Save Zoar Valley Public Forum
2024-10-24 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Seneca Nation Territory, Cattaraugus Community Center, Multi-Purpose Room, 12767 Route 438, Irving, NY, 14081, United States
Save Zoar Valley Public Forum on the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians. All are welcome to attend this informational presentation on stopping the planned logging of Zoar Valley by the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the CT/NY Chapter of The National Audubon Society. Q&A to follow. Open to the public.

Second Sunday Hike
2024-11-10 12:00 - 14:00 | Wickham Woods, Wickham Road, North Otto
We’ll return to the woods the CT/NY Audubon Society and NYS DEC want to clear cut this Winter. We don’t intend to let them chop it down! Moderate hike, some slopes.

Save Zoar Valley Public Forum
2025-01-14 19:30 - 20:30 | Church of the Nativity, 1530 Colvin Boulevard, Buffalo, NY, 14223
Save Zoar Valley Public Forum in the Ken-Ton area of North Buffalo. All are welcome to attend this informational presentation on stopping the planned logging of Zoar Valley by the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the CT/NY Chapter of The National Audubon Society. Q&A to follow. This event is hosted by the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club and is open to the public.

Introduction to iNaturalist - Zoom Webinar for BioBlitz 2025
2025-03-24 18:30 - 19:15
If you want to get out in Zoar and contribute to Zoar Valley BioBlitz 2025, we’re presenting this brief webinar training so you can download the iNaturalist app and start uploading your photos of plants, insects, birds, fungi, trees, and more. No special science knowledge necessary. Webinar hosted by entomologist Joshua Klostermann, who is currently conducting pollinator research in Zoar Valley. More info. on our Get Involved page.

Zoar Valley BioBlitz 2025 (April 1 - June 30, 2025)
2025-04-01 | Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area and Unique Area
Calling all Zoar Valley enthusiasts to join in Zoar Valley BioBlitz 2025! Ever wondered what plants and animals inhabit one of Western New York’s last wild places? Enjoy taking pictures? Want to easily contribute species data to the only up-to-date biodiversity inventory of Zoar Valley? Then the Zoar Valley Coalition’s BioBlitz 2025 is perfect for you! Become a citizen scientist – it’s easy! We’re even hosting an Introduction to iNaturalist Zoom Webinar on March 24, 2025, to help you get started. This is happening across Zoar’s Multiple Use Area and Unique Area in Otto, Collins, and Gowanda. All the details are on our Get Involved page.

Call for Artworks submission forms due for The Art of Zoar Valley III
2025-04-18 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
If you’re submitting artwork for consideration in The Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit, please complete the submission form online by April 18. The form and instructions can be found on the Springville Center for the Arts website.

Artwork drop-off week for The Art of Zoar Valley III
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
If your artwork submission for the Art of Zoar Valley III was accepted, this is the week to drop off your artwork at the Springville Center for the Arts. Full details TBA on their website.

The Art of Zoar Valley III Exhibit (June 7 - August 16, 2025)
2025-06-07 10:00 - 20:00 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
The Springville Center for the Arts has announced The Art of Zoar Valley III, an exhibit celebrating art inspired by the natural beauty of Zoar Valley, on display at SCA’s Olmsted Gallery this Summer through August 16, 2025.
Many may remember the successful first Art of Zoar Valley exhibit and programs at SCA in 2007 and the Art of Zoar Valley II show at the Olean Public Library in 2008. Public Art Director Alisia Glaser and local artist Tom Annear will be co-curating this year’s exhibit, and the Zoar Valley Coalition is planning a series of hikes and programs throughout the Summer to accompany the show.
Announcement artwork: “Zoar Valley Horseshoe,” by Judd Brown

