Town of Greece, Monroe County

Preserves are along Salmon Creek at Braddock Bay. Freshwater, cattail marsh. Part of a large wetland complex extending through the Towns of Parma and Greece into Lake Ontario. Nesting habitat for NYS Endangered Species, Black Tern.

40 acres donated in 1991 by John Beaty and Patricia Beaty. 4 acres donated in 2001 by Paul and Janet Weitz in memory of Edward E. Weitz and Anna and Christian Weitz. 14 acres were purchased in 2006 from George Baist, whose family had owned land in the area for three generations.

Adjacent lands have been protected by the NYSDEC and the Town of Greece extending preservation of this key migratory bird and wetland habitat from Manitou Road to Braddock Bay.

No trails, kayaking and canoeing access available from Braddock Bay Paddlesports Boat Launch (fee) on Manitou Road.  Visit Paddlesports here