MAYVILLE, NY -- Regional HazMat Teams Receive State Grant The Chautauqua County Office of Emergency Services' Hazardous Materials Response Team recently received a HazMat Grant for $70,552 through the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES). Chautauqua County and its partners from Cattaraugus County, ... Read More

Bass Season Opens ALBANY, NY -- The special black bass season is in effect on Lake Erie and its tributaries up to first impassible barrier only. Anglers can use natural/ live bait and keep one bass per day, with a minimum size of 20 inches during the special bass season. Bass fishing on all other waters in western New York is by catch and ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- On Saturday, May 5, from 9:30 a.m. to Noon, the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County Master Gardener Program will hold its third annual Garlic Mustard Pull at two of the CWC’s nature preserves. Betsy Burgeson of CCE will lead the pull at the Outlet Greenway Preserve on Old ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy focuses on land conservation and watershed education and is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the water quality, scenic beauty and ecological health of the lakes, streams, and watershed of the Chautauqua Region. At a recent Rotary Club meeting, Jane Conroe, a Water Conservationist, ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. - Last week’s unusually warm weather really boosted the fishing conditions. Well I assume that is what brought the smallmouth bass in to the tributaries so early. During a normal year, smallmouths don’t come in to the streams until May. I am curious to see if they retreat back into the lake now that the water ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- John Jablonski III, executive director of the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, announces that the CWC has conserved the 3.5-acre Wells Bay Lakeshore Forest, located on Chautauqua Lake at the west end of the Wells Bay Road in North Harmony. On behalf of the directors and officers of the organization, he thanks the 275 individuals, ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- With the spring weather comes many more fishing opportunities. The tributaries have been producing some nice steelhead. Guys are having some success drifting egg sacks that are rigged under a float. The guys that seem to be the most consistently catching fish are the fly fishermen. I think the reason for this is that ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- There is still a little time left for those who want to get out small game hunting. Almost all of the seasons close at the end of February except coyote and the spring goose season. The spring season starts this Saturday the 25th and goes until March 10. I bought my duck stamp last fall just so I could hunt some ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- The coaches at the Chautauqua Lake Rowing Association have been taking advantage of this mild winter to begin planning for the high school competitive season. This spring will be the sixth year for the rapidly growing team and they hope to capitalize on the success of last year. Like other high school activities, rowing requires ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- This winter has continued to be a wild rollercoaster ride. This past week’s slightly colder weather has sured up a lot of ice around our area. I got to go ice fishing for the fist time this season on Sunday. The lake I was on in Cattaraugus County had six inches of good hard ice on it. I just wish the fish had ... Read More