Learn how to identify some of our region's unique native trees while walking through the Niagara Escarpment Preserve. This 36-acre property on Leete Road in Lockport includes 21 acres of contiguous mature hardwood forest along with 10 acres of restored grassland habitat. Participants will learn how to identify the trees that populate the mature hardwood forest community, and how the ecology of that community functions over the decades and centuries. This walk will be led by the Land Conservancy's Naturalist, Erik Danielson.

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This event has been rescheduled from the original date due to inclement weather. 

Join Jonathan Titus, professor of biology at SUNY Fredonia, and his wife Priscilla Titus, our former staff ecologist, for our annual volunteer survey of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid at the College Lodge Forest. To date, thankfully, no Hemlock Woolly Adelgid has been found at the College Lodge Forest. But early detection of this invasive insect pest is the best means of protecting our hemlock forests throughout the region. You will receive directions to the College Lodge Forest once you register. Registrants will also receive a short video on how to spot Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in advance of the event.

Winter Tree ID at Red Jacket Riverfront Park

Learn how to identify some of our region’s native trees while walking through Red Jacket Riverfront Park. Participants will learn how to identify the trees that populate a more urban setting, and how the ecology of that plant community functions in a densely populated area with an industrial past along the Buffalo River. This event will take place near the site of The Riverline, the Land Conservancy’s planned nature trail and greenway near the heart of downtown Buffalo.

Your guide will be Zachary Ashbrook, AmeriCorps VISTA, Stewardship Coordinator for the Land Conservancy

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When: Sunday, February 20th @ 11:00 a.m.

Where: Red Jacket Riverfront Park, Buffalo

FREE