100 acres

Town of Ontario, Wayne County

The property is a mix of deciduous woodlands, evergreen plantations, open fields and 1,000 feet of Deer Creek. An important bird and wildlife habitat, this parcel expands and buffers the sensitive Amy’s Ponds 87-acre conservation easement.

In 2001, Janet Smith more than doubled her original gift of Amy’s Ponds Conservation Easement by donating to the Trust a second easement, Woodsmith, that protects an additional 100 acres adjacent to Amy’s Ponds. She and her husband, Robert, are eager to enhance the natural diversity of this beautiful property by maintaining the open fields as grassland habitat.

Although Genesee Land Trust occasionally invites members on outings to a conservation easement property with the owner’s consent, conservation easement properties remain private property and therefore no public access is permitted.