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Watchable Wildlife in the Finger Lakes

In 1990 the National Watchable Wildlife Program was established to help people find and enjoy wildlife. Sites where wildlife can routinely be seen were identified and guide books were published. In New York State, 76 sites were listed. (This is certainly not a definitive list but a good start.) Of those, 12 are in the Finger Lakes Region.

Beaver Lake Nature Center

Braddock Bay Fish and Wildlife Management Area

Conesus Inlet Fish and Wildlife Management Area

Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Sapsucker Woods

Fair Haven Beach State Park

Finger Lakes National Forest

Green Lakes State Park

Letchworth State Park

Lime Hollow Center for Environment & Culture

Mendon Ponds Park

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

Waterman Conservation Education Center 

DEC's Watchable Wildlife pages

Updated 7 July 2010