Hand Hollow Conservation Area provides critical wildlife habitat and includes ponds, a lake, wetlands, marshes, hardwood swamp, streams, fields, meadows and vernal pools. Beaver ponds on the eastern side of the property provide important habitat for nesting great blue heron, otters and waterfowl.
433 acres
New Lebanon
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Telephone: 518-392-5252
Address: Parking areas on Rt. 9 and on Gale Hill Road, New Lebanon, NY
Website: Columbia Land Conservancy's Hand Hollow Conservation Area (This link leaves DEC's website)
Photo credits: Columbia Land Conservancy