HIKE - Nature Preserves Day: In the Footsteps of Anna Botsford Comstock
2025-06-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Deer Lick Conservation Area, Point Peter Road, Gowanda, NY, 14070, United States
We’re kicking off the Summer long series of outings in conjunction with the Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit by hiking the trails at Deer Lick Conservation Area to identify flora and fauna. Bring your knowledge or your smartphone apps like iNaturalist and eBird to explore the preserve.
Deer Lick is a National Natural Landmark owned and stewarded by The Nature Conservancy. Our biodiversity efforts will contribute to the decades of conservation work in Zoar by The Nature Conservancy and The Nature Sanctuary Society in maintaining and protecting several nature preserves in Zoar Valley.
This is also a way to honor the legacy of Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930), a naturalist, scientific illustrator, scholar, author, first female Cornell University Professor, and early leader of the Nature Study Movement who grew up a stone’s throw from Zoar Valley in Otto where the outdoor explorations of her childhood sparked her life’s work furthering conservation of the natural world.
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Go to Events – Springville Center for the Arts
Registered hikers meet at noon at the Deer Lick trailhead kiosk on Point Peter Road located about one-half mile past the Forty Road turn on the left side of Point Peter Road.
HIKE LEVEL: Easy to moderate on marked trails. We’ll split up into small groups across the various trails, so you can pick a short, easy walk or a moderate, longer hike.
Sturdy footwear and long pants recommended. Hiking poles if desired. Please bring a sack lunch, water, snacks, and anything that makes you comfortable in the woods – hat, insect repellent, etc.

The Art of Zoar Valley III Opening Reception
2025-06-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
Enjoy an evening at the Springville Center for the Arts immersed in the Art of Zoar Valley at the Opening Reception for The Art of Zoar Valley III. (This event was rescheduled from 6/13 and is now being held on 6/27.)

Kids Nature-Themed Art
2025-06-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
We’ll be busy as bees at the Springville Center for the Arts using materials from nature to make art. Fun for all ages! No pre-registration required. A free event in conjunction with the Summer-long Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit.
This art event for kids precedes the fun-for-the-family Habitat Day hike in Zoar Valley that begins at 12:00 (pre-registration is required for the hike on the Arts Center website).

HIKE - Habitat Day
2025-06-28 12:00 - 14:30
Bring the whole family out for fun in nature as we continue the hike series as part of the Summer-long Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit.
We’re fortunate to have two Entomologists and Naturalists leading the way as we explore a habitat-rich area of Zoar. Wayne Gall will present his “Underwater Monsters” pond life program and we’ll look for dragonflies and damselflies using net and release. Joshua Klostermann will give us the buzz on pollinators and insects in the meadow and beyond. We’ll explore along the trails through the woods and be on the lookout for amphibians in the wetland complex. The kids will fill up their Nature Passports while exploring and learning about the animals, birds, plants, insects, fungi, and more that call Zoar Valley home.
Registered hikers meet at noon at the Ross Pond trailhead at Vail & Unger Roads.
HIKE LEVEL: Easy walk over mostly even terrain on marked trails.
Sturdy footwear and long pants recommended. Please bring a sack lunch, water, and snacks, and anything that makes you comfortable in the woods – hat, insect repellent, etc.
Pre-registration required. Please register below.

Dr. Wayne Gall. Wayne Gall was the first Administrator-Naturalist of Tifft Nature Preserve for the Buffalo Museum of Science (1983-1987). He went on to a 35-year career as an entomologist, including Associate Curator of Invertebrate Zoology (1989-1994) and Curator of Entomology (1994-2001) at the Buffalo Museum of Science; Western Regional Entomologist for the New York State Dept of Health (2001-2016); and Entomologist (Identifier) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (2016-2023). Wayne has led environmental education outings throughout Western New York, including as an Allegany Nature Pilgrimage leader for over 40 years. Wayne earned his B.A. in Biology at SUNY Buffalo, M.S. in Entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of Toronto.
Joshua Klostermann. Josh is a life-student of Melittology (the study of wild bees). He has a passion for natural history observation, documenting and recording any species that sparks his curiosity. Currently he is a Phd candidate at the University of Missouri and among many other things he studies how bees interact with biotic disturbances and the efficacy of Farm-Bill funded pollinator plantings.

Kids Ancient Forest Art & Skit
2025-07-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
We’re having fun at the Springville Center for the Arts with interactive ancient forest activities for kids inspired by the children’s book “The Tree in the Ancient Forest.” There will be toadstools! And forest critter crafts! Fun for all ages. No pre-registration required. A free event in conjunction with the Summer-long Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit.
This art event for kids precedes the Ancient Forest Day hike in Zoar Valley that begins at 12:00 (pre-registration is required for the hike on the Arts Center website).

