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Spring 2009 Programs by New York State Parks
 Thurs.,
5/21/09 7:00PM free presentation on Erie Canal Harbor Summer 2009
courtesy
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp Become a Facebook Fan of LESTC for notifications for this or other events!
 Thursday, April 16 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm FREE
PRESENTATION: Chautauqua Wine Trail.
Learn about the Chautauqua County
Wineries that make up
this wine-themed driving Trail - a one tank trip
for area residents!
Find out about "making a day of it" visiting the
wineries of Chautauqua County.
Group of biology students from Frontier Middle School staying busy by studying environment
By: SEAN MCLAUGHLIN
SUN CORRESPONDENT 12/18/08
Frontier Middle School has teamed up with the Town of Hamburg to
help provide opportunities for students participating in the “Lexus
Scholastic Eco Challenge,” a competition that focuses in on invasive
species that adversely impact the habitats they invade.
The main focus of the program is to study the species and how they are hurting native species inhabited in the water shed. Jason Ersing, who works as a biology teacher at Frontier Middle
School, is conducting this program with nine of his students from his
accelerated level biology class.
The classes take place at Hamburg’s Seaway Trail Visitor’s Center
on Route 5, a site which allows for accurate data recordings because of
the close proximity to the shoreline.
More from the Hamburg Sun
Group
seeks to promote rural tourism
The Southtowns Community
Enhancement Coalition, a group of four towns and three villages is looking for
ways to leverage rural resources. With a $10,000 federal grant and help from
the University at Buffalo Regional Institute, the Southtowns Agribusiness
project is looking for ways the rural region could boost revenue and jobs. The
first step has been to survey small, locally owned farms and agricultural
businesses. The project is funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education program, an arm of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. In the
Southtowns, the project is wrapping up its survey of farms and preparing to
launch its second phase — matching farmers with the business expertise and
financing needed to create a tourist draw. 50 farms could benefit from
agritourism in the towns of Brant, Eden, Evans and North Collins. “There’s a
lot of opportunity that’s not being tapped,” said Lori Szewczyk, community
development director for the Town of Evans.
Seaway Trail Elects 2008-2010 Board
Our friends at the Seaway Trail Corporation have named their
Board of Directors for 2008-2010. The Seaway Trail Corporation has elected Chuck
Krupke, a Pulaski businessman, chairman. Also elected to the board of directors
for 2008-10 are: vice chairman, John Hall, of Cannon Design, Grand Island;
secretary, David G. White, of NY Sea Grant, Oswego; treasurer, Donald G.
Bennett Jr., executive administrator of Campground Owners of NY, Pittsford;
Kory Ahlstrom, City of Dunkirk director of planning and development; Emily
Beck, director of tourism development, Erie, Pa., Jill Chamberlain, of the New York Power
Authority, Massena; Florine Luhr, executive director for Advancing Arts and
Culture, Buffalo; Patricia L. McKeown, executive director of the St. Lawrence
County Chamber of Commerce, Canton; Carlos Mercado, KSM Services consulting,
Rochester; John Percy, president and CEO of Niagara Tourism & Convention
Corp., Niagara Falls; Teresa Mitchell, president and CEO of Seaway Trail,
Sackets Harbor; and August Schiava, senior sales manager of Scott Enterprises,
Erie, Pa.
Lake Erie Seaway Trail Visitor’s Center group wants memo of understandingBy FELICE E. KRYCIA
The “Friends of Lake Erie Seaway Trail Visitor’s Center” want to make sure that they and the Hamburg Town Board are on the same page. More from the Hamburg Sun...
Plans for scenic overlook are scrapped
By Fred O. Williams
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 10/08/08 7:03 AM
The Town of Hamburg has dropped plans for a scenic overlook at the site of the former Foit’s Restaurant on Lake Shore Road.
Instead,
the Town Board is seeking to shift $250,000 in state funding to fix up
its Seaway Trail Visitors Center, about two miles to the south. more from the Buffalo News.....
Congratulations to our summer drawing winners!
Our end-of-summer contest recently ended. Congratulations to our winners Ann Dayhoff of Woodsboro, Maryland and Linda Schooley of Hamburg! They are winners of the Seaway Trail Lighthouses book and a Lake Erie Seaway Trail Center t-shirt. Thanks for entering!
Upcoming Events
THIRD THURSDAYS SPEAKERS SERIES
Thursday, October 16th 7:00PM at the Center: Penn-Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center presents a program on the fossils of the Hamburg area of the Seaway Trail.
Join us for the free presentation. The free Lake Erie Seaway Trail
Speaker's Series runs every third Thursday through May 2009. Center address is 4968 Lakeshore Road (Route 5), Hamburg, New York.
Congrats to our friends in Evans for enhancing the Seaway Trail!From the Hamburg Sun:The
Town of Evans held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday (Sept. 10, 2008)
afternoon for the first segment of the municipality’s multi-use
lakeshore pathway at Evans Town Park. ...more
By popular demand, the Circle Tour routes around Lake Erie or around the whole of the Great Lakes. Click for more information in a new window. 
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