Photo by Catherine Landis. Used with permission of TSN. All rights reserved. Image description: Several clumps of Heart Leaf Plantain growing out of a clear stream which is reflecting brown, green, and blue of trees and sky above. The plantain has broad, heart-shaped leaves on long stalks growing out of the water.
STAMP WOUld destroy habitat for numerous
threatened and endangered species
- Scientists from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry have documented an unusually high diversity of plants and animals on the Nation territory nearest to STAMP.
- Some of these species are endangered and threatened, including the Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus, Endangered in NY), Northern Harrier (Chordata hudsonius, Threatened in NY).
- The Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis, Endangered) has been observed near STAMP .
- Grassland birds documented on STAMP site also include the Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Species of Greatest Conservation Need – High Priority), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris, Species of Greatest Conservation Need – High Priority), and Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla, Common Birds Steep Decline watchlist).
- Rare plant community types on the STAMP site include Rich Mesophytic Forest and Floodplain Forest (S2S3).
- Heart-leaf Plantain (Plantago cordata; Threatened in NY) and Shellbark Hickory (Carya laciniosa; Threatened in NY) are among the rare plants found on the site. This population of Heartleaf Plantain is the only one occurring outside the Hudson River area.
- American Gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium, Threatened), occurs in abundance on neighboring territory of Tonawanda Seneca Nation, located immediately to the west of STAMP site.
- STAMP would destroy nearly 700 acres of occupied habitat for these species.