This forest, growing adjacent to the Genesee River, has a rich habitat and even richer history. With multiple gullies and creeks on the preserve, a variety of plants and animals thrive here. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, this unique property was once the site of two wooden fencelike structures, or palisades, built by the Onon:dowa'ga:' (pronounced: Oh-n'own-dough-wahgah), known today as the Seneca.