Our lakes are hungry for help! We are all aware of the excessive algae and plant growth we have been struggling with in our lakes. There are many factors that can promote and contribute to algal blooms and excessive plant growth. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can occur in fresh, salt, or brackish ...

I recently visited Charleston, S.C., a city full of history, tourist attractions, and beautiful buildings on the Atlantic Coast. We spent much of the day walking around the city. I’m not accustomed to the crowds, traffic, and city noise. After a day of walking, I was tired. I was grateful ...

For many reasons, Chautauqua Lake discussions tend to lean towards the green, leafy things that are affecting or can affect it. Whether it be the wonderfully vibrant vegetative buffers that we encourage along its edge, the vast plant beds that cover its shallower areas, or the unfortunate ...

Spring is finally here, and like the old saying goes: April showers bring May flowers. Well, this April, nature has decided to forgo simple showers and go full force with storms. Thunder, lightning, hail, wind. The weather has been a force to be reckoned with. Here at Audubon,quite a few ...

Spring in Western New York can be less than inviting. In months where others see the first blooming flowers and ever warming days, we often have grey skies and can have rain, snow, and temperatures anywhere from 20 to 80 degrees. As a grownup, I look outside on these grey days and think ...

Spring arrives with fairly stunning regularity. My nature journal shows that last year the phoebe arrived on March 31. This year, it was March 26. The year before was March 27 and the year before that, March 26. The trend continues going back, not that it is a decades-long journal. Phoebe, ...