‘Animals’ Archives
Equestrian Heart Pulls “Hat Trick”
The equestrian heart of Cattaraugus County is very evident in a young native of Ellicottville. David McNeight III is a 20-year-old man who graduated from Ellicottville Central School in 2008. He is the son of Ed and Debbie Fredrickson, and the grandson of Dave and Barb Golley of Ellicottville. This young man has a very bright future ahead of [...]
Bucks and Does and Bears, Oh My!
By Chad Neal Shotgun/rifle season for big game opened a couple of Saturdays ago on November 20. Whitetail bucks in the rut, and a bit stressed from man's previous presence in the forest during archery season, are paranoid beyond description. It is fortunate for hunters the intoxicating perfume emanating from whitetail doe completely obliterates [...]
Dog Opens Bank Account in Salamanca
Robin Depositing Funds to Fight Cancer By Eva Potter We’ve all read our share of warm and fuzzy human interest stories, but this one takes a slightly different twist. Meet Robin, a hard-working member of the Salamanca Police Department, who has won numerous awards, located narcotics, participated in missing person searches, and just [...]
National Alpaca Farm Days
National Alpaca Farm Days is here and it is celebrated to raise awareness of these particularly gentle animals and the farms that house them. Celebrated Sept. 25-26, many area farms will be open to the public, sharing the animals and information as well as their products. There are no known wild alpaca, as they have been domesticated for [...]
Cattaraugus County Trapper’s Association Sportsmen’s Show
By Stephanie Keis Timblin The Cattaraugus County Trappers Association Sportsmen's Show celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend with three days of activities for outdoor enthusiasts at the Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds on Route 353 in Little Valley. The show features conservation displays, archery, black powder, trapping, fishing, gun [...]
Native Offerings Farm Launches Volunteer Lunch/Food Exchange Program
Native Offerings Farm Launches Volunteer Lunch/Food Exchange Program By Eva Potter A local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm owned by Stew and Deb Ritchie is launching a new volunteer program with fringe benefits—well, more like vegetable benefits. Beginning this Friday, August 6, and running every Friday through the remainder of [...]
Pfeiffer Nature Center & Foundation
Hiking, Birding, and So Much More The Pfeiffer Nature Center, located in southwestern New York State, is home to more than 648 acres of nature’s bounty, including six miles of marked hiking trails, a historic American Chestnut log cabin, great birding areas, a timber frame pavilion available for rent, and so much more. Open from dawn till [...]
Annual Wagon Train and Stage Coach Run
July 21-24 2010 By Gerlind Dubey ”It is beautiful country and sharing it with your four legged friend, family and friends give you a renewed sense for our country and a small sense of what it was like a hundred years ago.”...Author unknown The successful Bicentennial Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run of 2008 was the beginning of a yearly [...]
Tent Caterpillars in Western Ny “The Hills are Alive with the Sound of …Munching”
Tent Caterpillars contribute to regional defoliation By Stephanie Keis Timblin Forest Tent Caterpillars and the Eastern Tent Caterpillar are native to the United States, and are similar in that they hatch when flowers and leaves begin to bloom, feed as larvae, spin cocoons so they can emerge as moths, and then mate and lay eggs that will hatch [...]
