CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- Winter means fun and fresh air for the Chautauqua County Hiking Club. Come out and join Tom Meara on a snowshoe hike at the southern end of the Westside Overland trail on Saturday, Feb 11. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at the parking area on 474 just west of Panama. From there, we will shuttle cars to the southern-most point of the ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- Winter does not slow down the Chautauqua County Hiking Club. Upcoming events include snowshoeing on Saturday, January 14, at 10:00 a.m. on the northern section of the Westside Overland trail. This is a pretty section of trail that goes through reforestation areas, with some moderate hills and gentle streams. It will be ... Read More

GERRY, NY — Thom Wright has been a busy man. About six years ago, Wright, a Jamestown native and school counselor at Jefferson Middle School, decided to approach Steven Smith, a Chautauqua County DEC Forester, about the possibility of becoming a trail steward for the lower half of the Eastside Overland Trail in Harris Hill State Forest. As a ... Read More