As Red-winged Blackbirds and American Robins reappear, spring has finally arrived! The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy has some great events planned this spring, and we hope you will come out and join us as we come together to learn more about the health and protection of our waterways and get ...

The owl hooted as soon as I pulled the last plug and the landscape around me plunged into darkness. It was an eerie, high pitched sound that would have terrified me when I was a child. The dark is now an old friend that rarely frightens me, but as a child the dark was terrifying. It was ...

Springtime in the woodlands and wetlands of Western New York is a treasured time of rebirth, revelation, and resilience, advancing reliably even amid late season snows, dreary gray days, and cool wet weather. Spring’s unfolding brings renewal and hope after the long months of winter’s ...

To me, the best parts of nature are the things that change, the parts that keep you on your toes and create a spark of anticipation inside of you. When will I see the first green leaves of spring or hear the first cicadas of the summer? When will the first leaves start turning red, or the ...

As winter winds down and the snow melts away, the green world stirs. Birds and other wild creatures start to venture out, drowsy from their cozy burrows and long sleeps. We also start to see that most dependable of signatures of spring – the drift of trash left behind by melting snow. ...

If I wrap my arms tightly around a tree, and press my ear to its trunk on a sunny, March afternoon, I think I should be able to hear its pulse; the pushing of sap from roots to crown, the seasonal resurgence of energy from earth toward sky. I can’t, of course, but it would be one of my ...