Newest ‘Giants of Chautauqua’ to be unveiled today
Since 2006, five Chautauqua Giants have been named at the end of each season. Their reveal, which will commence at…
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In collaboration with Institution, BTG announces monarch waystation program
Self-proclaimed “science nerd” Betsy Burgeson has always taken an interest in monarch butterflies. The supervisor of gardens and landscapes at…
WATCH: New grounds supervisor blossoms into summer
Video by CAITIE MCMEKIN | Multimedia Editor Betsy Burgeson’s eyes sparkled. “I love this job,” she said. Chautauqua’s new supervisor of…
As the summer season winds down, the beat goes on for some on staff
For Chautauquans, visitors and seasonal staff members, the end of Week Eight heralds the beginning of the end of the summer season. Six of these employees shared their stories with The Chautauquan Daily.
Chautauqua Corporation meeting evaluates successes, failures of 2014 season
While the bulk of the content at the Chautauqua Corporation annual meeting centered around the president’s report, the first item of business was presenting Hugh Butler as the Chautauqua Property Owners Association’s nominee for the Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees.
From the President
The experience of Chautauqua Institution is an experience of community. The grounds and facilities, our rules for land use and the attempts to minimize the use of cars, the efforts toward an understanding of shared space, and the increasing awareness of the environmental impact of practices are all pieces of the reality of the experience of community.
Institution plants seeds for healthy Chautauqua Lake
The 2014 season showcases a new host of initiatives aimed at generating interest in environmental issues affecting the local public.
This offseason: A path to a greener Chautauqua, strewn with boulders
Chautauquans will recall that the Institution received federal and New York state grants totaling more than $700,000 in 2011 to support efforts to better manage stormwater runoff and to help keep Chautauqua Lake free of phosphates and other harmful nutrients.
One of the signature elements in the Institution’s plan to spend the grant money most effectively is a wetlands project near the tee on the third hole of Chautauqua Golf Club’s Lake Course. The wetlands project has taken visible shape during the 2013 Season.
BTG works with Institution to maintain Chautauqua’s tree canopy
“Let’s take it to the woods.”
Shedd, Kiblin inform community of lake health efforts
In the 1960s, children swimming in Chautauqua Lake really had only one thing to complain about: the muddy bottom. Today, due to nutrient runoff and other environmental concerns, children are sometimes prohibited from swimming in the lake at all.
The Chautauquan Daily 