If a bear’s in the back yard, can a moose be far behind?

Click here to read Gerry Rising’s article about wildlife in western & southern NY State.

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Biking Was Added To This Year’s Ridgewalk & Run

Click here to read: Ridgewalk, with new events, goes smoothly

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Annual Ridgewalk and Run

Click here to read an article about the Annual Ridgewalk and Run that’s coming up this weekend. If you haven’t already registered … it’s too late for 2009, but add it to your calendar now & don’t miss it in 2010. It’s an opportunity that comes around only once per year.

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Officials Tour the Chemung River in Plan to Improve Waterway

By Jennifer Kingsley, StarGazette.com, link to original post
They might have looked like a bus load of ordinary tourists, but the folks on this particular adventure were local officials who gathered information on the Chemung River’s access, sites, structure, topography and history throughout Steuben County.
The recent 3-hour, 10-mile tour was part of the Southeast Steuben River [...]

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Kayaking the Susquehanna River

By RORY SWEENEY The (Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader, LD news, link to original post
When Tom Segeda found out he was being laid off for a few months, he and his wife, Sharon, made a quick plan. They would need kayaks, maps, some soup and help from a few friends.
Sharon and Tom Segeda of Hobbie, Pa., about [...]

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Kayaker begins 500-mile adventure on Chemung & Susquehanna Rivers

StarGazette.com, link to original post
An unexpected job loss, a full summer ahead and a sense of adventure put Rick Edwards in a kayak on the Chemung River on Sunday afternoon for the start of a nearly 500-mile paddle. The 46-year-old Elmira man left the Grove Street boat launch in Elmira on a solo trip to [...]

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Friends of the Chemung River Watershed website

The Friends of the Chemung River Watershed have a new and improved website. The group teamed up with the Chemung Basin River Trail Partnership to showcase all that Southern Tier Rivers have to offer.
Visitors to the site can see the best places to hike and bike along the waterways, find out the best times to [...]

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Birds at Chenango Valley State Park NY

Click here to read the Zen Birdfeeder’s post with beautiful photos of Birds at Chenango Valley State Park.

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New Chemung River Boat Launch Site

People in the Southern Tier have a new place to enjoy the outdoors this summer.
The Chemung Basin River Trail Partnership dedicated a new boat launch at White Wagon in the Town of Chemung May 29th, 2009. The site includes picnic tables, benches and grills. The project was a joint-effort between several community organizations.
The boat launch [...]

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New Guide for Tioga County Hiking, Biking Trails

PressConnects.com, link to original post
A new “Trails of Tioga” map-brochure is now available as a resource for hiking and biking adventures this summer and beyond. It is a large 24-by-36 comprehensive, two-sided, full color map of hiking and biking trails in Tioga County.
It includes contour lines, elevations, miles, acreage and directions to each site. It [...]

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