Pa. couple donates woodlands at Finger Lakes National Forest to Land Trust

StarGazette.com, link to original article
The Finger Lakes Land Trust has received a gift of 11 acres of privately owned woodland in the heart of the Finger Lakes National Forest in Hector, Schuyler County, the organization announced Tuesday.
The property was received from Nancy and Charles Cladel of Hummelstown, Pa., who contacted the Land Trust after reading [...]

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Volunteer to Maintain & Preserve Grimes Glen – Meeting Nov 16

Friends of Grimes Glen, a group helping maintain and preserve Ontario County’s natural-attraction park in Naples, meets Monday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Naples Public Library, 118 S. Main St.
Anyone interested in volunteering to help plan park improvements, do park cleanups and recommend management strategies, are invited to attend. This will be the [...]

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Finger Lakes Land Trust adds land in Ellis Hollow

Ithaca Journal, link to original post
The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced Nov. 9, 2009  it has purchased 39 wooded acres near its Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve in the town of Dryden from Charles Pearman, who has also donated a conservation easement on an adjacent 11 acres.
The Land Trust had made protecting the land a priority [...]

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12 Acres along Fall Creek in Dryden Donated as Conservation Area

By Stacey Shackford • Ithaca Journal, link to original post
With its rolling meadows and streamside location, the patch of undeveloped land on the southeast corner of the Lower Creek Road and Pinckney Road intersection is a haven for nature lovers.
Its preservation will now be assured in perpetuity, thanks to a partnership among the Finger Lakes [...]

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Land Trust: Funding, agreements needed to preserve ‘Emerald Necklace’

Click here to read: Land Trust: Funding, agreements needed to preserve ‘Emerald Necklace’

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Land Trust Conserves Conklin Gully/Parish Glen Land

By Julie Sherwood, Daily Messenger, link to original post
A family from Illinois has sold 72 acres of forest — encompassing half of Conklin/Parish Gully in Yates County, near Naples — to the Finger Lakes Land Trust. This once privately owned property borders acreage deemed a priority in the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s open-space plan, [...]

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Carpenter Falls

Click here to see photos & read about the visit Jen & her greyhounds made to Carpenter Falls.
Spring time is a great time to visit this wonderful waterfall as spring snow melt and spring rains combine to plummet off the caprock. It’s one of the many waterfalls mapped & described in “200 Waterfalls in Central [...]

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Development, public misuse threaten Finger Lakes Trail

By Krisy Gashler, Ithaca Journal, link to original article
One of the great beauties of the Finger Lakes Trail is also, potentially, its greatest weakness — much of the trail runs over private land and is secured by only handshake agreements. “On one hand there’s a wonderful story about the Finger Lakes Trail and how private [...]

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New Land in Danby to be Developed for Hiking & Wildlife Watchin

Ithaca Journal, link to original article
The Finger Lakes Land Trust has received 50 acres of woodland along Lick Brook in Danby as a gift from the landowner and plans to open it as a public area for hiking and wildlife watching.
The land is a gift from Sheela Kingsbury of Danby and features more than 6,000 [...]

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Land Trust to Restore 15 Acres in Moravia, Owasco Inlet

Ithaca Journal.com, link to original article
The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced Monday it has acquired a 15-acre parcel with 2,000 feet of frontage on Owasco Inlet in Moravia and plans to restore it for wildlife habitat and to reduce sediment runoff into Owasco Lake.
The Land Trust purchased the cropland and brushy property from the estate [...]

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