HIKE - Ancient Forest Day
2025-07-12 12:00 - 14:00
***REGISTRATION FOR THIS ANCIENT FOREST DAY HIKE ON 7/12 IS FULL. ALL OF THE LIMITED SPOTS WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER UNDER THE EVENT PERMIT ARE FILLED. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF THE OTHER HIKES THIS SUMMER!***
We are pleased to welcome Joan Maloof, forest ecologist, author, professor, and Founder of the Old Growth Forest Network, a national network of 300 protected old growth forests across 39 states and growing. Professor Maloof will lead us on a hike through Wickham Woods (currently under threat of logging) and the adjoining old growth forest Unique Area. Join us on this special opportunity to hear Ms. Maloof’s insights into the forest and this ecosystem the public is rallying to save. This hike continues the Summer-long celebration of Zoar Valley as part of the Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit at the Springville Center for the Arts. A selection of books Ms. Maloof has authored will be available at the Arts Center in the morning prior to the outing.
Pre-registration required. Please register below.
Registered hikers meet at noon at the Hipcamp picnic area at 9654 Wickham Road in Otto where we’ll have a chat about the forest, have our sack lunches, and then begin the hike.
HIKE LEVEL: Moderate with a few strenuous slopes and ravines.
Sturdy footwear for an off-trail hike and long pants recommended. Hiking poles if desired. Please bring a sack lunch, water, and snacks, and anything that makes you comfortable in the woods – hat, insect repellent, etc.
Dr. Joan Maloof. Joan Maloof is a writer, an ecologist and a conservationist with a unique voice in today’s times. She has studied and worked with plants her entire life; her formal education includes a Bachelor’s degree in Plant Science, a Master’s degree in Environmental Science, and a Doctorate in Ecology. She is a Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, where she taught Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies. Maloof has published numerous research articles in publications such as Ecology, American Journal of Botany, and the International Journal of Environmental Studies. Maloof’s books include Teaching the Trees (2005), Among the Ancients (2011), Nature’s Temples: the Complex World of Old-Growth Forests (2016), The Living Forest: A Visual Journey into the Heart of the Woods (2017), and Treepedia: A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore (2021).
In addition to her research and writing, Maloof founded an organization with the goal of creating a network of protected forests across the U.S. That organization, the Old-Growth Forest Network, now has thousands of supporters. Maloof travels widely to educate others regarding the extent and condition of our forests and encourage their preservation.

HIKE - Geology Day
2025-07-26 12:00 - 15:30
***THERE ARE JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT ON THIS HIKE. PLEASE VISIT www.springvillearts.org TO REGISTER FOR THIS HIKE.
Geologist Ray Vaughan will lead a much-anticipated hike through the soaring canyons of the Zoar Valley gorge along South Branch Cattaraugus Creek, one of Western New York’s most dramatic stratigraphic geologic columns. We’ll explore the predominantly shale bedrock that formed hundreds of millions of years ago when Western New York was under a shallow inland sea. The hike will take us past a shear zone where an ancient fold serves as an example of how bedrock responds to tectonic stress. We’ll also learn about the evolution of the gorge since the last glaciers retreated from our region some 13,000 years ago. This outing continues our Summer-long celebration of Zoar Valley in conjunction with the Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit at the Springville Center for the Arts.
Registered hikers meet at Forty Road parking area in Gowanda.
HIKE LEVEL: Moderate but long 4-mile round-trip creek walk hike that requires stamina and sure-footedness. Hikers should wear hiking quality water shoes or hiking footwear and be prepared to walk in water and ford the creek at least four times in up to calf or thigh-deep water. Bring hiking poles for the creek crossings if desired.
Swimming is not permitted.
Please bring a sack lunch, plenty of water, snacks, and anything that makes you comfortable – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, etc.
We will bag and carry out any litter we find along the way, as a way to give back to the environment and the organizations that gave special permission for this outing: The Nature Sanctuary Society of Western New York, The Nature Conservancy, and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
This outing will be rescheduled or canceled with notice if the creek water level is deemed too high/rising for safe crossings.
Pre-registration required. Please register below. ***THERE ARE JUST A FEW SPOTS REMAINING ON THIS HIKE. PLEASE VISIT www.springvillearts.org TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT.

