The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy staff gets asked numerous questions about watersheds and water quality. Here are some of our more...

Our Loomis Goose Creek Preserve Osprey triplets are getting close to fledging! While dad Hauke keeps bringing fresh fish to fulfill their...

When we think of the color blue, what comes to mind? A cloudless sky? Our wondrous open spaces? Crystal-clear water? The color blue has...

We recently partnered with the Mental Health Association of Chautauqua County and Roger Tory Peterson Institute for a unique art project...

Our Loomis Goose Creek Preserve Osprey triplets are now 5 to 6 weeks old and thriving, despite days of extreme heat and heavy downpours....

Our first two aquatic invasive species (AIS) surveys for 2024 are in the books! For our first paddle (launching from McCrea Point Park),...

Growing up in Chautauqua County, I always believed that I would one day leave and relocate to a larger city with more to offer. My...

Look how much our Loomis Goose Creek Osprey triplets have grown just in the last week! They developed from downy chicks to birds that...

The countywide, interactive Chautauqua County Trails & Recreation Map has been released! Find the online version at www.chqtrails.org....

There’s over 4 million miles of road in the United States. We are tied to our vehicles like they are a part of our family. We even name...

This summer, we’re once again conducting aquatic invasive species (AIS) surveys and monitoring in and around Chautauqua Lake! We’ll kick...

Congratulations are in order for Hauke and Femke, our resident Osprey pair at the Loomis Goose Creek Preserve! They are now the proud...

(This small remnant wetland pictured above stands between the Wegmans-Target parking lot and Chautauqua Lake, trapping mud, nutrients,...

Creating a wildlife habitat garden that attracts birds, butterflies, and other neighborhood wildlife, and also helps water quality, is...

Exciting news! One of the new Osprey nesting platforms that we installed just over a week ago has already been discovered by a young...

Spring has seriously sprung these days, and the abundance of life around us is absolutely exhilarating. Within a few short weeks, trees...

There are now three more Osprey nesting platforms around Chautauqua Lake! On Friday, April 26th, new platforms were installed at Camp...

The next phase of our latest Chadakoin River restoration work has begun! With help from 13 volunteers from National Fuel on April 24th,...

Good news to report from the Loomis Goose Creek Osprey nest! Our pair produced their first egg, on April 24th, more or less on the...

Only fifteen percent. That’s approximately the amount of natural shoreline currently remaining on Chautauqua Lake. What does that mean...