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The funding will support the protection of 14 farms spanning approximately 9,000 acres across four counties and 16 towns in our region.
NYS Representative Andrea Bailey, NYS Senator Pam Helming, Genesee Valley Conservancy Executive Director Ben Gajewski, and Little Italy Stewards and Land Donors, Mark Occhioni and Dave Nagle
Ribbon cutting draws students, neighbors, and community volunteers to new Steeplechase Drive access point
Silver Haven Farms, a fifth-generation dairy operation in Wyoming County, has completed a farmland protection project in partnership with Genesee Valley Conservancy, placing four conservation easements on 624 acres in the Towns of Castile and Perry.
One of the region’s most anticipated signs of spring is right around the corner. The annual Bluebell Hike returns on Saturday, May 2, offering a rare opportunity to walk through a woodland landscape transformed by thousands of blooming bluebells.
Over 1,000 acres protected in Genesee County by Stein Farms as early success of farmland protection in the county continue!
Genesee Valley Conservancy has secured the purchase of 108 acres of field and forestland as part of a strategic enhancement of Jersey Hill State Forest in Birdsall, Allegany County.
Genesee, Wyoming and Livingston County farmland owners are invited to workshops on farmland protection opportunities.
The Marquart brothers are the farmers behind NY Chips, a brand found on grocery store shelves in the region.
This year, we’ve taken on ownership of a historic 70-acre property that lays just across from York Central School. This forested property includes a section of Bidwell Creek, but most significantly it has foundations and remnants of an Italian mining town that existed from 1890-1923.
Thanks to brothers Gordon and Robin McClellan, 492 acres of farmland overlooking Conesus Lake are now protected!
Genesee Valley Conservancy has received funding to protect 976 acres of forestland across the Genesee River watershed as part of the New York State’s Forest Conservation Easements for Land Trusts grant program.
Support Local Conservation Today! Help us save Little Italy with a contribution to our Stewardship Fund today! Every gift matched $1 for $1 through the end of 2025!
Alexis Cipriani graduated from SUNY Geneseo this spring. She completed an internship to streamline our conservation monitoring across our 160+ easements.
Staff joined volunteers for a workday to begin native planting on the coming trailhead access on Steeplechase Drive in Geneseo, providing this neighborhood access to the preserve.