Current and former students with the School of Law’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic pose at Niagara Falls.

A member of the Tuscarora Nation plays a drum before the designation ceremony.

Chief Leo Henry of the Tuscarora Nation speaks at the ceremony.

Bridget Steele, who worked on the Ramsar designation while a UB law student in the Environmental Advocacy Clinic, speaks at the ceremony.

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster (rear right) holds up the designation certificate.

Kim Diana Connolly, vice dean for advocacy and experiential education, and director of clinical legal education for the School of Law, addresses the crowd.

Tuscarora Nation Chief Leo Henry (left) and Jajean Rose Burney (right), deputy executive director of the Western New York Land Conservancy and the U.S. co-chair of the binational Niagara River Corridor Ramsar Site Steering Committee, unveil the plaque designating the Niagara River Corridor as a Wetland of International Importance.

UB Law alumna Bridget Steele (left) and Kim Diana Connolly, vice dean for advocacy and experiential education, and director of clinical legal education, pose with the designation plaque. UB law students invested more than 1,450 pro bono hours to perform the legal and policy work required for the Ramsar designation.