Reinstein Woods Annual Fall Festival
Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
All Day Events
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
