While walking on Audubon’s trails, which I often do with a friend who is very familiar with mushrooms, she casually mentioned something that has changed my view on autumn. Crouched down on her knees getting a closer look at a growing mushroom, she said: “You know, this is the best time to ...

Anyone familiar with Chautauqua Lake knows that no two years are exactly alike. Conditions can shift dramatically depending on weather, water levels, and activities across the surrounding watershed. While some trends play out slowly, localized issues like algal blooms, plant overgrowth, or fish ...

As late summer sets in, it is the perfect time to go outside and look for butterflies and moths. Butterflies can be found in open areas fluttering around near flowers. Worldwide there are an estimated 180,000 butterfly and moth species but even here at Audubon you can find a wide diversity ...

A watershed is an area of land where all the water – whether from rain, snowmelt, springs, or creeks – drains into a common water body, such as a river, lake, or ocean. Think of it like a giant funnel: everything that falls within its boundaries eventually flows to the same destination. If ...

Summertime comes with lengthy days, warm sunshine, beach visits, and beautiful greenery in the forest. However, summertime also comes with mosquitos, biting flies, and other insects that we consider bothersome and can leave us with red itchy splotches on our skin. To combat the irksome ...

You might think I’m a little crazy, but even with 68 acres full of milkweed, goldenrod, and joe-pye weed, I couldn’t bring myself to mow over one tiny milkweed by the mailbox. My husband laughed as I swerved the mower around it. We mow less these days, so why not let it grow? One more ...