Chautauqua Lake

Doug Conroe, Executive Director of the Chautauqua Lake Association, pulls up the sonde used to collect multiple types of data from Chautauqua Lake during the biweekly lake test on Sunday, Aug 18, 2019. ALEXANDER WADLEY/STAFF

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 about weeds, algae and land use as they relate to

His great-grandfather piloted steamboats around Chautauqua Lake. A fifth-generation resident of Bemus Point and self-described “lake rat,” Fletcher “Ned” Ward grew up across the street from the L-S Aero Marine supply store. Surrounded by fishing

Betsy Burgeson believes Chautauquans can make a big impact with small gardens. “Such minor changes can have a humongous impact,” Burgeson said. “Everyone can do a little and that means we can do a lot.”