Photo by Jess Cherofsky. Used with permission of TSN. All rights reserved. Image description: A closeup of a Snapping Turtle facing towards the camera and to the left behind some tiny yellow flowers blurred in the foreground.

Stamp poses innumerable threats to the communities and Ecosystems living in the region. learn more by clicking the sections below.

Eight children in a row of six in back and two in front are holding up dolls. They are flanked by two smiling teachers and behind them is a bulletin board with rows of cards on them for learning.
Tonawanda Seneca children. Courtesy of TSN. All rights reserved.

Community Health

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A forest scene. Two large, main trees are towards the center with many more trees behind. The leaves are bright green and the trunks and leaf-covered floor are various shades of brown.
The Big Woods by Jess Cherofsky. Used with permission from TSN. All rights reserved.

"Economic Development"

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A marsh scene with green vegetation in the foreground. Behind is an area of clear water and behind that is more vegetation and trees, all under a blue sky. The trees and the water is glowing gold from the low angle of the sun.
Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area by Sarah Howard

Conservation

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A group of children sits on a rug with animals on it around a long floor pillow with a bowl on it. They are in a classroom, and behind them is a window, a dollhouse, and shelves with other classroom items.
Tonawanda Seneca children. Courtesy of TSN. All rights reserved.

Environmental justice

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A wetland scene, with algae-covered water in the immediate foreground, a large area of green vegetation, behind which is an area of clear water with trees in the background. Some of the trees are covered with green leaves, and the ones that are bare are glowing golden in the low sunlight.
Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area by Sarah Howard
Bright, gleaming green broad leaves of Heart Leaf Plantain emerge on tall stalks from brown river water. Bright green vegetation on the opposite bank emerge at the top of the image.
Heart Leaf Plantain by Neil Patterson, Jr. Used with permission of TSN. All rights reserved.

Endangered SPecies

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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy flag has a purple background and contains two hollow white boxes, a white pine tree, and two more hollow white boxes, lined up horizontally across the flag and connected with a white line.
Haudenosaunee flag. Courtesy of www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com

Sovereignty & Heritage

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