A new hiking trail now connects the Hinchcliff Family Preserve with the Ripley Hill Nature Preserve.

The Land Trust is reaffirming its commitment to protect the region’s clean waters by escalating its work in five strategic areas.

All three parcels will ultimately be transferred to the state as additions to the Honeoye Inlet Wildlife Management Area.

Both properties were donated with the understanding they would be sold subject to easements that protect their natural resources.

The farm is located in an area well-known for its scenic beauty.

The Land Trust renamed its Cayuga Inlet Conservation Area in Ithaca as the Tapan Mitra Preserve in honor of the late Dr. Tapan Mitra.

The property boasts stunning 30-mile views of the surrounding landscape from a hilltop field accessed by a section of the FLT.

Protection of the property will help ensure that wide ranging animals such as black bear and bobcat.

Visible from Interstate 86 and NYS Route 352, the steep hillside property is a cherished landmark in the Southern Tier, known locally as the Palisades.

Protection of the property will improve water quality in Owego Creek and further downstream in the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds.

The property is contiguous to the organization’s Cora Kampfe Dickinson Preserve.