2+ day, 30+ min ago  (78+ words) observertoday. com Many birds, including Blue Jays, feed on Staghorn Sumac berries in late winter. They are also both remarkably unfussy trees. They live in yards, along roadsides, on the edges of forests, and in abandoned grasslands. It accepts bright…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (298+ words) A Red Sunset Maple tree was planted at the Chautauqua Municipal Building recently during an Arbor Day celebration. The Mayville Tree Advisory Committee recently held two Arbor Day celebrations " one for the village and one for the town of Chautauqua....

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (124+ words) Each summer in the eastern basin of Lake Erie, a quiet but essential piece of technology is deployed about six miles offshore from Dunkirk Harbor. Known as BSU1...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (608+ words) As general manager of the Chautauqua Lake Association since August 2025, Heather Nolan-Caskey has introduced project management, in-lake operations and community service initiatives, along with oversight of the Watercraft Steward Program. As a kid, spring was the most special place my…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (233+ words) Join retired Jamestown Community College Biology Professor Jan Bowman at Audubon Community Nature Center's First Friday on May 1 to take a closer look at the plumage and behaviors of both tropical and local birds, like this Great Blue Heron. Tropical…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (217+ words) The SUNY Fredonia team practicing their descriptions for the leadup to the competition including (left to right) Mia Enders, Emma Steffenhagen, Weston Hepler and Alex Gombos. During March 22 to 27 in Raleigh, N. C. , the State University of New York at Fredonia Soil…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (207+ words) The Kraus Seminar on Smart City Research will be led by State University of New York at Fredonia faculty in April. The event is slated for Monday in Williams Center Room S204 ABC, from 1: 30 to 5: 30 p. m. The seminar is sponsored by the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (176+ words) For more than half a century, the United States has been celebrating Earth Day. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it was in the spring of 1970, Sen. Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day as a way to force legal and regulatory…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) As winter loosens its grip across Western New York, a quieter kind of seasonal shift has started deep in the forests of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties. Black bears, after months of hibernation, are waking up. Groggy but driven, they…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (406+ words) A booth featuring plants at the 2025 Earth Day Expo. Earth Day began more than 50 years ago with a goal of protecting the planet and raising environmental awareness. Dr. Tracy Marafiote, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the…...