Chautauqua Lake

Nestled in Ellery, there is a forest thick with towering trees and winding streams in the watershed of Chautauqua Lake. Birds chirp and float from branch to branch as the flora and fauna bask in

Photo by Buffalo Drone Photography Town of Ellery, only entity to decline signing MOA, has herbicide permit denied by NYSDEC   After several years of disagreement over herbicide use in Chautauqua Lake, more than a dozen

As closely as does anyone in Chautauqua County, Pierre Chagnon personifies the answer to a question often asked of the county executive. The question is, “What are you doing about the lake?” Chagnon sits at the intersection of several lines of county, municipality, organizational and foundation

The story of Chautauqua Lake is one of its relationship with people. The lake has attracted people from Native American mound builders to European settlers and soldiers, to farmers and manufacturers, to the members of