environment

Twan Leenders’ BTG Lake Walk to Focus on How to Protect Region’s Rare Species

by Julia Preszler on July 14, 2019

Twan Leenders Chautauqua County is home to a wide variety of animals, some of which are incredibly rare. Twan Leenders, president of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, will discuss some of these

Memorandum Aims to Foster Collaboration Among Lake Stakeholders

by Julia Preszler on July 13, 2019

Photo by Buffalo Drone Photography Town of Ellery, only entity to decline signing MOA, has herbicide permit denied by NYSDEC

Bird, Tree & Garden Guide Terry Mosher to Combine Natural and Lyrical in ‘The Things Birds Do to Poets’

by Julia Preszler on July 10, 2019

Terry Mosher will lead a workshop on bird-inspired poetry today in the Roger Tory Peterson outdoor classroom. Birds, with their

Rae Wynn-Grant to Speak on Importance of Ecological Conservation

by Evan Dean on July 9, 2019

Rae Wynn-Grant is dedicated to fostering greater understanding of a peaceful, conservation-minded coexistence: between people and large carnivores. Wynn-Grant will

Biology Professor Bridget Stutchbury to Speak on Bird Conservation

by Julia Preszler on July 8, 2019

Submitted Photo One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to BirdLife International’s 2018 report, “The State of the

Bee-lieve it: Beekeepers to Give Talk on Importance of Pollination in Ecosystems

by Julia Preszler on July 7, 2019

Today, Chautauquans can swarm into Smith Wilkes Hall for an un-bee-lievable Bird, Tree & Garden Club talk on beekeeping. Three beekeepers will present “The Zen of Beekeeping: Backyard Hives for Flowers, Honey and the

At First Meeting, POWR Discusses Street Lights and Water

by Maggie Prosser on July 6, 2019

Mike Starks Property Owners Who Rent — a subdivision of the Chautauqua Property Owners Association — held its first meeting of

In Good Year for Population, Jack Gulvin Continues Purple Martin Chats

by Julia Preszler on July 4, 2019

As soon as Jack Gulvin turned a crank that lifted up a rack of nests in white, basketball-sized gourds, purple martins

Biochemistry Professor Greg Boyer to Speak on Algae for BTG Brown Bag

by Julia Preszler on July 1, 2019

Greg Boyer, Director, Great Lakes Research Consortium, Professor of Biochemistry SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry The Bird,

BTG Offers Wednesday Tours of Fletcher Music Hall Gardens

by Julia Preszler on July 1, 2019

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

Bird, Tree & Garden Club Partners with Local Grower for Native Plant Sale

by Julia Preszler on June 27, 2019

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. She prepares weekly batches of produce for her 25 Community-Supported

CLA Macrophyte Report Finds Healthy Amounts of Threatened Plant Species in Lake

by Julia Preszler on June 26, 2019

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

Hurlbut Church Goes Green

by Julia Preszler on June 25, 2019

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

Area Stakeholders Gather at First Conference to Discuss Health of Chautauqua Lake

by Julia Preszler on June 22, 2019

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

Video: Calming the stormwater

by Chautauquan Daily on August 18, 2017

https://youtu.be/jqYHkVyxik8 Chautauqua Institution is building rain gardens and permeable pavement in order to limit lake pollution from stormwater runoff.

How Chautauqua Institution uses plants and pavement to combat pollution in the lake

by Alex Meyer on August 17, 2017

At Chautauqua, when it rains, it pours. And when it pours, rainwater picks up pollutants and flows into the lake. Chautauqua Institution, though, has several safeguards in place that limit stormwater runoff with nutrients, such

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