Original story published by Gowanda News
September 5, 2015

Forest landowners are invited to register for a free wildlife habitat workshop on September 26 at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) office at the Little Valley Maintenance Center, 5191 Route 353 Little Valley. Participants will learn about bird and wildlife-friendly management techniques that benefit young and mature forest birds.

This workshop brings landowners together with experts on wildlife and forest management. Participating landowners will hear from a series of presenters about wildlife they can attract and sustain through proper habitat management, and where they can find resources, tools and potential partners to help them plan for managing habitat to benefit wildlife on their property.  The presentations will be followed by a provided lunch and visits to forests that have been actively managed to improve habitat and forest health. This will allow participants to see quality young and mature forest habitat and learn about restoring habitat to meet the needs of declining bird species dependent on these habitat types.
Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars to view birds while visiting these sites.  

 Register by September 21 by e-mailing Suzanne Treyger at: streyger@audubon.org or by calling (607) 254-2122.
Arrive at 8:30 a.m. for registration and refreshments.