The Finger Lakes Land Trust is a non-profit that has protected over 30,000 acres of the region’s undeveloped lakeshore, gorges, forest, and scenic farmland since its founding in 1989, manages over 45 public nature preserves, and holds easements on 179 properties that remain privately owned.United States national newspapers: USA Today | USA Weekend | Sports Weekly The Cedar View Golf Course property will remain closed to the public until improvements are completed, but the adjacent Bell Station property will remain open for hiking and wildlife observation. “Together with Bell Station, this site is large enough to have special significance as habitat for fish and wildlife while also providing outstanding opportunities for outdoor recreation.”īefore Finger Lakes Land Trust conveys the land to NYSDEC, it will partner with U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to expand meadows on the former golf course, enhancing ground land habitat for at-risk ground-nesting bird species, such as Bobolinks, Savannah Sparrows, and Eastern Meadowlarks “We were thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the Larsen family to conserve this special property,” said Land Trust Executive Director Andrew Zepp. The trust intends to sell the now 400-acre property – which includes the former Cedar View golf course and the lakeshore portion of Bell Station – to NYSDEC to be managed as a public wildlife preserve, featuring 3,600 feet of lakeshore and more than 400 acres of wildlife habitat. Once part of a dairy farm, the property consists of lakeshore woodlands that feature several seasonal tributaries to Cayuga Lake, and its purchase was funded by the land trust’s opportunity fund – a revolving loan fund which is replenished by fundraising or land sales to public conservation agencies.
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