Honeoye Creek Wildlife Management Area

This item consists of three images from a NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) management plan for a 750-acre area located in Ontario County. Much of the land had been used for agricultural production, with resulting soil exhaustion, silting of the creek, and loss of biodiversity.

A map outlining proposed actions for the next decade shows how an area currently appearing as "natural" has a complex environmental history. Some fields are left open to support wildflowers and pollinators; in other areas, the expansion of forests via seed harvesting is underway.

Honeoye Creek Wildlife Management Area is one of several featured in the OpenValley story map "Deep Roots."

Palermo, Mike
Bonk, Emily
Mahoney, John

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