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Celebrating a Sustainable Earth at Fall Festival
About 2,300 people braved extreme heat to celebrate at the 18th Annual Reinstein Woods Fall Festival. While most festival-goers came from Erie and Niagara counties, there were visitors from as far away as Rochester, Syracuse, the Adirondacks, Florida, Tennessee, and even France! Mama Earth’s interactive music shows provided entertainment throughout the day. The festival area extended out to Flattail Lake, where … Continue reading Celebrating a Sustainable Earth at Fall Festival
Read MoreMembers Explore Ganondagan State Historic Site
Members of the Friends of Reinstein Woods visited the Ganondagan State Historic Site located in Victor, NY. This is a National Historic Landmark, the only New York State Historic Site dedicated to a Native American theme, and the only Seneca town developed and interpreted in the United States. Members enjoyed a portion of the “Earth … Continue reading Members Explore Ganondagan State Historic Site
Read MoreA Loveliness of Ladybugs Returns to Reinstein Woods
A group of ladybugs is called a “loveliness” of ladybugs, a very fitting and endearing term to address the return of this beneficial insect to Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve. New York State’s official state insect is the nine-spotted ladybug (Coccinella novemnotata). This now rare species of native ladybug was historically very common in New York … Continue reading A Loveliness of Ladybugs Returns to Reinstein Woods
Read MoreFossil Hunt at Penn Dixie
Members of the Friends of Reinstein Woods (FORW) enjoyed an “introduction to fossil collecting” at Penn Dixie Fossil Park. Penn Dixie is located in Hamburg, NY and open to the general public. Shale and limestone deposits in the park are rich with Devonian fossils that are 380 million years old! The group searched for fossils … Continue reading Fossil Hunt at Penn Dixie
Read MoreNature Sightings
Dragonflies and butterflies are very active during this summer heat wave. Flattail dam provides a great opportunity to see many dragonflies, including blue dasher, eastern pondhawk, widow skimmers, 12-spotted skimmers, black saddlebags, common whitetail, eastern amberwing, and more. In sunny areas of the trails you may see monarch butterflies, eastern comma, red admiral, and tiger … Continue reading Nature Sightings
Read MoreGet Outdoors! Community Day
More than 500 visitors joined in the fun at Get Outdoors! Community Day, part of the statewide Outdoors Day events. Visitors enjoyed learning a variety of skills in outdoor activities such as geocaching, birding, archery, camping, kayaking, and more. DEC Forest Ranger Tim Kennedy gave a backpacking and fire safety demonstration at the event. The Polish … Continue reading Get Outdoors! Community Day
Read MoreFriends of Reinstein Woods Receives Grant to Expand Fundraising Efforts and Support Long-Term Viability of Educational and Stewardship Programs
Friends of Reinstein Woods Receives Grant to Expand Fundraising Efforts and Support Long-Term Viability of Educational and Stewardship Programs Buffalo, NY – The Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and Parks & Trails Partnership Program has awarded Friends of Reinstein Woods a $47,411 grant to hire a Development Manager. Friends of Reinstein Woods, a non-profit support organization … Continue reading Friends of Reinstein Woods Receives Grant to Expand Fundraising Efforts and Support Long-Term Viability of Educational and Stewardship Programs
Read MoreThere’s An App For That: Fight Plastics Pollution
It’s difficult to go more than a few minutes without using something made of plastic, from computers and cell phones to toothbrushes, food packaging and even some beauty products. (To see what a year’s worth of plastic looks like, check out the everyday plastic project . ) Those plastic products are not easy to recycle, and … Continue reading There’s An App For That: Fight Plastics Pollution
Read MoreA message from the President
Hello Friends, Well we finally made it to Spring only to get a quick transition into summer-like weather! If you haven’t been to the woods lately, everything is greening up and wildlife has been busy foraging for food and building homes for their young. You’ll also notice that DEC rebuilt the brick entry walkway to … Continue reading A message from the President
Read MoreThinking of buying an electric car?
I recently bought a plug-in hybrid vehicle. Since then, I’ve had many people ask me about my car – both how it works, and what the buying process was like. I can sum it up like this: My car “works” like a regular car except that it runs off of electricity in addition to gasoline, … Continue reading Thinking of buying an electric car?
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