Events

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.

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. This is an easy hike on unpaved but level ground which may be slightly muddy. No restrooms are available. There are a few benches along…

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 walk will last approximately two hours, and will require some hill-climbing and hiking over uneven and possibly muddy ground. A handicapped accessible port-a-john is available…

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.

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 of spring. Along the way, we'll learn about flower and tree identification. Please note that the trails are usually muddy in spring, so be sure…

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 take place this year on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Participants will meet at the beach area at 10am. The walk is approximately 2-3 hours in…