New York Wild: Web Cameras (Includes a view from the INWR Kestrel Cam)

updated on: July 31, 2008

The Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Inc. (FINWR) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness of the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and to helping the community understand its mission and goals.

FINWR has secured funding from the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Centennial Legacy Fund, the Wild Birds Unlimited Pathways to Nature Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Iroquois Job Corp, as well as help from our members. More funding is needed. FINWR is able to raise funds to be allocated for specific, much-needed projects on the refuge.

How to be a Friend!

Here are the current (Summer/Fall) volunteer opportunities.PDF

 

 

  • FINWR can use your help in many interesting ways. Opportunities for donating your time are available (select the "Help Wanted" sign above) for those that like to reach out and meet other people as well as for those that like to work behind the scenes. Please contact the refuge at (585)-948-5445 or click on join now.

Reasons for supporting Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Inc

  • Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (INWR) is the ONLY National Wildlife Refuge in Western New York
  • INWR is visited by an estimated 40,000 people each year. These visitors include hikers, photographers, bird watchers, hunters, fishermen, and students of conservation and wildlife.
  • Donations to FINWR may qualify for matching funds.
  • Donations are tax deductable. FINWR is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Check with your tax advisor.

    FINWR has also provided financial support to INWR for other projects, which include:

  • Provided camera equipment for live views of the eagle and kestrel nests
  • Swallow Hollow Nature Trail was completed and dedicated.
  • Benches for trails (sit and observe the wildlife!)
  • Support for outreach and educational programs such as the Canisius Ambassadors in Conservation program
  • Water control structure was purchased and installed
  • Support for Iroquois Observations program (information is also available at http://www.buffaloaudubon.com/iroquoisobservations.htm) Download a copy of the schedule here
  • And More!!!

     

 

Fresh Start in Front

With the help of a small grant, the Friends were able to re-landscape the front of the Refuge headquarters. Refuge staff tore out the old, and Jeff Thompson and Associates, a Newfane landscaping firm, toted in the new---all native plants, with one exception. (See if you can find it!) It will take a few years for the new plantings to get established and start to fill out. In the meantime, we hope to add some color and variety by interplanting some local perennials. Anyone with a green thumb is welcome to help.

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1101 Casey Road
Basom, New York 14013
(585)-948-5445
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