Pleasant Valley Preserve

Pleasant Valley Preserve is located in the Town of Onondaga.

Pleasant Valley Preserve was saved in 2019 when a group of local citizens and the CNY Land Trust raised the money to procure this unique property, which consists of wetlands, pond, meadows, and mixed woodlands.  Since its acquisition, we have obtained funding from the Onondaga Environmental Institute to install a bridge over the wetland to allow for safe aquatic animal passage and to reduce human impact on the fragile wetland ecosystem.  Since 2022 we have been returning the post conventionally farmed land to native wildflower meadows.  

Pleasant Valley Preserve has something for every type of nature enthusiast.  It is a haven for birds with migratory species flocking to its secluded wetlands, backyard birds filling the native flower and grass meadows, and raptors taking advantage of its unique resources. 

Pleasant Valley Preserve has a plethora of fern and native woodland flora, which attract some unusual forest pollinators, and our open wildflower meadows are teeming with native pollinators.  

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If you are interested in wetland mammals, our beaver and muskrat colonies are active and can be observed from the newly built bridge, along with transitory waterfowl and a multitude of amphibians.