JULY
22 2022
ENJOY ENHANCED TRAILS AT AUDUBON
FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
Jamestown, N.Y. - Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC) has long been a popular spot to get outdoors and enjoy nature. The addition of new trail signs promises to enhance the experience even more. Thanks to a Cummins Community Development Grant, Audubon has five new signs for your learning as you walk the trails. Three signs relate to ACNC’s deer exclosures – areas fenced to keep deer out – and show how much impact deer browse has on the understory of our forests. Another is about the ponds and the impact/threat that Water Chestnut, an aquatic invasive species, has had on ACNC’s property, and one is about the Hemlock Forest that was partially treated with a preventative spray to protect it from the invasive insect Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. Additional signs were purchased and installed around the new wildlife habitat to introduce visitors to Audubon’s newest animal ambassador, an American Kestrel now on display named Cricket. In 2020, Cummins funded Spatterdock Bridge repairs and an Adirondack shelter on the yellow trail. Their funding in 2021 provided materials for the new wildlife habitat structure. Audubon has six miles of trails. The four marked and named ones range in length from Overlook’s .6 mile to Big Pond’s two miles. Spatterdock and Backwoods Trails are each about one mile. The trails provide many opportunities to view wildlife, including a wide variety of birds, mammals, turtles, and insects. Dragonflies, Damselflies, and Butterflies are especially prolific this time of year.
FOSTER PARENT OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED JULY 28TH Mayville, N.Y.:--The Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services Home Finding Team will host a Foster Parent Open House on Thursday, July 28, 2022. For convenience, the Department will offer an in-person session and a virtual session. The inperson session will take place from 5 - 6 p.m. at the Cassadaga campus of Park United Methodist Church located at 25 Maple Ave. in Cassadaga, N.Y. The virtual session will take place from 7 - 8 p.m.
Photo Submitted With the support of a Cummins Community Development Grant, Audubon Community Nature Center has five new interpretive signs for their trails. The one pictured relates to the deer exclosures – areas fenced to keep deer out – and describes the impact deer have on forests.
Grisez Arboretum, nature play area, kitchen garden and more. You can pick up a map at the kiosk at the entrance to the trails as well as at the reception desk. The towers and overlooks offer different perspectives on Audubon’s nearly 600-acre nature preserve. On your walk you may find a swing in just the right spot to sit down and take a break.
The mix of gardens includes the kitchen garden that is full of food visitors can snack on, including peas and lettuces right now. There is also a butterfly garden, sensory garden and native plant garden. Kids will love the nature play space with its enormous conACNC has maps that show all crete statues of Sara the Spotted the trails as well as the locations Salamander and Tank the Turof photo blinds, the Hugh Wood tle. The Stephanie Frucella EduTower, Blue Heron Overlook, cation Pavilion is one of many
spots where you can stop to enjoy a picnic. And don’t forget to visit Liberty, the non-releasable Bald Eagle, in her enclosure near the building. Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown, N.Y., and Warren, Pa.
every Sunday for non-Nature Center members. To learn more about Audubon and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, or visit AudubonCNC.org, where you will also find the most up-to-date COVID-19 Notice at the top of the page. Entries to the 2022 Nature Photography Contest and votes for the Community The three-story Nature Cen- Choice winners can be made ter building houses interactive at GoGoPhotoContest.com/ displays, a collection of live an- ACNCPhotoContest. imals including the Hellbender exhibit, the 2021 Nature PhotogAudubon Community Naraphy Contest winners, and the ture Center builds and nurtures Blue Heron Gift Shop. Visitors connections between people are welcome Mondays through and nature by providing posSaturdays, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., itive outdoor experiences, opand Sundays, 1 – 4:30 p.m. portunities to learn about and Nature Center members and understand the natural world, SNAP/EBT cardholders have and knowledge to act in envifree building admission daily. ronmentally responsible ways. Building admission is also free
If you enjoy working with children and want to help families in our community, consider attending one of these events. Attendees will learn about various foster care and adoption programs and meet our Home Finding Team. Events are free and open to the public. Preregistration is required. Foster Care services in Chautauqua County provide out-of-home care for children in the custody of the Commissioner of Social Services. Foster care plays an important role in providing temporary, safe and nurturing homes to children when their parents are unable to care for them. Children are placed in foster homes in situations where they have been removed from their
own families because they have been abused and/or neglected or because other family problems exist that endanger their safety. The children may range from infancy through 18 years of age and may have special medical, physical or emotional needs; the children may belong to any ethnicity or race and be part of a group of brothers and sisters who need to remain together.
“In Chautauqua County, there are approximately 100 children currently in foster care,” said Leanna Luka-Conley, Deputy Commissioner of Children and Family Services. “Becoming a foster parent is a rewarding and challenging opportunity to change someone’s life. Children of all ages in our own communities are in need of ‘professional parents’ to give them a good, temporary home and a chance to succeed in life.”
If you are interested in more information regarding the programs and would like to register for one of these virtual events or have questions about becoming a foster parent, please contact Sara Johnson by calling 716-661-8043 or email johnsons@chqgov. com. You can also visit our website at www.chqhhs. com.
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