Events

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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@…

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…

Join DOAS on Saturday, May 10 at 8:00am for a walk to view returning migrant birds on the Susquehanna Greenway Trail. Charlie Scheim and Sandy Bright will lead the walk.…

Join DOAS on Sunday, May 11 at 8:00am for a spring bird walk. Returning migrants at this location should include warblers, vireos, orioles, tanagers, and possibly waterfowl and raptors. The…

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…

Join OCCA for a beautiful spring hike through the Emmons Pond Bog trails! We will search for the first blooms of the season, discover a waterfall, and observe other signs…

The 2025 Jean Miller Memorial Wildflower Walk at Gilbert Lake State Park, in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation – Central Region, will…

On May 17th the ADK hike will be at the Landis Arboretum, 174 Lape Rd, Esperance, NY. The hike will cover approximately 5 miles over moderately hilly terrain through fields…

With a mix of fields, woods, gardens and lakeshore, Mohican Farm is an excellent place for birding. Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society Co-President, Becky Gretton leads this early morning walk at Mohican…

Paddle, Bike and Run in the Glimmerglass Triathlon. Racers will begin the race on a kayak or canoe with a 1.5 mile open water paddle at Glimmerglass State Park. Starting at…

Join Pathfinder Village for the 12th annual Splash Path and Fun Walk. 🏃‍♂️ A scenic, flat 5K route with non-toxic color station to kick off the run/walk 💃 A ZUMBA…

Join DOAS on Tuesday, May 20 from 8:00-10:00am at Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental campus in Davenport Center. Suzanne Gaynor and Jane Bachman will lead the walk. We can expect…

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…

Join in or cheer on the world's longest single day flat water canoe race from Brookwood Point on Otsego Lake in Cooperstown along the Susquehanna River for 70 miles to…

Join OCCA and expert forager Shane Gardner for a guided spring mushroom walk through the Morris woods! This seasonal event offers a hands-on introduction to identifying wild mushrooms in their…

Race The Lake marathon and half marathon will take racers around beautiful Otsego lake in Cooperstown NY. You will run past such landmarks as the Otesaga Hotel, The Farmers Museum,…

Join DOAS Director Charlie Scheim, Bird Sightings author Sandy Bright, and the Environmental Director of the Uplands Center Renee Hardenkamp for a morning bird walk at the Uplands Center in Walton, NY…

New date: June 8 at 10 am (May 31 postponed because of rain) Love spending time in the woods? Want to give back to the places you love to hike…

Join OCCA for a homeschool nature walk at Basswood Pond! During this educational adventure, participants will explore the scenic trails, searching for a variety of wildflowers in bloom. We’ll take…

Japanese knotweed is one of the most difficult invasive plants to get rid of. Join OCCA and Mohican Farm as we continue our efforts to eliminate a patch of knotweed.…

Join OCCA and our friends at CRISP and the Capital Region PRISM to help clear invasives around the Weaver Lake launch area in the Town of Warren. Bring waders or…

Join the Butternut Valley Alliance for this wonderful event: an art show in the forest featuring work by local students and professional artists from the Butternut Valley. Sign up at…

Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will host a morning bird walk starting at 8am on June 14 in conjunction with Exploration Days at Hanford Mills. Veteran birders Suzanne Gaynor and Kathryn Davino…