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March 2024 Newsletter

Jeanne Wiebenga caught this sweet exchange between cardinals near her backyard feeder in Chautauqua on March 9. We'd Love Your Input!...

February 2024 Newsletter

Photo by Jeanne Wiebenga of Tundra Swans on Chautauqua Lake on February 26. The swans are making their way north, hopping along a path of...

January 2024 Newsletter

Celebrating 100 Years of Smith Wilkes Hall and its Benefactor One hundred years ago this month, construction began on Smith Wilkes Hall,...

December 2023 Newsletter

Feeling Peckish? This hungry woodpecker was working hard for his meal on the old apple tree in Jane Stirniman and Jeanne Wiebenga's...

November 2023 Newsletter

Photo of 38 South Lake Drive by Angela James Save the Date! 2024 House & Garden Tour - July 11, 2024 The 2024 Chautauqua BTG House Tour...

October 2023 Newsletter

and the trees are beautiful! ...but also, what do all the ribbons around the trees mean? Jeanne Wiebenga took the beautiful photos above...

September 2023 Newsletter

THE OSPREY REPORT: Update on The Ospreys of Loomis Goose Creek Wetland Preserve by Jeanne Wiebenga It is hard to believe that our Osprey...

Week Nine 2023 Newsletter

What's In...Bags? by Betsy Burgeson If you have walked through the main gate or walked by the Amp lately you may have noticed some silver...

Week Eight 2023 Newsletter

The Night Sky by Dennis McNair, PhD In the tiny (pop. 2500) rural town in southeastern Washington State where I grew up, extreme darkness...