Raymond C. Vaughan, Ph.D., P.G., is a professional geologist and environmental scientist in Buffalo. Ray is semi-retired, does some consulting, and has worked on local environmental issues with Clean Air Coalition and others. He and his wife Sheila live in Hamburg, New York. Earlier in his career, Ray worked for 33 years in research and development in Niagara Falls and Buffalo, then worked as an environmental scientist in the NYS Attorney General’s Office from 2000-2012. He has served since 1997 on the West Valley Citizen Task Force which advises NYSERDA and the U.S. Department of Energy on clean-up issues at the West Valley nuclear waste site. From 1980 to 1999 he served on the Town of Hamburg Conservation Advisory Board. He currently sits on the boards of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (Buffalo Museum of Science and Tifft Nature Preserve) and the Nature Sanctuary Society of WNY, and he formerly served on the Western New York Land Conservancy board from 1991 to 2002. Ray has a wide range of interests including WNY history, on which he has presented at conferences in Buffalo, Lewiston, and Edinburgh, Scotland. Canoeing, hiking, and sailing are favorite activities, and if he can combine hiking with outcrop and the murmur of flowing water, so much the better – which means you’ll often find him in one of Western New York’s beautiful bedrock gorges.

Kids Burchfield-Themed Watercolor Art
2025-08-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
A special art activity for kids at the Springville Center for the Arts! Have you ever painted a Sphinx Moth? Or a lightning storm? We’ll use Charles Burchfield’s preferred medium of watercolors to paint his favorite motifs from nature and explore how he animated sound, movement, light, weather, and emotions in his paintings. Fun for all ages! No pre-registration required. A free event in conjunction with Charles Burchfield Day and the Summer-long Art of Zoar Valley III exhibit.
This art event for kids precedes the en plein air art outing in Zoar Valley, “In the Footsteps of Charles Burchfield” (12:30-1:30). While the kids are painting, stop by the Mongerson Theater in the Arts Center for Burchfield Scholar Nancy Weekly’s presentation (11:00-11:30) about the art of Charles Burchfield and his special relationship with nature and the forest.

Presentation - Burchfield Scholar Nancy Weekly on American Watercolorist Charles Burchfield
2025-08-09 11:00 - 11:30 | Springville Center for the Arts, 37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY, 14141, United States
American watercolorist Charles Burchfield had a special relationship with Zoar Valley, and we are pleased to welcome Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State University, who will present remarks about Charles Burchfield’s relationship with nature and his artistic output depicting Zoar Valley and its environs. Ms. Weekly is also the author of “Charles E. Burchfield: The Sacred Woods.” This is a free event being held in the Mongerson Theater at the Springville Center for the Arts.
Burchfield discovered Zoar Valley in the 1920’s shortly after moving to Buffalo. He named the forests in and around the Gowanda canyons “the Big Woods.” A pantheist at heart, Burchfield regarded forests as sacred spaces, and Zoar certainly held this draw for him. Burchfield returned to the forests of Zoar over more than 40 years to paint expressions of his relationship with nature in what he described as his “forest interior” works: “Flame of Spring” (1948), “Light Coming into a Woods” (1954), “Arctic Owl and Winter Moon” (1960), “Eye of God in a Woods” (1949; reworked in1962 as “Presence of God in a Woods”), “Clatter of Crows in Spring Woods” (1949), “Fires of Spring in Big Woods” (1951), and “Hemlock in November” (1947-1966) (the last painting Burchfield worked on), among Burchfield’s many other works in and around Zoar. Burchfield also expressed Zoar’s beauty in viewscapes: “March Sunlight” (1926-1934), “The Cliff” (1928), “March Day at Gowanda” (1926-1933), and “Lavender and Old Lace” (1939-1947), among others.
SPEAKER NANCY WEEKLY: Nancy Weekly is the leading authority on the American artist Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), serving for more than 43 years as the Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State University. Recent exhibitions and publications compare his work with Seneca artist G. Peter Jemison, solar photographer Alan Friedman, poet Walt Whitman, and contemporary artist Mike Glier. In May 2024, she presented “Charles Burchfield’s Synesthetic Art Legacy” at the international Synesthesia Conference at Somerville College, University of Oxford in Oxford, England. She has also curated exhibitions about artists affiliated with Western New York, including John E. Brent, Buffalo’s first African American architect. She retired from teaching at the State University of New York and has been both a reviewer and panelist for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
NOT TO BE MISSED! Three of Burchfield’s paintings in Zoar Valley are currently on display as part of the “Poetic Passages: Burchfield from the Munson Museum of Art” exhibit at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, through July 27, 2025: “Flame of Spring” (1948), an inspired forest interior painted in the Big Woods, “Lace Gables” (1935), an ornate Gothic farmhouse that enchanted Burchfield so much he returned to paint it several times, and “Village in the Swamps” (1930), a late evening view looking down over the Village of Gowanda as Burchfield emerged on a ridge from a day of painting in the Big Woods, described by Burchfield as his favorite painting completed that year. “Poetic Passages” is a rare opportunity to see the entire Burchfield collection of the Munson Museum of Art, along with select Burchfield Penney collection sketches. The exhibit is a celebration of Burchfield’s lifetime of art across each of his style periods, including one of his masterpieces, “The Sphinx and the Milky Way” (1946).

