This preserve was donated to CNYLT in 2003 by the O'Brien & Gere Companies. Located between Beacon North Business Park, East Taft Road to the south, Great Northern Boulevard, and Totman Road in the west, the property contains a pond, two islands and surrounding wetlands. Access is from the business park.
Brickyard Falls View
This preserve runs along one bank of Limestone Creek downstream from Brickyard Falls. It is accessed at the end of Farley Lane but please note parking on Farley Lane is very limited.
Butternut Swamp
Butternut Creek meanders through the preserve. Accessed at the back of an industrial park just east of I-481 fronting on Kirkville Road, two sides of the property are adjacent to I-481 and the Dewitt railroad yards.
Carpenters Pond
This preserve is made up of four separate properties. The largest is ten acres between No. 5 West Road and Carpenters Pond donated by Jean Maxwell. The other three properties were bought at County auction. A seven acre parcel is located at the end of Pond Road.
Cheney (Rte 81)
Donated to CNYLT by Lee and Margaret Cheney, this preserve is adjacent to I-81 and is inaccessible from US Route 11A. It is totally landlocked.
Lockwood Properties
This preserve contains mixed woods with cross country ski trails. The property consists of five separate distinct parcels three of which are landlocked and the other two currently not easily accessed..
Marie’s Woods
This preserve lays just a stone’s throw from Oneida Lake, south of Lakeshore Rd. and east of Cicero Center Rd. and offer excellent public access.
Robert G. Hildreth Esker
This preserve is not easily accessed.T he property contains a glacial esker and was donated to CNYLT by Robert G. Hildreth's widow, Faith.
Winona Woods
Our northern most property was donated by Willson Cummer in 2011. This beautiful wooded preserve, boarders the northern edge of Winona State forest and contains, a ravine with nearly 2,000 feet of Little Sandy Creek, a mature mixed forest and a small meadow.