of Aesthetics

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Buffalo River Remedial Action Plan

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Buffalo River Stewardship Series — History of Stewardship 2020

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Buffalo River AOC Status Reports

Buffalo River Ecological Restoration Master Plan