Environment

Bird, Tree & Garden Club Guide Sara Baker Michalak wraps up the tour at Odland Plaza by describing the design of the gardens outside the

Like many aging industrial cities, Erie, Pennsylvania, grapples with great challenges. Blight, poverty, deteriorating infrastructure and an eroding tax base are the opening lines of a

Just a few minutes down the road from Chautauqua Institution, landscaper and gardener Adrienne Ploss manages a multi-faceted operation on 96 acres at Hickory Hurst Farm.

  Racine-Johnson Aquatic Ecologists gathered plants from the bottom of Chautauqua Lake as part of its 2019 report on the presence and abundance of aquatic

  The Hurlbut Church Meal Ministry is going green. Chautauquans who attend the church’s weekday lunches or Sunday lemonade stand and barbecue will notice that the

More than a hundred community members gathered on Saturday, June 15, ahead of the summer season at the first Chautauqua Lake Conference to learn more

As if on cue, the rain that persisted during most of the morning Thursday let up just in time for the ribbon- cutting as part of

From decorative additions to complete renovations, Chautauqua Institution faced over 40 construction projects this off-season. Despite the magnitude of these changes, John Shedd, vice president

Next summer, before the season begins, Chautauqua Institution will host a day-long conference, holding an open discussion with community members concerning Chautauqua Lake. Gathering various

Jeff Zellers grew up spending his summers around Chautauqua Lake with his family at the Institution. Zellers said it’s fun to think about his progress

Caroline Van Kirk Bissell started coming to Chautauqua in 1946. A certain presence caught her attention and fascination from a young age, swirling in the

A love for nature has driven Molly Meyer to find her own way to combat risks and challenges facing the environment. Molly Meyer Founder and

Getting a picture of life for people around this region 100 years ago is diffcult, given the advancements in so many facets of life since

To understand the quality of any structure, it’s best to start at the base. Regarding the health of a body of water, it’s smart to

Throughout their development as a species, humans have learned from the environment and species that have surrounded them. As humanity’s footprints become harder to ignore,

Trees have been here long before humanity made its mark on Earth’s landscape. Their centuries-long lives are hard for people to fathom, and their silent