Breaking News

Making The Normal, Special

I am often grateful for living where I do, specifically having such easy access to nature and a job that allows me to explore it to a degree few people are regularly able to. This leads me to see lots of neat things. I get to see exciting birds like swans, ducks of all sorts, and my first ...

What To Do With Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Forms

Question: I got a Medicare Prescription Payment Plan form from my insurance company, am I supposed to signing up for this? Answer: The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan is a brand new option for those with Medicare Part D coverage. We call this option the M3P, so you may see it referred to as that. The M3P option allows you to spread out the high cost of your medications across the entire year of 2025. If you complete this form and mail it back to your Insurance Company, when you go to the pharmacy you will not have to pay for your medication and will instead receive a monthly bill ...

What Are Nature Preserves?

What are nature preserves, and why does Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy have them? Our planet has a total of 6,555 national parks. Nature preserves are essential to protecting our natural world’s diverse species of flora and fauna. A nature preserve is an area of land set aside from ...

How To Help Your Tropical Plants Survive The Winter Blues

Dreaming of a beach vacation? My guess is you’re picturing a palm tree. Fantasizing about life on a remote island? You’re probably envisioning a walk among birds of paradise, cannas and bananas. Nothing conjures up the feeling of the tropics like giant, lush-leaved plants, and if you ...

Let The Leaves Fall

As the late summer yellows and purples of goldenrod and aster fade and hummingbirds wave good-bye to western New York, we watch in awe as nature shares her graceful surrender to change with a gradual chorus of color that sings to our senses and plays to our eyes as their leaves dance and sway ...