Get Paid for Having Fun!

If you love all things nature-related, now’s your chance to get paid doing it! We have an opening for a part-time Naturalist. This is a paid position, and has some great benefits available, too. What’s a Naturalist? Someone who excites others about nature, engages…

Better Late Than Never

Although the early registration deadline has passed, there’s still time to be part of Woods Walk & Trail Run. Run from 5K to 10 grueling miles. Walk from less than a mile to 10K. You make the choices, we provide the trails, great food,…

Run or Walk, but Don’t Miss Out!

We’re busily preparing for the 4th annual Woods Walk & Trail Run, and you won’t want to miss it! We get better every time, and this year’s no exception. Most noticeably, we’ll have improved trail markings, more trail guides, and a new road walk….

Snowshoe Blitz!

Today was the kind of day we hope for to help us get through these long western New York winters.  It was absolutely glorious with bright sun, ice blue skies, no wind, and tons of snow of excellent consistency for sledding, snowshoeing, and snowman…

Film Festival, 2010

Thanks to a grant from the NYS Council on the Arts and the consistent support of the Cattaraugus County Arts Council, we’re happy to announce (drum roll please)… FILM FESTIVAL, 2010! Whether you’re young in years or young at heart, Pfeiffer Nature Center’s Film…

Do Nature Shots

By nature shots we don’t mean anything like jello shots. Instead, point your camera at all things natural. Shoot video or stills. Edit and organize your work, and submit it into our third annual Pfeiffer Nature Center Film Festival! We’re looking for amateur photography…

Reviving My Senses – Touch

I was surprised when touch turned out to be the most difficult sense for me to portray pictorially. I did my best, and I’ll love to see YOUR representations. This garden plant got its common name from both the look and feel of its…

Reviving My Senses – Sound

I found sound challenging to capture in a silent, still photo. You be the judge of how well I did. Bumblebee busy gathering chive nectar This little buzzer is pollinating my red raspberries. The Yellow Bellied Sapsucker has a jazzy little drumming beat. He…

Reviving My Senses

I’ve just declared June as Revive Your Senses Month at Pfeiffer Nature Center. There are plenty of ways to revive your senses here at the Nature Center, from simply focusing your attention on one sense at a time while you’re visiting our gorgeous property…

Revive Your Senses

Mark your calendars now for Saturday, June 20 for the first of this year’s Summer Seminars! Use this day before the summer solstice to Revive Your Senses with us at Pfeiffer Nature Center. Spend time in the great outdoors on Lillibridge Road, enjoying our…