As we close out one year and look forward to another, let’s look back at 2023 and the accomplishments of the Chautauqua Watershed...

It’s a wrap on our LakeScapes program for 2023, and it remains as popular as ever! This year, Conservationist Carol Markham provided...

Backyard bird feeding is a wonderful way to connect to our own yards, learn about our western NY bird species, and help our feathered...

As we approach the cold, beautiful winter here in Western New York, I was taken aback as a transplant to the area to find out that salt...

As we find ourselves bundling up, heading outside, and putting our lawns and backyards to bed for the winter, it may be difficult to...

Expect to see some increased activity in the downtown Jamestown area over the next several weeks as the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy,...

If you have been to meetings about the management of Chautauqua Lake’s plants or algae in the last 30 years, then you’ve likely heard...

It is no surprise that spending a leisurely summer afternoon on Chautauqua Lake, or one of the other county lakes, is a wonderful way to...

On Saturday, October 14th, we held a ribbon cutting ceremony and nature walk to officially open our Cassadaga Lakes Nature Park and...

(from left: Board Chairwoman Becky Nystrom, Wilson Huhn, and Executive Director Whitney Gleason) We are excited to share that we'll be...

Fall is such a wonderful time of year . . . leaves changing color, air crisp and cool, pumpkin spice lattes . . . yum! Fall is also a...

The autumnal equinox is upon us. September 23rd will officially be the end of this amazing summer we’ve had and will be the beginning of...

When my wife and I moved into our house in Lakewood, the front yard was completely void of trees. The house sits on a north-south street,...

Imagine Chautauqua County as a living, breathing entity, with water as its lifeblood. Just as our own health depends on a...

Our 2022-2023 annual report is out! Read about our strategic conservation mapping project, our conservation of an additional 139 acres of...

We appreciate your generosity in support of our work to protect and improve the health and vitality of our region’s lakes and watersheds!

It has often been said amongst old hydrologists that the lake at the bottom of a watershed contains all that exists in that watershed –...

Of course, there are far more than two species of tree in Jamestown, but I want to highlight two types of trees: beneficial native ones...

July is here. In Chautauqua Lake, aquatic plants are growing abundantly, and algae is beginning to bloom. This lake is fed water and...

Per an insistent recommendation from a wonderful friend, I have finally started reading the book, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall...