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Region:
United States > New York
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Micro
Status:
Archived
Date hidden: 2015-06-30
Date created: 2015-06-30
Date published: 2015-06-30
Last modification: 2018-01-31 
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Data: 01/31/2018 14:43:48, add by TermiteHunterArchived due to lack of publication after 2+ yearsData: 08/29/2015 12:36:39, add by DudleyGruntOnly a few days left to qualify
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From http://www.friendsoftimesbeachnp.org/history.html
Times Beach Nature Preserve was once a public beach on the Buffalo outer harbor/Lake Erie shoreline. A newspaper, The Buffalo Times, advocated the beach as a beautiful recreational destination. Thus was born the name Times Beach.
In the late 1950's the US Army Corps of Engineers created the shoreline dike and turned the area into a contained disposal facility for harbor and Buffalo River dredge. The dredging was a critical part of keeping the Buffalo Harbor open for shipping. Eventually, due to changing values, the increasingly contaminated site was was abandoned as a dumping site. Nature immediately began to reclaim the area. Birds and other species moved in. By the 1970's it became apparent to scientists and citizens that migrating and breeding birds and other wildlife were adapting and using the emerging oasis.
Today we recognize the Times Beach Nature Preserve as one of the most significant "natural" sites on the Great Lakes. This is because the site is an evolving oasis surrounded by urban and industrial communities. The waters and adjacent habitats are at great risk and continue to decline. Development, sewer discharge, agricultural runoff, and other forms of pollution continue to effect the health of biodiversity, wildlife populations, and human health. Conserving, restoring, and protecting Times Beach is a hedge against the threats of human caused ecological damage.
It is important to remember that the Great Lakes sweet water seas in the interior of North America contain nearly 1/5 of the world's fresh surface water. Much of that water and the biodiverse life that both sustains characterizes the Great Lakes, a place of planet level significance, flow right by and through Times Beach. Today TBNP is an officially recognized and protected place that provides essential habitat to a wide variety of wildlife. Not only are we a nature preserve on the shoreline, and located in a major downtown urban area, but we are also the gateway to the Niagara River Globally Significant Important Bird Area.
-The approximately 50 acre site has a series of trails, boardwalks, overlooks, and observation blinds.
-The preserve is open to the public and we cordially invite you to visit with your friends and family.
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