Buffalo

Call for Governor and buffalo managers to stay out of calving grounds

Livingston, MT – This has been a gruesome year for the buffalo of Yellowstone with nearly one third of the herd killed by state and federal authorities. The 1,465 animals slaughtered represent the largest death toll for Yellowstone’s buffalo since the 19th Century, when the species was nearly wiped off the planet.

Buffalo at Yellowstone National Park: Photo by Heather (CC)    » read more »

Unfair Regulations Could Put Brakes On Harley-Davidson's Motorcycle Sales

December 10, 2007 -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that future growth at Buffalo’s local Goodyear Dunlop motorcycle tire plant could suffer from unfair Chinese trade barriers that are restricting the sale of classic American-made Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the increasingly prosperous country. Despite the exploding popularity of Harleys among China’s consumer class, the Chinese government is stifling the company’s ability to sell its products in the lucrative market.    » read more »

Designates Buffalo and Albany as Historical Ends of Canal

August 22, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that he has signed legislation designating Albany and Buffalo as the eastern and western ends of the Erie Canal. The designation acknowledges the canal's original endpoints.    » read more »

Cuomo files suit against Niagara Falls man who tried to sell bogus properties in and around Buffalo

ALBANY, NY (August 2, 2007) – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today filed suit against a Niagara Falls man who attempted to defraud investors through an eBay house-flipping scheme that involved properties in Western New York.    » read more »