We
wish to express our deepest gratitude to all the people
who have helped cleanup the Schoharie River Center's
Nature Preserve after Hurricane Irene came through the
area in August. read
more...
We
have a new web page devoted to the arts
and cultural programming the Schoharie River
Center offers. Check out what's coming this summer,
including our new Artist Residency program. Artists
will stay at our new Science and Education Center for
several days to a week at a time, while they practice
their arts and share their works with the local community.
They will conduct workshops that you can participate
in or put on performances.
Join the Schoharie
River Center
We need you!
We need you to join the Schoharie River Center today.
Why? Your membership support helps us to run some of
the many programs we offer. In addition to the Environmental
Study Team program which now operates in
three locations, we have Silent Movie Nights, an annual
fishing derby and pancake breakfast, music performances,
lectures and presentations, summer programs including
week-long Archeology
Field School, Summer Adventure, as well as
a variety of unique folk arts programs. In 2010, we
had a Drumming Workshop with Fode Sisoko, a Fiddling
workshop and performance with Sara Milonovich, a Dry
Laid Stone Wall Building workshop and a Fly Tying Workshop
with Trout Unlimited.
With our new Science Center and Nature
Preserve, we'll be able to hold many more programs available
to the public. We offer a diverse range of programming,
with something for just about everyone.
Many, but not all events are free. With
your membership, you'll be eligible to attend all events
for free or at a discounted rate. And, you'll have the
satisfaction of knowing that your membership dues help
fund our programming.
Family membership is $35 per year, Individual
membership is $25 and Corporate or Business membership
is $100. Please
join us! You can sign up online, or contact
us for more information. Your support is
important to us!
The New Science Center
and Nature Preserve
In December 2010, we purchased
a piece of property in Burtonsville, NY on the Schoharie
Creek with 20 acres of land and two buildings - a house
(depicted below) and a garage. But, we're not done yet!
We continue to need financial donations, as well as
donations of furniture, building materials and labor
in order to turn this building into a science center
and meeting place.
The
new Schoharie Creek Community Environmental Science
Center and Riparian Nature Preserve will be a center
for public use and open to the community and Capital
Region for the study and enjoyment of nature and our
local environment.
It is located along the
Schoharie creek and includes both a building in which
to establish the Community Science Center and almost
20 acres of natural forested land (riparian zone) along
the Schoharie Creek suitable for a wide range of uses
including environmental study and research, water quality
monitoring, natural science education, archeology, hiking,
skiing, etc. The possibilities are endless!
There is no other comparable facility
in the Capital Region and we hope you will understand
how your investment at this time will help to create
a tremendous resource for the public good, now, and
for future generations to come.
You can make
a secure tax deductible donation right here,
with your credit card using PayPal. Please help us preserve
a piece of the Schoharie Creek watershed and expand
the range of programming the Schoharie River Center
offers to the public.
EST Water Testing
Site Maps
There are two interactive Water
Testing Site Maps that show the locations
where EST has conducted water testing on the Schoharie
Creek as well as on the Normanskill Creek. Click on
site markers to see the test results at each location.
