BUFFALO, N.Y. – A recent survey of trees at Old Fort Niagara in Porter, NY, completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is helping guide the future of shoreline protection along Lake Ontario, where natural preservation is combined with historic preservation.
The district conducted a comprehensive tree survey within the project area for the Old Fort Niagara Emergency Shoreline Stabilization project, which is focused on mitigating wave action that threatens the fort's 18th and 19th-century structures, including the French Castle. The survey was coordinated in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, which manages the site.