I drive by this location about once a week and this spot has
intrigued me for quite a bit. The cache is located on the edge of
Tifft Nature Preserve along Tifft Street. No need to worry about
the preserve being open as the cache is just off a paved path.
The Tifft Nature Preserve is run by the Buffalo Museum of
Science, it is located in the southwest corner of Buffalo, 3 miles
from downtown. This 264-acre habitat features walking trails, a
75-acre freshwater cattail marsh, and man-made water bodies,
formerly used as shipping canals. Wild plants and animals abound
throughout the year. Tifft’s location near the Lake Erie shoreline
often attracts over 200 species of birds annually. The cattail
marsh teems with life during the summer. Tracks in snow give clues
to animal behavior in winter. The Makowski Visitor Center offers
visitor services. The Preserve is dedicated to conservation and
environmental education. Located in a unique urban setting,
formerly called Tifft Farms, named 150 years ago and used as
livestock yard, dairy farm, and railroad yard over the years, Tifft
now provides valuable habitats for wildlife. Admission is free;
donations gratefully accepted. Visitor Highlights include Five
miles of nature trails – trail map and rules available at Visitor
Center Three boardwalks with viewing blinds in and adjacent to
cattail marsh Trails open year around during daylight hours Guided
walks— Thursdays 10 am– 12 pm; $2.00 donation. Official “Important
Bird Area” offers outstanding bird watching Fishing at Lake Kirsty
Only (Except North Shoreline) Snowshoe rental Discovery Kit Rentals
Cross-country skiing permitted, may see live animals also.*
I’m not sure if this “thing” lost its battle to high winds or
snow from the October 2006 storm, but none the less it’s kinda neat
looking. If you look north the only building you can see is the top
floors of One HSBC Center. Looking southwest you can see the eight
windmills that just went live early in the summer of 2007. Looking
due west are some old grain elevators. For the longest time a very
large boat was docked next to them. It was shipped to Asia in late
July 2007 to be cut down into scrap.
You are looking for a .30 cal ammo can stocked with the usual
goodies. There is a log book, pen and a FTF prize. Please put the
cache back exactly as you found it. Enjoy and please be safe. CITO
when you can, it could use it.
*info obtained from wikipedia.org
