Where Cayuga Lake Gets its Name

Where Cayuga Lake Gets its Name

Cayuga Lake is the name given to the second largest Finger Lake within the 11 glacially formed, finger-shaped lakes. But do you know where the name “Cayuga” comes from? The word “Cayuga” is actually a mispronunciation imposed by European settlers on the indigenous...
How to plan your Ithaca Staycation

How to plan your Ithaca Staycation

Have you ever felt like you need a vacation the moment you get back from a vacation? It seems silly to say, but sometimes travel can be exhausting. Catching a flight, booking accommodations, navigating through an unknown city – it’s a lot of work for someone...

Join us in our Carbon Offsetting Initiative!

We’re off to the Carbon Races and you can be on our Team! Join our Carbon Race today, as we all do our part to reduce global warming. Our boat, the MV Teal, runs on two twin engines that run on diesel fuel. As an organization, we are doing all we can to operate in an...

The Cayuga Lake Locks – how water levels rise and fall

Have you ever wondered what controls the water level of Cayuga Lake? Water enters the lake from the south and flows out to the north. Streams between Taughannock Falls and Ithaca make up 40% of incoming water, with Fall Creek being the largest single input. When you...

Eco-tourism is for the benefit of nature and people!

While the word Eco-Tourism might evoke images of hiking through a remote rainforest or swimming in a clear alpine lake, there’s more to it than that. The International Eco-Tourism Society defines it as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the...
Phenology: The changing timing of the seasons

Phenology: The changing timing of the seasons

        Every year, no matter how cold and bitter the winter, the flowers finally bloom, the birds begin to sing and the animals prepare for warmer weather. While signs of spring may seem constant, they are highly susceptible to our changing...