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Current Snow Depth

Posted on Jan 11, 2015

Current Snow Depth

Many snowmobile trails are open and folks are out on their sleds, hiking and skiing across the wintry landscape in Chautauqua County. Here’s our current regional snow depth – this is more like it! Have you used our educational, conservation-minded and natural history based winter trails cell phone tour? http://rtpi.org/conservation/winter-trails-cell-phone-tour/

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Let it Snow!

Posted on Jan 8, 2015

Let it Snow!

This storm looks promising for all of us that have been patiently waiting for more snow. Snowmobile trails have yet to open this season and so we have all been doing our snow dances in hopes of being able to get out for a ride and use the newly expanded “Nature at Your Fingertips” snowmobile cell phone tour spread across Chautauqua County. The trails need about 12 inches of snow to compact down to 3 inches of base using the clubs large fleet of groomers. So let’s keep our fingers crossed and as always, be safe and have fun in this winter wonderland!   Elyse Henshaw...

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Snowmobile Map

Posted on Dec 18, 2014

Snowmobile Map

It’s official! Hunting season is over and opening day of the snowmobiling season is upon us. Although we are patiently waiting for more snow to arrive and trails to open, we are busily putting the finishing touches on our “Nature at Your Fingertips” Snowmobile Cell Phone Tour. This year our tour stops will be easy to find thanks to the Snowmobile Clubs of Chautauqua County for including them onto the county snowmobile trail map. Stay tuned for more updates on the tour and we hope you enjoy it this winter season!

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Cell Phone Tour Work Continues

Posted on Dec 1, 2014

Cell Phone Tour Work Continues

Now that the harvest season has come to a close, Thanksgiving has passed and all the leaves are finally on the ground, we are getting ready for the snow to fly and for another year of our “Nature at Your Fingertips” cell phone tour to hit the snowmobile trails! Development of this tour was made possible in part through support from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. This past weekend we bundled up and erected more of our signs in preparation for the season opener on December 17th (weather willing of course!). This year’s tour will feature 25 stops packed full...

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Coming Soon: In the Footsteps of Roger Tory Peterson Cell Phone Tour

Posted on Oct 22, 2014

Coming Soon: In the Footsteps of Roger Tory Peterson Cell Phone Tour

Here’s a sneak peek of our brand new signs, printed by our friends at 360 Graphics, for our new cell phone tour entitled, “In the Footsteps of Roger Tory Peterson.” This cell phone tour will have fifteen stops scattered around the Jamestown area, highlighting the childhood of RTP and the area where he was first inspired by nature and a life-long career devoted to art, conservation and education was jump-started. Keep an eye on our website as more info will be coming soon regarding when the signs are up and the tour is ready to use!

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