What’s the Scoop on Poop?
Via the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy! Kids love poop. That’s why the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History have teamed up to put on a family event called “What’s the Scoop on Poop?” We invite you to bring the kids in your life and join us at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 20th at our Dobbins Woods Preserve on Bly Hill Road in Ashville, where we’ll talk about how valuable poop can be to biologists and what impacts it can have on our waters. Then we’ll take a hike to find some scat! This event is free and...
Read MoreWhite-tailed Deer
Wherever you go you can find White-tailed Deer. Hiking through a salt marsh with a rising tide? You got it. This deer was in the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge. That is Long Beach in Stratford, Connecticut in the background with the even further horizon being Long Island, New York. It looks like a rather quick swim, doesn’t it? Yes, White-tailed Deer can swim, even to some islands! But I do not think they would be able to make it to Long Island from here… Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
Read MoreComing Soon! Banff Mountain Film Festival 2015
The Banff Mountain Film Festival, presented by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, is coming to Jamestown on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 7:00pm – 11:00pm at the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts. Please join us for an always wonderful evening of fantastic films! Buy your tickets by clicking here.
Read MoreFirst RTPI President Has Died at Age 93
Paul A. Benke was born in May of 1921 and died peacefully at home in Falconer on Wednesday (March 4, 2015) at the age of 93. In 1984, while President of Jamestown Community College, Paul served as the first President of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. Along with Lorimer Moe, Noble Proctor, and many other of Roger’s trusted friends, Paul was able to guide the formation and incorporation of RTPI in Jamestown, NY. While other institutions were interested in the papers and archives of Roger Tory Peterson, Paul was able to make the case for the Institute’s establishment in Roger’s hometown,...
Read MoreBuy Banff Tickets!
The Banff Mountain Film Festival, presented by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, is coming to Jamestown on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 7:00pm – 11:00pm at the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts. Please join us for an always wonderful evening of fantastic films! Buy your tickets by clicking here..
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