11th Annual Fall at Festival Reinstein Woods - Saturday, September 17
Location
Kick off the fall season by spending a day in the woods. Enjoy crafts for kids, live animals, hands-on activities, food, live music by Nan Hoffman and more. No registration required for this event.
Decorate your own walking stick!
- Interactive exhibits from local nature and historical organizations
- Learn how "robo-deer" help DEC catch criminals
- Have your picture taken as a DEC Spill Responder
- Live animals
- Games
- Food
- Go on a nature scavenger hunt and win a prize
- Decorate a walking stick
- Kids: try "snow"shoeing in a winter wildlife exhibit
- Create a fall leaf vest and tree cookie necklace
- Make an emerald ash borer mask and play the alien invaders game
- Explore the amazing world of the pond
- Make a nature button
- Toddler Zone for kids ages 0 to 3 and their caregivers
- Face painting, costumed characters, and more!
Scoop for critters in Lily Pond!
Special Events
Duties of a DEC Detector Dog demonstrations by ECO Hunt and Matz at 10:30 AM
Musical performances by Nan Hoffman at 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Live animals from the Buffalo Zoo from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Exhibitors
DEC Exhibitors: Law Enforcement, Spill Response, and Wildlife
See live animals from our exhibitors!
Other Exhibitors: Buffalo Zoo, Cheektowaga Historical Association, Cheektowaga Police Department, Cheektowaga YES, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo/GrowWNY, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Earth Spirit, Erie County Dept. of Environmental Protection, Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve, Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Messinger Woods, Lost Ladybug Project, New York Power Authority, NYS Parks, Niagara Frontier Koi & Pond Club, Penn Dixie Paleontological Society, Public Service Commission, SPCA Wildlife Department, Tifft Nature Preserve, US Fish & Wildlife Service, WNY Energy Smart Communities
