That's fabulous news!! It's a wonderful comment on our community. If you want a direct contact for Visit Ithaca, Peggy Coleman is the head of that side of the organization. Peggy Coleman - pe...@visitithaca.com
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM <t...@ottcmail.com> wrote: > Yay!!! Thank you Tim & Geo for getting this the attention it deserved, > and Rachel and others for using their contacts! Several people have been > mentioned as possibly having had some influence on the light show. The > emails I've seen on other list messages are below for anyone who wants to > send them thanks for doing a 180 on such short notice. > > Jennifer Tavares, Chamber of Commerce <jtava...@tompkinschamber.org> > <jtava...@tompkinschamber.org> > Fred Bonn, Regional Director State Parks <fred.b...@parks.ny.gov> > <fred.b...@parks.ny.gov> > Josh Teeter, State Parks <josh.tee...@parks.ny.gov> > <josh.tee...@parks.ny.gov> > Visit Ithaca - see no email address, but all the usual social media spots > are linked to their webpage https://www.visitithaca.com/ if you want to > comment that way > > > > On 4/15/2024 4:29 PM, Tim Gallagher wrote: > > Here’s some great news. The Taughannock light show has been cancelled. > They’re rescheduling it for the fall. > [image: new-york-state-parks-recreation-and-historic-preservation-1.jpg] > > Update: Hike and illumination at Taughannock Falls canceled > <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> > mytwintiers.com > <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> > > <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> > > > On Apr 15, 2024, at 1:47 PM, sarah fern <fernsara...@gmail.com> > <fernsara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My understanding is that all NYS park rangers have degrees in forestry. So > I think they should know better about protecting wildlife. (Although I did > watch a park ranger carry a mushroom-laden log out of a wildlife preserve > and haul it away in his truck.) > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 1:24 PM Richard Guthrie <richardpguth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Parks and Recreation - and DEC - are concerned about the resources that >> they are charged with protecting - if it is not inconvenient and/or if they >> can get some good publicity. Otherwise they will find a way around whatever >> the “problem” is. Look at Upland Sandpipers v. solar farms, or Cerulean >> Warblers v. parking lot. The enablers have a thesaurus full of workaround >> words to justify their schemes. >> >> On Apr 15, 2024, at 12:33 PM, Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> I’ve sent a message to Visit Ithaca so far. >> >> >> >> Deb >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* bounce-128145756-83565...@list.cornell.edu < >> bounce-128145756-83565...@list.cornell.edu> *On Behalf Of *Dave Nutter >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 14, 2024 4:20 PM >> *To:* Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> >> *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Falls light show? >> >> >> >> I went to the websites for State Parks (NYSOPRHP), Tompkins County >> Chamber of Commerce, and Visit Ithaca, used the Contact Us feature of each, >> and briefly asked them to please not do a light show in the gorge due to >> potential disturbance of the Peregrines and Ravens nesting there. >> >> - - Dave Nutter >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2024, at 12:06 PM, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Below is the press release for the evening light shows at the great falls >> in Taughannock Falls State Park later this week, which have potential to >> disturb the Peregrine Falcons and Ravens that are currently on nests there). >> >> >> >> Note that the event is jointly hosted by NYS Parks, Visit Ithaca, and >> also the Tompkins Chamber, which is handling online registration for >> after-dark hikes up the gorge trail to the lighted falls. >> >> >> >> <new-york-state-parks-recreation-and-historic-preservation-1.jpg> >> >> Go for a hike and view the lights to celebrate 100 years of NYS Parks at >> Taughannock Falls >> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >> >> mytwintiers.com >> <https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/regional-news/go-for-a-hike-and-view-the-lights-to-celebrate-100-years-of-nys-parks-at-taughannock-falls/> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2024, at 10:16 AM, Tim Gallagher <t...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> I heard some disturbing news last night. Apparently Taughannock Falls >> will be brightly illuminated from 8:30 to 10:00 this coming Thursday, >> Friday, and Saturday night (April 18, 19, and 20). I guess it’s some kind >> of PR stunt to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the New York State Park >> Service, but it couldn’t possibly come at a worse time, with the eggs just >> about to hatch in the Peregrine Falcon eyrie and a pair of Ravens nesting >> right beside the falls—not mention all the other wildlife in the park. >> There certainly should be other, less potentially harmful, ways to >> celebrate the Park Service. You can contact the Taughannock Park office at >> (607) 387-7041. (Photo by Arthur A. 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