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

An small songbird faces the camera, perched on a branch. The bird has a dark beak and eye with a white eye ring and creamy underside. The dark back is just visible on their right side, and their dark tail points straight down behind the branch. They are seated in a bright green sea of maple leaves, some of which are in sharp focus and others of which are blurred.
Acadian Flycatcher at Tonawanda Seneca Nation. Photo by Jonathan Kresge. Used with permission from TSN. All rights reserved.
  • 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.
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A Scarlet Tanager - a bright red bird with black wings, tail, bill, and eye - is perched on a branch amidst a scene of criss-crossing dark branches and blurred green trees and leaves in the background.
Scarlet Tanager at Tonawanda Seneca Nation. Photo by Jonathan Kresge. Used with permission from TSN. All rights reserved.