1/19
In 2013, the Army Corps of Engineers used the Field Station as a staging point for repairs to the Bird Island Pier. We've helped the Army Corps out like this at other times as well.
2/19
Barge and crane come to lift heavy equipment being delivered at FS
3/19
Crews prepare a generator to be loaded onto the barge
4/19
Truck with concrete equipment
5/19
Crane lifting concrete equipment
6/19
Crane lifting concrete equipment
7/19
Barge waiting for concrete delivery
8/19
Concrete truck preparing for delivery
9/19
Loading concrete into barrels on the barge
10/19
Army Corps tug and barge working on the Bird Island Pier
11/19
Here are some pictures of the repairs to the break wall. Blocks and concrete added to stabilize outer side of Bird Island Pier.
12/19
Blocks and concrete added to stabilize outer side of Bird Island Pier
13/19
Birds on Bird Island Pier
14/19
Bird Island Pier
15/19
Invasive Purple loosestrife growing in one spot on Bird Island Pier
16/19
The Field Station, as seen from the Bird Island Pier.
17/19
We were invited to the Bird Island Pier reopening ceremony with Buffalo Niagara Greenway Commission, Mayor of Buffalo Byron Brown, Congressman Brian Higgins, and the Army Corps of Engineers.
18/19
Ribbon cutting
19/19
An Army Corps tugboat uses water cannons to celebrate reopening of Bird Island Pier.
