The Baldwinsville, N.Y., golf property donated a patch of land that includes a flood plain, forests and two miles of frontage along the Seneca River to the environmental group. The land contains birds that are declining in other areas of the state, including the blue-gray gnatcatcher, wood thrush and northern waterthrush.
Timber Banks Golf Club and Marina in Baldwinsville, N.Y., has donated 222 acres along the Seneca River to environmental group The Nature Conservancy, the Syracuse, N.Y.-based Post-Standard reported.
The land includes flood plain, forests and two miles of frontage along the river, the Post-Standard reported.
“Large and intact floodplain lands are rare this close to metropolitan areas,” said Jim Howe, The Nature Conservancy’s executive director in Central & Western New York. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to protect a special place near Syracuse that will protect people and property by absorbing floodwater during storm events.”
The golf course built a hiking trail along the west side of the land, and Nature Conservancy officials said they might expand that trail. The land contains birds that are declining in other areas of the state, including the blue-gray gnatcatcher, wood thrush and northern waterthrush, the Post-Standard reported.
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