A significant farmland protection project has been completed by Maureen DeGolyer and her daughter and farm operator Meghan DeGolyer Hauser in partnership with Genesee Valley Conservancy.

Siblings John Morgan, Beth Niedermaier and Leigh Major have completed a farmland protection project on their family land, expanding upon land protected by members of the Morgan family earlier this year. 

A total of 609 acres in the town of Lima and Avon are now permanently protected as farmland thanks to the efforts of members of the Willard family: Marc Kreiger, Dorothy Krieger and Donna Brongo.

Save the Date for this year’s Oak Tree Half Marathon & 5K.

We’ve reached capacity for this year’s Bluebell Hike.

Those signed up will be contacted via email with hike details!

Help execute an invasive species management plan for each of Genesee Valley Conservancy’s nature preserves. 

Oatka Creek Farm, a small produce farm located along Oatka Creek in LeRoy, received a $4,000 microgrant from the Brighter Future Fund to support its transition to a no-till, organic farming operation.

Genesee Valley Conservancy is thrilled to announce the purchase of 95 acres of field and forest habitat adjacent to the Rattle Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area owned by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

In January, 530 acres on Woodlawn Farms was protected thanks to the efforts of the Morgan family and Genesee Valley Conservancy. 

A first of its kind land conservation project has been completed in the hills of Ossian, Livingston County, with the protection of Sugar Creek Forest by the landowner and Genesee Valley Conservancy.

Help us #ROCtheDay by supporting land conservation TODAY!

This year’s collection of original Works on Paper are on view now at Silver Lake Brewing Project in Perry and online!

The Stevens family has completed a conservation project with Genesee Valley Conservancy, protecting 276 acres of their first-generation farm in Livonia, Livingston County, NY.

Genesee Valley Conservancy has received funding to help protect 129 acres of forestland and grassland in the City of Rochester’s primary water supply, the Hemlock Lake watershed.

The Butler family, brothers Scott, Jason, and Eric, along with Eric’s wife Michelle, have completed a farmland protection project with Genesee Valley Conservancy resulting in the protection of 1,003 acres of productive farmland in the towns of Perry and Leicester.

We are looking for artists to create a Work on Paper for this year’s version of the Genesee Valley 100.

Jack Staerker, Spring Intern: Reflections on My Conservancy Experience

Genesee Valley Conservancy has been awarded $12.8 million from the Department of Agriculture and Markets to protect 5,268 acres of some of the State’s very best and most productive farmland.

Registration is now open for the 20th annual Oak Tree Half Marathon & 5K taking place in Geneseo NY on September 1st, 2024.

Join our staff as our next Stewardship Director or in our newly created Farmland Specialist position!