Area is lightly forested, with many lakes, ponds, streams. Outstanding waterfowl, deer, turkey hunting. Finger Lakes, Lake Ontario, and many inland lakes, ponds, streams provided trout, salmon, bass, walleye fishing. Diverse topography, from rugged hills and valleys in southern tier to trolling hills of northern Finger Lakes plus flatlands and open fields of the Great Lakes plains to the north. Buffalo-Chautauqua Lakes Ontario and Erie provide excellent bass, trout, salmon, walleye fishing.
Many inland lakes offer outstanding fishing.
Excellent small game, turkey, waterfowl, deer hunting. Flatlands, rolling hills, open fields predominant. In extreme south area. Allegheny Mtns. provide dense forest. Chautauqua Lake ranks third in angler use among inland waters in New York State, and is nationally renowned for muskie and walleye.