CCWA Holds Annual Meeting
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The Conewango Creek Watershed Association held its 2009 annual meeting recently at the Jamestown Audubon Society.
Elections were conducted for the three director seats up for re-election which were filled by the incumbents: Chautauqua County at-large - Chris Humphrey from Jamestown; Cattaraugus County at-large - Brian Schrantz; and Warren County at-large - Tom Osborne of Russell. Also elected was John Haffner from Blasdell, N.Y., for a vacated Cattaraugus County at-large position.
After a brief business meeting, the Environmental Achievement Award was presented to Osborne for spearheading the Conewango Creek clean-up in September and for the energy and passion he has brought to the group. Dan Steward, association chairman, gave a summary of the activities and achievements in the past year. Kim Sherwood, association watershed curator, talked about the environmental accomplishments in the watershed and asked the public to plot an environmentally sound course in the future.
The featured presentation called "The Way We Were (then, and a little bit of now)" was given to the group by DeForest Warn and Dr. Tom Erlandson. Historical photos from the area taken by Warn and Rollin Cass dating back to the 1930s were selected to demonstrate the changes that have occurred to the watershed over the last eight decades. Areas highlighted were landmarks in Jamestown including Chautauqua Lake and its outlet, downtown Jamestown, Frewsburg and the Kinzua area of the Allegheny River. By comparing the old photos with current ones, the changes were pointed out.
