Events

Learn the basics of ice fishing at Glimmerglass State Park. Limited to 150 people. Please call the park to register  607/547-8662.

Enjoy an easy-going snowshoe walk along the 1.4 mile Tree Identification trail in Robert V. Riddell State Park, where we’ll see streams, fields and forests. Meet at the parking area on NY-28. Sign up at occainfo.org 

Join the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club for a guided hike. Open to the public and free. Schedules hikes may change, check https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/ for latest updates. The ADK website also lists phone numbers of trip leaders. Hikes begin at 10 am, with sign-in and announcements beginning at 9:45 am.

Help us find out if the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid is in Texas Schoolhouse State Forest! We’ll show you what to look for, how to look for it, and then we’ll search along the trail for it. Dress for the weather. Park at the trailhead on Jones Road. Please sign up at occainfo.org

Join the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club for a guided hike. Open to the public and free. Schedules hikes may change, check https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/ for latest updates. The ADK website also lists phone numbers of trip leaders. Hikes begin at 10 am, with sign-in and announcements beginning at 9:45 am.

All are welcome to join in guided weekly hikes with the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. Meet at 9:45 am. Contact hike leader with any questions, for details, please see https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/

Join OCCA for a wintery walk along the Silas Lane Loop section of the Greenway Trail in Oneonta. We will ramble along the Susquehanna and look for signs of early spring (we hope). While walking we will listen for birds, learn how to identify trees in the winter and look for tracks in the snow.…

What does it mean to love a forest? In this talk, Ethan Tapper, a forester, author and content creator from Vermont, will draw from his work as a forester and his bestselling book -- How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World -- to discuss what it means to care for forests…

Get the Kids Outside! St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, so let's take the kids on an adventure to find as many shades of green as we can while exploring Brookwood Point. During this short hike, we'll watch winter fade away and look for signs of spring. Make sure to dress for the…

Join Gilbert Lake State Park  for a full moon celebration!This event will go from 2pm-8pm so you can enjoy the day AND hike around the lake after-hours by lantern-light and by the light of the March full moon.Bring your sleds, snowshoes and skis if we have snow!We will have hot tea/coffee/cocoa, and goodies to warm…

All are welcome to join in guided weekly hikes with the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. Meet at 9:45 am. Contact hike leader with any questions, for details, please see https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/

All are welcome to join in guided weekly hikes with the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. Meet at 9:45 am. Contact hike leader with any questions, for details, please see https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/

Badger Park in Cooperstown offers free ice skating, and even has skates people can borrow for free. This community resource needs volunteer help. Please consider volunteering with the  Cooperstown Friends of the Parks to roll up the rink liner and store it for next winter.

Join OCCA's Assistant Director, Shelby MacLeish, for a leisurely walk around Gilbert Lake. We will observe the transition from winter to spring and look for signs of the new season. Please dress appropriately for the weather.   Please sign up at occainfo.org

This event is postponed due to speaker illness. Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) is a common invasive riparian plant seen in the Catskills. It can shade out other streamside plants and establish monocultures, lower water quality, and even damage infrastructure. Management of this plant can be tricky, but it is doable! Join CRISP Terrestrial Invasive Species…

The  monthly meeting of the Dave Brandt local Trout Unlimited Chapter will be held Monday, April 14th, 2025, at The Plains Senior Living Center at 163 Heritage Place in Oneonta in the 3rd Floor Meeting Room. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm and is open to the public. If you are a fisherman or…

Join Otsego Land Trust and Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society for our annual Woodcock Walk at the Parslow Road Conservation Area.  DOAS locals Sandy Bright and Charlie Scheim will lead a walk to observe the spring courtship ritual of the woodcock. Please sign up at https://otsegolandtrust.org/events/woodcock-courtship-dance The woodcock usually spends its time hidden on the forest floor…

Join the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club for a hike at Robert V. Riddell State Park. Hikes are free and open to all. For details, please see  https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/

Join OCCA Assistant Director Shelby MacLeish for a few hours of fun during Spring Break! As the sun shines, plants begin to grow, and animals return from their winter slumbers, it's the perfect time to celebrate the changing seasons and look for signs of spring. We will take a walk down to the lake to…

On April 19th the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) hike will be on the Catskill Scenic Trail. The hike from Bloomville to Hobart is approximately 8.2 miles. The Catskill Scenic Trail is a level gravel path along the West Branch of the Delaware River. This hike requires shuttling cars to provide transportation…

Join the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club for a guided hike. Hikes are free and open to all. For details, please see  https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/

Join DOAS Member and Area Birder, Bob Donnelly for the annual Earth Festival Bird Walk at 8am on Saturday, April 26. Participants should meet at the Milford Central School parking lot at 7:50am, near the Earth Festival Entrance. Carpools to Riddell State Park will leave promptly at 8am and will return in time for the…

All are invited to join the Morris Rotary Club during their Annual Earth Day Roadside & Community Cleanup!Saturday, April 26th starting at 9 a.m. at the Morris Central School parking lot.Roadside Cleanup (Coordinated by Morris Rotary) & Recycling Drop-Off (Coordinated by Butternut Valley Alliance), recycling drop-off 9:00 a.m. until noon.List of materials to be collected 2025…

Spring is right around the corner and so is the Earth Festival. We can’t wait to see you at the annual OCCA event at the Milford School. For updates, go to occainfo.org 

Volunteer and help get Betty & Wilbur Davis State Park  ready for the summer. Tasks include beautification, planting flowers, mulching the playground, picking up litter, trail maintenance and pruning. Volunteers should bring work boots, work gloves, and leaf rakes. Register at https://www.ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day  

Join the Friends of the Parks and help get Fairy Spring ready for the summer season. Bring a rake and a friend

Join Otsego County Conservation Association on May 3rd, 2025 between 10am-2pm to help clean up a 2 mile stretch of State Highway 80. Refreshments will be provided as well as everything you need to participate, including visibility vests, bags, and gloves. Together, let’s keep the northwestern side of Otsego Lake beautiful! Please sign up online…

Come help get Gilbert Lake State Park ready for the summer! Tasks include painting (weather permitting), cleaning out flower beds, trimming decorative bushes, mulching in flower beds and playgrounds, and trail maintenance. Potential flower and tree planting. Community Garden work including but not limited to mulching walkways, tilling, weeding ,and planting. Please park in the…

Join the Butternut Valley Alliance and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition for a morning of riparian forest stewardship along Butternut Creek. Please register by completing this form or by emailing GlasserA@ tiogacountyny.gov

Join the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club for a guided hike open to all. Meet at 9:45 am for check in, hike begins at 10 am. The Chapter offers weekly hikes on Tuesdays and longer hikes once a month on Saturdays. See website for details.