Happy holidays to you! As we close out one year and look forward with anticipation to a new year, we tally our accomplishments of 2022. CWC’s team of scientists and conservationists carried out an ambitious array of activities to further our mission to preserve and enhance the water quality, ...
I recently moved into a new house. Big changes like that bring turbulence to the routines of life, but things slowly start to settle into place again. Now it is starting to feel less strange and more comfortable, more like my own. In this time of settling down, I look around at my new ...
Our wonderful Chautauqua Lake this autumn — her surface, like glass, reflecting the stunningly vibrant and beautiful fall colors. What a spectacular sight! Reds, oranges, yellows, and greens all dancing and shimmering on her surface, swaying and drifting in concert with the waves and ...
Audubon is home to a number of animal ambassadors. Most of these are well known to our visitors: birds of prey, snakes, turtles, fish, hellbenders, and an ancient one-eyed toad. These animals serve a valuable role at Audubon. They teach visitors about native species, various animal ...
Each year, Thanksgiving provides us with an opportunity to reflect and recognize all that we are thankful for. As part of a course I’m taking, I’m currently learning about a technique called appreciative inquiry. We’re learning to focus our questions and discussions on the positive. ...
We think of autumn as a time of harvest and brilliant color, a time when we can start to read more books and slow down and not feel so guilty doing so. Some might think of it as the ‘waiting room’ of the holidays, anxious to put up their lights and greenery. Still more might see work ...