Charles Burchfield Day: In the Footsteps of Charles Burchfield
2025-08-09 12:30 - 13:30
Art in the forest! We’ll take a walk in Charles Burchfield’s “Big Woods” for en plein air painting/sketching guided by local artist Thomas Annear and accompanied by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Scholar at the Burchfield Penney Art Center and author of “Charles E. Burchfield: The Sacred Woods.” Bring your own art materials of choice, sketchpad or travel easel, and portable chair if desired. We’ll be creating art independently (not a classroom outing).
Pre-registration required. Please register below.
Registered attendees meet at the Holcomb Pond trailhead on Vail Road in Collins.
OUTING LEVEL: Short and easy walk over mostly level terrain on a well-established trail. Footwear for a trail walk and long pants recommended. Please bring a sack lunch, water, and snacks, an outdoor seat if desired, and anything that makes you comfortable in the outdoors – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, etc.
Burchfield discovered Zoar Valley in the 1920’s shortly after moving to Buffalo. He fondly named the forests in and around the Gowanda canyons “the Big Woods.” A pantheist at heart, Burchfield regarded forests as sacred spaces, and Zoar certainly held this draw for him. Burchfield returned to the forests of Zoar over more than 40 years to paint expressions of his relationship with nature in what he described as his “forest interior” works: “Flame of Spring” (1948), “Light Coming into a Woods” (1954), “Arctic Owl and Winter Moon” (1960), “Eye of God in a Woods” (1949; reworked in1962 as “Presence of God in a Woods”), “Clatter of Crows in Spring Woods” (1949), “Fires of Spring in Big Woods” (1951), and “Hemlock in November” (1947-1966) (the last painting Burchfield worked on), among Burchfield’s many other works in and around Zoar Valley. Burchfield also expressed Zoar’s beauty in viewscapes: “March Sunlight” (1926-1934), “The Cliff” (1928), “March Day at Gowanda” (1926-1933), and “Lavender and Old Lace” (1939-1947), among others.
NOT TO BE MISSED! Three of Burchfield’s paintings in Zoar Valley are currently on display as part of the “Poetic Passages: Burchfield from the Munson Museum of Art” exhibit at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, through July 27, 2025: “Flame of Spring” (1948), an inspired forest interior painted in the Big Woods, “Lace Gables” (1935), an ornate Gothic farmhouse that enchanted Burchfield so much he returned to paint it several times, and “Village in the Swamps” (1930), a late evening view looking down over the Village of Gowanda as Burchfield emerged on a ridge from a day of painting in the Big Woods, described by Burchfield as his favorite painting completed that year. “Poetic Passages” is a rare opportunity to see the entire Burchfield collection of the Munson Museum of Art, along with select Burchfield Penney collection sketches. The exhibit is, an exuberant celebration of Burchfield’s lifetime of art across each of his style periods, including one of his masterpieces, “The Sphinx and the Milky Way” (1946).

