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.

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!

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.

This year’s Genesee Valley 100 project is now open for viewing online and in person!

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.

Sierra Doody is a rising senior at SUNY Geneseo. She completed an internship in the spring focused on technical mapping projects using GIS.

August is national Make-A-Will Month. Have you planned how you want your assets distributed to family, friends, and the causes you care about upon your passing?

An extraordinary gift of $1.5 million has been received by Genesee Valley Conservancy to support local conservation.  This gift is the single largest donation received by the organization.

We are looking for artists to create a Duetone piece for this year’s version of the Genesee Valley 100.

Kim Ryniec (Team Lead), Kenny Arend, Victoria Dannenfeldt, Andrea Malach, Kim Keil, and El Kehl comprise the Conservancy’s first invasive species strike team.

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.