The Land Conservancy Permanently Protects Bush Property, Part of a Critical WNY Wildway Linkage

January 21, 2026: The Western New York Land Conservancy is pleased to announce the purchase of a significant wetland in Birdsall, Allegany County. The 226-acre Black Creek Preserve is the first of five “Black Creek Protection Projects” that will be protected thanks to the generosity of our community, The Nature Conservancy in New York, and a critical grant from the New York State DEC's Water Quality Improvement Program (WQIP), which awarded the Land Conservancy a grant to work with willing land-owners to permanently protect land in the Black Creek watershed.