Thomas Annear. Originally from Alexandria, Virginia, Tom Annear lived and worked as an artist in a variety of places before moving to Fredonia, New York in June 2000. Since graduating with a BFA in painting from Rutgers University in 1995, his work shifted from political and abstract pieces to paintings that focus on contemporary uses of our environment and a strong sense of place.
Over the past 25 years, Tom has been creating a series of plein air paintings, “Landscape of Change,” that celebrate the beauty and history of local agricultural communities. Through these works, he has sought to capture the unique geography, weather patterns, and natural resources of Western New York. Increasingly, issues such as conservation, local food networks, and sustainability have become central to his work.
For more information and to explore Tom Annear’s many painting journeys, please visit www.ThomasAnnear.com.

Darling Family Day: Tree Planting Ceremony to Honor the Darlings
2025-08-16 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for a very special tree planting ceremony open to the public to honor the Darling Family and their many land gifts in Zoar Valley!
Help us say thank you for land gifts to the public over six decades by Herbert Sr. & Bertha Darling, Herbert Jr. and Jane Darling, and the Darling Family. Their generous land gifts in Zoar also helped form nature preserves by The Nature Conservancy and The Nature Sanctuary Society of Western New York.
While many people have worked to preserve and protect Zoar Valley, it all started with the gifts to The People of New York State made in the spirit of conservation and sharing access to the great outdoors embodied by the Darling family.
Herbert Darling, Jr. and the Darling Family have also played a major role in the conservation work being done to restore the American Chestnut tree to Eastern forests through their work at the William White American Chestnut Plantation in Zoar Valley.
This event is open to the public. Come out to Zoar to say thank you to the Darlings! There will be live music by Jane Hereth.
We’re planting two White Oak trees, both generously donated by Chestnut Ridge Nursery, Inc., www.chestnutridgenursery.com
The ceremony is next to the Ross Pond Trailhead parking lot at Vail and Unger Roads in the Town of Collins.

HIKE - Forest Bathing Walk
2025-08-16 12:00 - 14:00
As part of the Darling Family Day celebration, we’ll take in the generously gifted natural environment with a forest bathing walk after the tree planting ceremony in honor of the Darling Family. Certified Forest Bathing instructor Jennifer Fendya will lead us on this rejuvenating walk through the woods as we immerse our senses in nature. Come out and enjoy the proven benefits of forest bathing on our physical and mental well-being, including lowering stress levels and boosting creativity.
Pre-registration required. Please register below.
Registrants meet at the Holcomb Pond trailhead on Vail Road in Collins.
OUTING LEVEL: Easy walk over mostly even terrain on marked trails. Forest bathing stools will be provided. Sturdy footwear and long pants recommended. Please bring a sack lunch, water, and snacks, and anything that makes you comfortable in the woods – hat, insect repellent, etc.
OUTING LEADER: Jennifer Fendya is certified by the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT) and has led forest bathing walks in and beyond Western NY since 2017. She is a Psychologist, Sandplay therapist, practitioner of Miksang contemplative photography, and facilitator of climate-related listening circles for Healing Circles Global and Climate Psychology Alliance.

Zoar Valley BioBlitz 2026!
2026-05-15 08:00 - 2026-07-15 19:00 | Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area and Unique Area
The 2026 BioBlitz in Zoar Valley is underway!
Head to the outdoors and help us identify birds, bugs, wildlife, plants, trees, fungi, and more using the iNaturalist app!
No special skills required. You can easily contribute to the ever-expanding database of flora and fauna in Zoar Valley.
Check out our BioBlitz page on this website for more details.
iNaturalist page for Zoar Valley BioBlitz 2026: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/zoar-valley-bioblitz-2026
Youtube link for our Introduction to iNaturalist video: http://www.youtube.com/@zoarvalleycoalition
