Photo: Matt Sitler

TIME

10:00 AM

LOCATION

Wesley Hill Nature Preserve—towns of Richmond and South Bristol, Ontario County

REGISTRATION

Registration is required. Please email info@fllt.org to register, providing your name and email address.

DESCRIPTION

Learn how to identify some of our native trees as we celebrate the Wesley Hill Nature Preserve’s induction into the Old-Growth Forest Network (OGFN). The mission of the OGFN is to connect people with nature by creating a national network of protected, mature, publicly accessible, native forests.

To celebrate this recognition, there will be a brief ceremony with remarks by staff from the FLLT and Old-Growth Forest Network followed by a tree identification walk led by Cody Wilkes, Forester in the Conservation Department at Finger Lakes Community College, and Jason Gorman, FLLT Nature Preserve Manager.

One of the Finger Lakes Land Trust’s largest conservation areas, the Wesley Hill Preserve provides excellent examples of the area’s ecological systems with diverse stands of mature forest including white pine, Eastern hemlock, and white oak.

The event is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be provided.

DIRECTIONS

Meet at the Wesley Road entrance! From Honeoye, take Rt. 20A east to East Lake Road. Follow East Lake Rd. south for a short distance and then turn left on County Rd. 33. Continue a short distance and turn right on Pinewood Hill Rd. Follow Pinewood Hill, then Gulick Road south for approx. 2.5 miles. Turn right on Wesley Road and follow approx. 1 mile to the parking area on the right.

Or find directions from your location using Google Maps.

POLICIES

Except in the case of extreme weather, walks go rain or shine. Please check this web page for updates.

Please refrain from bringing dogs as they may impede the observation of wildlife.