Southern Tier Land Conservancy Partners with Owego Rotary in First Land Conservation Project
Local non-profit organization Southern Tier Land Conservancy (STLC) recently announced its first land conservation achievement following its acquisition of a portion of the Canawanna Nature Preserve in Owego.
The STLC will work with Owego Rotary to keep the preserve natural and continue to provide public hiking trails and education spaces.
Despite running it for decades, Owego Rotary didn't own the land and ran the fear of potentially losing parts of the preserve due to other owners selling. The partnership with STLC will help keep the preserve natural and work together to provide trails and educational facilities.
"I think really for the Owego residents, it is a nice little nature preserve very close to the village that's easy to walk in. The Rotary runs great little educational projects there. They do birdwatching, they do plantings, they talk about pollinators," Treasurer of STLC Jason Shaw said. "It's a great place to bring people together. There is a little meadow area where Rotary has run fundraisers and brought people together for outdoor activities. So I think it is a nice community gathering space."