Events this week
Please join us at RTPI or at SUNY JCC’s Jamestown Campus for these three events coming up in the next few days. All of them are great opportunities for learning about out region, nature, conservation, science, art, biology, natural history and more. Best of all these are all free and open to the public. We hope to see you there – times three! “The State of Jamestown’s Waterways and their Surrounding Habitats” – September 24, 2014 A lecture presented by John Jablonski, Executive Director of the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, and Twan Leenders, President of the Roger Tory...
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Ever wonder what causes the green sheen seen in the area’s lakes, or what issues our region’s streams and rivers are facing? Come hear more about the state of our local waterways from RTPI President Twan Leenders and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Executive Director John Jablonski Wednesday September 24th at 6:30 at Jamestown Community College’s Weeks Reception Hall. This free and public event is not one to be missed!
Read MoreBiological Regionalism – Spiny Softshell Turtles
RTPI President Twan Leenders will lead a nature walk introducing participants to the Spiny Softshell Turtles inhabiting the Chadakoin River on September 15 from 5:00 – 6:00 PM. Meet in the parking lot of the Gateway Center, 31 Water Street, Jamestown, NY. Presented in partnership with Jamestown Community College to highlight Alberto Rey’s exhibit “Biological Regionalism”, which will be featured at Jamestown Community College’s Weeks Gallery August 25 – October 3, 2014. This is a free event open to the public and we hope to see you there! Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach...
Read MoreEastern Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) by Scott Kruitbosch
They’re backkk! Well, they never left, but here they are in the open – that’s one male and two female Spiny Softshell Turtles, a New York State ‘Special Concern’ species, as seen a couple hours ago here in Jamestown by RTPI conservation staff and SUNY JCC interns.
Read MoreSurveying grassland birds
Here’s RTPI Conservation Technician Elyse Henshaw with JCC interns Kurt and Andrew in the wind and rain today working at the Chautauqua County Jamestown Airport looking for grassland birds and ground truthing point count locations. No matter the weather we’re outside now!
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