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Posts Tagged "Snowmobiles"

Nature Will Soon Be at Your Fingertips!

Posted on Dec 6, 2016

Nature Will Soon Be at Your Fingertips!

For me, it’s exciting to see those little snow clouds pop up on your weather app as well as the banner associated with lake effect snow warnings, like what we have right now for Chautauqua County. After a long year under the influence of a strong El Nino, it will be a welcomed relief to see its effects diminish while the influence of a forecasted La Nina is expected to move in. The area’s local businesses, organizations and outdoor enthusiasts could certainly benefit from some augmented snowfall this upcoming winter season. If you stop and think about it, its rather amazing that...

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Snowmobile Cell Phone Tour Wrap Up

Posted on Apr 27, 2015

Snowmobile Cell Phone Tour Wrap Up

For any of those that enjoy the winter season, many will say this past winter was a great one. The cold temperatures and consistent snowfall made Chautauqua County a winter outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, coating the trails and ski slopes throughout much of the blustery season. Thanks to all of the wintery weather the area received, the trails throughout Chautauqua County were open for snowmobile, ski, snowshoe and foot traffic throughout much of the designated season. Furthermore, the conditions created a great opportunity for people to get out on the trails and enjoy some of the...

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Stories From Cherry Creek

Posted on Dec 16, 2014

Stories From Cherry Creek

As winter approaches we have been busy researching sites for Roger Tory Peterson Institute’s cell phone tours.  This season we have added Cherry Creek Sno-Goers’s  trails to the tour, amongst the other clubs.  As a consequence I, who live in the Cherry Creek area, have been getting to know a few of my neighbors better and discovering interesting stories about our neighborhood.  One day Clyde Rodgers, owner of the local Cherry Creek business Rodgers and Sons Farm Equipment Supply,  took Elyse, I and Cherry Creek historian Sharon Sweeting on a bumpy four wheeling drive into Nichols Gulf just...

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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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Snowmobiling and environmentalists

Posted on Feb 2, 2014

Snowmobiling and environmentalists

Considering I took my first trip down the snowmobile trails of Chautauqua County while at the controls of a snowmobile this weekend I thought it was time to talk about the issue of snowmobiling and the environmentalists who oppose it in general terms. This has cropped up less than I thought it would after we launched the “Nature at Your Fingertips” winter trails cell phone tour at the beginning of the 2013-2014 snowmobile season. Anyone on the trails – hiking, running, skiing, or so forth – can use and enjoy our mobile tour for free. However, the focus is engaging...

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