The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023, released earlier this year, includes more than $6.6 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the Army Corps, with just over $141 million set aside for Buffalo District projects.

Of great significance for the region is an additional $600,000 for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a new start project that includes the three Great Lakes districts: Buffalo, Chicago, and Detroit. The goal is to create a plan identifying vulnerable coastal areas and recommending actions to bolster the coastal resources’ ability to withstand, recover from and adapt to future hydrologic uncertainty with respect to built and natural coastal environments.