dateline November 29 1997.. Joe Macielag has mention of the Klydel Wetland in his "Along the Towpath" column in today's Tonawanda News. He states, "Buffalo has its Tifft Nature Preserve and we have Klydel, if only we would use it for the potential it offers us, an educational and environmental nature preserve." As always, we appreciate Joe's thoughtfulness and his concern for making North Tonawanda a better place to live.
dateline August 19 1997..The Tonawanda News today covered our plea to the Board of Education to support us as we seek to obtain private monies through the Niagara County Environmental Fund to purchase any portions of the Klydel Wetland available for sale. The $2.5 million available was funded by Occidental as part of the Love Canal Settlement. The school district already owns 9.3 acres of the Klydel Wetland that they could use for student education.
dateline August 3 1997...There are a couple of interesting articles in today's Buffalo News. First there is the article quoting Bruce Kershner concerning old growth trees on the FRONT PAGE! Since the Klydel Wetland is only 25% publically owned he could not complete his survey of the old growth trees he found here... maybe someday we'll know all!
dateline July 29 1997....Check out today's guest column in the Tonawanda News concerning the value of wetlands. Taxpayers can save a lot of $$$$$ by saving wetlands. Thanks to the News for providing this information to the community. By the way, the $ 25 million figure for the northwest storm sewer cost is an estimate given to us by the city engineer on February 27, 1997 (one of the worst flooding days in the overdeveloped Klydel Wetland area this year). Translating this sewer project's cost to each individual tax parcel in all of North Tonawanda would amount to about an additional $2,000 on each taxpayer's city tax bill. Leaving the wetland alone costs $ 0.
dateline July 28 1997....The summer issue of "The Resource", the newsletter of the Western New York Land Conservancy, quotes Bill Kindel- Town of Amherst Councilman, "Studies have shown that right here in New York, every conventional development of residential homes that is built uses between $1.11 and $1.30 in tax revenues/services compared to a $1.00 it generates in taxes. Plainly put, conventional residential development raises your taxes and will continue to do so as costs to provide municipal services increase."
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