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Partner Network

WNY Wildway Partner Network

We cannot create the WNY Wildway on our own. The WNY Wildway Partner Network is a coalition of stakeholders committed to building and supporting the Wildway. Our partners include local, county, and state agencies, transit authorities, municipalities, private landowners, land trusts, conservation organizations, and community groups. Through collaboration, we aim to achieve a landscape-scale conservation effort that benefits both wildlife and people.

The primary purpose of the WNY Wildway Partner Network is to engage the region in building the WNY Wildway, fostering collaboration among partners, promoting awareness and implementation of the WNY Wildway, and supporting regional land protection and wildlife connectivity projects and initiatives.

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Network Advisory Council

Lead partners serving on the WNY Wildway Partner Network Advisory Council:

WNY Land Conservancy
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy

The Northern Region (co-chaired by the Land Conservancy and Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper) will include those working in Genesee, Orleans, Erie, Wyoming, and Niagara Counties. The Southern Region (co-chaired by the Land Conservancy and the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy) will cover Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties.

Partners

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Allegany County Soil and Water Conservation District
Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust
Cattaraugus Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism
Cattaraugus LDC
Chautauqua County Planning Office
Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District
City of Jamestown
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Farm
Erie County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
Erie County Parks, Recreation and Forestry
Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District
Finger Lakes Trail Conference
Foothills Trail Club- FLT Conservation Trail
French Creek Valley Conservancy
Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Genesee County Planning Department
Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District
Genesee Valley Conservancy

IMPACT: Friends Improving Allegany County Trails, Inc
Land Trust Alliance-NY
Natural Resources Conservation Service- Batavia
Natural Resources Conservation Service- East Aurora
Niagara County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Niagara County Soil and Water Conservation District
NY Green
NY Sea Grant
NYS Assembly District 148: Joseph Giglio
NYS Senate District 60: Pat Gallivan
NYS Senate District 62: Rob Ortt
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
NYS Department of Transportation
NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation
Orleans Cornell Cooperative Extension
Orleans County Planning Department
Orleans County Soil and Water Conservation District
Seneca Nation of Indians
The Nature Conservancy of NY
Tonawanda Seneca Nation
US Fish & Wildlife Service: Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Western New York Wild Ones
Wildlands Network
Wyoming County Planning Department
Wyoming Soil and Water Conservation District

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