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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Finger Lakes Land Trust’ Category
12 Acres along Fall Creek in Dryden Donated as Conservation Area
Posted in Conservation, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Hiking, Ithaca, tagged Campbell Meadows, Fall Creek, Varna on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Land Trust: Funding, agreements needed to preserve ‘Emerald Necklace’
Posted in Emerald Necklace, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Finger Lakes Trail, Trail Building on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click here to read: Land Trust: Funding, agreements needed to preserve ‘Emerald Necklace’
Land Trust Conserves Conklin Gully/Parish Glen Land
Posted in Conservation, DEC, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Hiking, Waterfalls, tagged 200 waterfalls, Conklin Gully, creekwalk, High Tor Wildlife Management Area, Important Bird Area, Italy NY, naples, Parish Glen, take a hike, Yates County on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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, [...]
Carpenter Falls
Posted in Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Hiking, Waterfalls, tagged Bahar Nature Preserve, New Hope, Skaneateles on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Finger Lakes Land Trust hosts “Hike for the Highlands” series
Posted in Education / skills, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Finger Lakes Trail, Hiking, tagged Bear Swamp, Bear Swamp State Forest, Bristol Hills, Bristol Hills Branch, Emerald Necklace Greenbelt, finger lakes national forest, Gannet Hill County Park, High Tor Wildlife Management Area, Hike for the Highlands, Important Bird Area, marathon, Naples Valley, Skaneateles Highlands on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the south end of each one of our Finger Lakes, the sweeping vistas of farmland give way to forests that grow where cows once grazed. Today, these lands provide outstanding wildlife habitat and also room to roam. From the Skaneateles Highlands to the Emerald Necklace Greenbelt south of Ithaca to the Bristol Hills of [...]
Development, public misuse threaten Finger Lakes Trail
Posted in Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Finger Lakes Trail, Ithaca, tagged Andy Zepp, cayuga trails club, finger lakes trail conference, John Andersson, North Country National Scenic Trail on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
New Land in Danby to be Developed for Hiking & Wildlife Watchin
Posted in Bird Watching, Conservation, Emerald Necklace, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Hiking, Ithaca, Wildlife, tagged danby, Lick Brook, Sheela Kingsbury on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Land Trust to Restore 15 Acres in Moravia, Owasco Inlet
Posted in Canoeing, Conservation, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Land Trust, Hiking, Kayaking, Paddling, tagged Take A Paddle, take a hike, guidebooks, Owasco Flats Nature Reserve, Owasco Inlet, Owasco Flats Trail, Moravia, Jeremy Green on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]


