FHC Activities and Accomplishments

Air Force Partnership to remove invasive species in Niagara Falls, NY The collaborative working relationship between the Service and the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (NFARS) helps protect and enhance the natural resources present at NFARS while maintaining mission goals and safe operation of aircraft. One of the first projects between the USFWS and NFARS was to map wetlands on the installation in 1997. The project demonstrated the harmful effect of the spread of the invasive plant purple loosestrife. Subsequently, NFARS and the USFWS developed and initiated another project to biologically control purple loosestrife by introducing and monitoring galerucella beetles. The NFARS is also working with the Service to examine ways to enhance habitat for grassland bird species that use the airfield while reducing the threat of bird strikes by aircraft.   Contact(s): Laura Henze 703.358.2398 Laura_Henze@fws.gov   Links: Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation - Sikes Act http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/sikes_act.htm Top of Page