Canal Forest Restoration Project

04/20/2026

10/31/2023

You're invited to Rice Creek on 11/11 to Experience Rice Creek: Current Discoveries, Research, & Projects~
Learning about their small grants program since 1996~Meeting the '23 award recipient's & hearing about their projects.
Join to learn more at RCA annual social & presentation event, for an opportunity to submit your own project at Rice Creek
~Call for proposals open thru February 2024~
For more information contact [email protected]

10/27/2023

Thanks to the help of our wonderful volunteers, we have dozens of tree seedlings ready for new homes! Our fall giveaway runs tonight, Friday, Oct 27 from 4:30-7 pm, and tomorrow (while supplies last), 10 am-1 pm. Stop by to pick up as many seedlings as you can plant of these varieties: white oak, swamp white oak, bur oak, and tupelo (limited supplies of the last two).

We hope to see you there! Rice Creek Field Station, 193 Thompson Road, Oswego, NY 13126.

09/13/2022

It is seed collection time!

Now is the time to begin looking for and collecting the seeds of our focal tree species- White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Bur Oak, and Tupelo. This is one of the best ways to support the Canal Forest Restoration Project and we greatly appreciate all the help we can get!

We ask that seeds given to us be labeled with a date, location, and contact information. Also, a twig sample from the tree greatly helps with our identification, if you are able to include that as well.

Once you have collected the seeds they can be brought directly to Rice Creek Field Station or sent to our Mailing Address: Rice Creek
Field Station, SUNY Oswego, 1020 State Route 104, Oswego, NY, 13126.

In Oswego and other cities these tree species are often used as decorative street trees, which is a good place to start looking if you don't know where to find any.

If you need more information about identifying these species or how to properly send them in, please email [email protected] with subject line Seed Collection Information and we will send you pdfs with that information. Any other questions can also be sent to this email!