Posts Tagged 'Lake Walk'

Baldwin teaches nature journaling in BTG Lake Walk

August 6, 2012·Comments closed

The Lake Walk this week, “Nature Journaling and MUCH More,” features Mark Baldwin, director of education at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown. Participants should come prepared to explore, write, sketch and share what they record.

Participants should bring their own blank journals and one or a few pencils. It is imperative, Baldwin said, that the pages have no lines.

Attendees should meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight under the covered porch at the Heinz Fitness Center — below the YAC — on South Lake Drive at the corner of South Avenue. The Bird, Tree & Garden Club sponsors this week’s Lake Walk in cooperation with the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy. Baldwin is pleased to be at Chautauqua on behalf of the BTG and Watershed Conservancy.

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BTG Lake Walk tours grounds’ rain gardens

July 30, 2012·Comments closed

Flower, rock, perennial and rain gardens are a few of the many types of gardens people create. A rain garden slows down the flow of rainwater to benefit the environment.

Ryan Kiblin, supervisor of gardens and landscaping since 2004, will present “Why Rain Gardens Really Work” as the Monday Lake Walk for Week Six. The presentation is at 6:30 p.m. today on the covered porch of Heinz Fitness Center, below the YAC, on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.

Kiblin will explain what a rain garden is and how the particular garden on Peck works. The group will walk to it, and she will show how attendees can take that example and turn it into a small-scale project for their own yards.

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Lake Walk to feature weed harvester

July 23, 2012·Comments closed

Weed control in Chautauqua Lake has been a topic of conversation for years, but today, Chautauquans will have an opportunity to do more than just hear about weeds. They can see a weed harvester up close and learn about its operation from Paul Swanson, general manager of the Chautauqua Lake Association.

Swanson will begin the walk titled “Lake Harvester: See One in Action” at 6:30 p.m. today under the covered porch at the Heinz Fitness Center, below the YAC, on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.

Swanson has served as general manager of the CLA for the past 30 years. He manages about 20 employees who operate harvesters, transport barges, loaders and trucks and more. The operation is part of the management of the lake’s plant life, though there is more to plant life management than mowing.

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Lake Walk demonstrates gathering water samples

July 18, 2012·Comments closed

The Bird, Tree & Garden Club’s Wednesday Lake Walk topic is “Water Sampling: Gathering of Water Samples from Various Sites to Determine its Quality.”

The walk is sponsored in cooperation with the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, whose representatives, Deb Naybor and Jane Conroe, will lead it at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The group meets at the covered porch at the Heinz Fitness Center — below the YAC — on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.

Although the muddy or weedy condition of water is ready visible, Conroe cautioned against judging water quality.

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Lake Walk explores how access to water affects life around world

July 17, 2012·Comments closed

To reflect Chautauqua’s week-long “Water Matters” theme, the Bird, Tree & Garden Club has scheduled additional Lake Walks in cooperation with the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy.
At 6:30 p.m. today, Conservancy representatives Deb Naybor and Jane Conroe will present, “Global Water Experiences: The dream of fresh drinking water for all.” The group will meet at the covered porch at the Heinz Fitness Center (below the YAC) on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.

While most Americans are accustomed to turning on a faucet for water, some people in other countries do not have that privilege.

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BTG Lake Walk looks at water quality

July 16, 2012·Comments closed

Coordinating with the theme of the week, the first Lake Walk sponsored by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club will address the question, “How Valuable is Water?”

The program is presented in cooperation with the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, and conservancy representatives Deb Naybor and Jane Conroe will lead the walk. The group will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight under the covered porch at the Heinz Fitness Center (below the YAC) on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.

“We will look at the quality of lake water and try out different filtration systems to turn lake water into clear, safe drinking water,” Naybor said in an email. Using about four different methods, she will also talk about which methods work and which are a waste of investment.

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BTG Lake Walk gives tour of wastewater plant

July 2, 2012·Comments closed

Interested in the processes of accessing drinking water from Chautauqua Lake or wastewater removal at the sewer plant?

Tom Cherry, operations supervisor for the Chautauqua Utility District, will conduct a Lake Walk at 6:30 p.m. today titled ”Water — Before and After.” Cherry will begin at the Heinz Fitness Center covered porch (below the YAC) on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.

“I will have some pictures of the wastewater plant,” Cherry said. “I also have some more archival information from Jon Schmitz and some from The Chautauquan.”

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Kiblin to lead Lake Walk tour of lakeshore buffer gardens

August 22, 2011·Comments closed

For the last “Lake Walk” educational event sponsored by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club this season, attendees will have an opportunity to meet Ryan Kiblin, gardens and landscaping supervisor, as she conducts a walk to “Chautauqua’s Buffer Gardens.”

All are welcome to meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the street side of the Gleason Hotel at 12 North Lake to learn about lakeshore plantings and erosion control from the person who is responsible, as she said, “for every pansy and petunia” blooming on the Chautauqua grounds.

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Sundell to lead BTG Lake Walk about water birds of Chautauqua Lake

July 25, 2011·Comments closed

The birds that come to Chautauqua Lake often captivate the attention of people walking along the shoreline and gazing across the water.

At 6:30 p.m. today, bird expert Bob Sundell will present “Water Birds” as part of the “Lake Walk” educational event sponsored by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club. The walk begins at the covered porch at Heinz Beach Fitness Center located on South Lake Drive at the corner of South Avenue.