Effort to Clean Buffalo River Moves Forward BUFFALO (wned) - A public, private, non-profit collaborative effort has been formally launched to begin clean-up of a 6.2 mile stretch of the Buffalo River.

The group, Buffalo-Niagara Riverkeeper, Honeywell Corporation, and
the U-S Environmental Protection Agency have signed a $3-million agreement to complete a feasibility study assessing contamiinated sediments in the river.

"A river needs clean, healthy sediments to form the base of its food chain," said Julie Barrett-O'Neill, Executive Director of the group, Buffalo Riverkeeper.

Barett-O'Neill told reporters the Buffalo River will never again be pristine, but will be restored to a point where it can be made safe enough to enjoy.

The hope is to begin Buffalo River sediment clean-up in 2010.


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