Annual Fall Festival At Reinstein Woods
The 23rd Annual Fall Festival was on Saturday, September 16, 2023
We encourage people to bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated during the festival. You may want to bring a reusable bag to carry handouts home. A donation to Friends of Reinstein Woods is gratefully requested at the door to cover festival expenses. No registration required.
Green your transportation by riding the Parks Adventure Bus to the Festival! The bus will arrive at the festival at 9:50 AM, 11:50 AM, and 1:50 PM and departs for Metropolitan Transportation Center at 12:15 PM, 2:15PM, and 4:15 PM. See the NFTA website for more details.
See the 23rd Annual Fall Festival event page (leaves DEC website) for the most up to date list of exhibitors and special events.
Enjoy These Activities
- Visit with Buffalo Zoo Animals (11 AM - 2 PM) and other live animals on exhibit!
- Wildlife Talk from the Wildlife Department of the SPCA Serving Erie County (time TBA)
- Discover how NYS Forest Rangers fight wildfires at their demonstration! (time TBA)
- Explore critters living in the Lily Pond
- Kids can make Nature Crafts
- Take part in a Scavenger Hunt and win a prize
- Become a Scientist in the Science Zone!
- See how well you do in the Wildlife Spotter's Challenge
- Interact with costumed characters
- Go on a birding or nature walk!
- Food from Boy Scout Troop 500
- Facepainting with Cheektowaga YES (11 AM - 3 PM)
- Music with Buffalo Ukulele Club (11:30 AM and 12:45 PM)
2023 Special Events
SPCA Serving Erie County Wildlife Department (Time TBA)
Learn how the SPCA rehabilitates injured wildlife and meet some animals they have helped.
The Job of A Forest Ranger (Time TBA)
Enjoy an interactive show featuring tools of the trade for a DEC Forest Ranger.
Birding and Nature Walks
Visit the 23rd Annual Fall Festival event page (leaves DEC website) for a schedule of times.
2023 Exhibitors
Enjoy interactive exhibits from nature and environmental organizations!
- Adirondack Mountain Club
- B WELL (Buffalo Women for Environmental Leadership and Learning)
- Birds on Niagara Festival
- Buffalo Audubon Society
- Buffalo Geological Society, Inc.
- Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- Buffalo Zoo
- Cheektowaga Historical Association
- Cheektowaga YES (Youth Engaged in Service)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County- Master Gardner Program
- Cradle Beach, Inc.
- DEC Forest Protection
- DEC Division of Lands & Forests
- DEC Law Enforcement
- Earth Spirit Educational Services
- Erie County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Explore and More Museum
- Friends of Reinstein Woods
- Girl Scouts of WNY
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Niagara Frontier Search and Rescue Team
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
- SPCA Serving Erie County Wildlife Department
- Tifft Nature Preserve
- Tobacco Free Roswell Park
- Tropical Fish Club of Erie County
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- WNY PRISM
- WNY Young Birder Club and the Spark Bird Project