A 225-acre Bond Road property was added to the Bozen Kill Preserve in 2024, expanding the Bozen Kill Conservation Corridor to nearly 700 acres of protected land between Bozen Kill Preserve and Wolf Creek Falls Preserve. The Bozen Kill flows from the Helderberg Mountains over the traditional lands of the Mohawk and Mohican peoples, and the dense forests along its steep-sided ravine help protect water quality by holding stream banks, reducing erosion, and keeping waters cool and clean as they flow to the Watervliet Reservoir, a source serving more than 30,000 residents in the Town of Guilderland and City of Watervliet. Early European settlers clear cut much of the surrounding forest for pasture, lumber, and fuel, and an American Revolution reference recounts months of cutting and burning by the Van Auken brothers, who owned and farmed land along the Bozen Kill on both sides of what is now Westfall Road. In the 1970s, a committee to save the Bozen Kill successfully opposed proposed Interstate 88 routes that would have significantly impacted the stream and surrounding area. The corridor is identified as a conservation priority for biological diversity and climate resiliency, and black bears, bobcats, and fishers depend on its large tracts of land and limited human disturbance, with most of the corridor preserved for wildlife, plants, and geology.