Events
Conservation Conversations Speaker Series
Sponsored by Rich Products and The Nature Conservancy
The Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust Speaker Series brings together the community and experts to explore how we can reclaim and restore Western New York’s waterfronts.
Through these conversations, we highlight our mission to clean, protect, and keep these places in trust—ensuring public access, environmental health, and community pride for generations to come.
We’ll ask, What is a brownfield? What is the difference between a Land Bank, a Land Conservancy, and a Land Trust? We will learn about phytoremediation–the use of plants and trees that are especially good for removing contaminants from the soil, groundwater, and sediment–think cattails and cottonwood trees.
Every event in this series is eligible for LA CES Professional Development Hours (PDH). To receive your PDH for this session, please complete the short form here
211 Main Street Site Tour with Joy Kuebler
Join us early for Conservation Conversations and enjoy a tour of this historic building and former brownfield site.
🎟 Cost: FREE but please register
📅 Date: Wednesday, February 4
⏰ Time: 6-7:00 pm
📍 Location: 211 Main Street
North Tonawanda
Conservation Conversations – From Brownfield to Bright Future: Transforming a Site through Design and Green Infrastructure
Featuring Joy Kuebler, BNRLT Board Member and Playce Studio Ltd.
🎟 Cost: FREE but please register
📅 Date: Wednesday, February 4
⏰ Time: 7-8:30 pm
📍 Location: 211 Main Street
North Tonawanda
Conservation Conversations – A Decade of Urban Arts and Ecology at Silo City
Feauturing Josh Smith, BNRLT Board Member and Director of Ecology, Rigidized Metals Corporation and Maris Grundy, Executive Director, Friends of Silo City.
🎟 Cost: FREE but please register
📅 Date: Wednesday, March 4
⏰ Time: 7-8:30 pm
📍 Location:
630 Ohio St.
Buffalo, NY 14203
Conservation Conversations – On Indigenous History, Culture and the Land
Featuring Melissa Leonard
🎟 Cost: FREE but please register
📅 Date: Wednesday, April 1
⏰ Time: 7-8:30 pm
📍 Location: Black Rock Harbor Center
52 Amherst St.
Buffalo, NY 14207