Jamestown, NY – July 12-18 is New York State Invasive Species Awareness Week, and it will be a time of additional activity at the Audubon Nature Center.

The Nature Center is a part of a large regional effort to locate and remove any pockets of the invasive species Water Chestnut before it spreads to other area waterways.  The Conewango Watershed Association and interested volunteers are monitoring along the Conewango and Allegheny rivers in New York and Pennsylvania.  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is looking in the Conewango Swamp Wildlife Management Area where plants were reported last year.

Kayakers discovered plants in the Outlet of Chautauqua Lake in June.  As Water Chestnut could be extremely difficult to boat or swim through, efforts must be made to find and remove it wherever it appears.

Jamestown, NY – Beavers, swallows and warblers in downtown Jamestown?

On Saturday evening, August 16, you can meet an Audubon Center & Sanctuary naturalist to walk the Riverwalk and discover the plants and animals that call Jamestown “home.”

You will be amazed at what lives in the city. Despite concrete, pavement and 30,000 people, nature still has a foothold. Residents have seen beavers gathering sticks and ducks nesting, and heard warblers singing along the Riverwalk.

The Riverwalk starts behind Brooklyn Square -- at the northwest corner of South Main and Harrison Streets -- and runs along the Chadakoin River to Panzarella Point behind the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Walking with Audubon Naturalist Corinne Fredrickson, you will appreciate one of Jamestown’s most unique locations by observing the plants, birds, insects, reptiles, and mammals that are using or living along the Chadakoin River.