Snowy Shadows in the Sun
The shadows cast by these trees are changing every day as the sun rises in the sky. Winter has a complete and total grip on the region at the moment. Spring may seem like it is so very far away…but it is closer than we think. This white earth will reveal so much life before we know it. These shadows will become cracks in the arctic cover as nature explodes with renewed energy once again.
Read MoreAnother HWA Survey
Don’t forget our Hemlock Woolly Adelgid surveys, with another coming up tomorrow Friday, February 27. This is not what you want to see covering the trees of Chautauqua County, killing thousands and devastating parts of the landscape. Please join us and help find the bug before it’s too late! See more information here.
Read MoreSnowy February
With the sort of active, stormy and snowy weather we have been experiencing in the last few weeks the landscape takes on a very different appearance. Heavy snow in desolate, mature woodlands covers everything and leaves only hints of colors. Did you even notice that this photo is actually really and truly black and white?
Read MoreSnowy Forest and Landscape
Let’s take a moment to admire and soak in the snowy forests and landscapes surrounding us in January. How can you not love the outdoors and being immersed in nature when it looks like this? Our world can look so picture perfect when carefully framed and it’s our collective responsibility to keep it that way outside the margins and underneath the snow. We may have just entered a very active weather period for snow in the Northeast! Could there be a historic monster on the way?
Read MoreLow Winter Snowy Sun
This low winter snowy sun is everything that I love about January as we watch it slowly climb through the sky against our arctic tundra-like landscapes, the trees covered in snow that will be filled with buds and blooms within only a few months. Please get outside and enjoy this type of weather while you can. Our four seasons are each a spectacle to behold and a wonder to wander through. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
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