Tree Identification Walk and Old-Growth Forest Network Celebration at Wesley Hill Nature Preserve

When

Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 10:00am

What

External

Where

Wesley Hill Nature Preserve—towns of Richmond and South Bristol, Ontario County

Who

Cody Wilkes, Finger Lakes CC & Jason Gorman, FLLT

Description

Celebrate the Wesley Hill Nature Preserve’s induction into the Old-Growth Forest Network (OGFN). To celebrate this recognition, there will be a brief ceremony with remarks by staff from the FLLT and Old-Growth Forest Network followed by a tree identification walk led by Cody Wilkes, Forester in the Conservation Department at Finger Lakes Community College, and Jason Gorman, FLLT Nature Preserve Manager. One of the Finger Lakes Land Trust’s largest conservation areas, the Wesley Hill Preserve provides excellent examples of the area’s ecological systems with diverse stands of mature forest including white pine, Eastern hemlock, and white oak.