8 family farms = 1,748 Acres permanently protected in 2024!

Breanna Shaver and members of her Boy Scout troop spent 3 years creating illustrations of grassland and wetland birds to make new signs at nature preserves in Pultneyville and Webster.

When Genesee Land Trust creates a public nature preserve, we rely on strong relationships to keep protected land and water thriving. Hipp Brook Preserve in Penfield is a great example.

Bill and Audrey Steimer have spent 40+ years protecting the health of their farmland. In 2023 they turned their 122 acres into “forever farmland” by working with Genesee Land Trust to secure a state grant.

In 2023, Genesee Land Trust protected 1,300+ acres across 5 properties in Monroe, Wayne and Ontario counties. This article - updated from our Fall/Winter 2023 newsletter with final totals - highlights our progress since founding in 1989. We couldn’t do it without the ongoing support of our generous donors. Thank you!

Members of our staff and board share some of their favorite local winter adventures - from a small ski slope in Spencerport to a peaceful snow shoe trail in Macedon, there are lots of options.

Since 2019, ten scouts have completed projects to build bridges, boardwalks, benches, and bird nests at various public nature preserves. This timeline celebrates their contributions. Many other scouts have helped over the years.

Embracing the “New Normal” of Caring for Protected Lands

The cracking skeletons of large dead ash trees at Island Cottage Woods tell the tale of invasive species and higher flooding levels - both due to climate change . To protect visitors and manage these issues, Genesee Land Trust closed the nature preserve in mid October.

We hosted an Orchard JamBoree to celebrate the permanent protection of G and S Orchards in Walworth. It was a huge hit!

A family of beavers, nature’s eco-engineers, have built a lodge near the wetland observation platform.

Read different children’s books as you explore beautiful places around the region.

Explore the wetlands along the creek, the meadow, and the woods during a recent visit.

Greater Rochester’s land and water conservation organization promotes a proven leader to help write its next chapter. Lorna has 10+ years of experience at the land trust.

More than 3,500 tree saplings will increase biodiversity and help store carbon along Lake Ontario.

Mary Hadley, a member of Genesee Land Trust’s Board of Directors since 2014, currently serves as Board President. Read this Q&A to learn about her work with the Land Trust and her passion for nature.

Take a look at Corbett’s Glen on a snowy day in February - with a video of ducks in Allen’s Creek.