Special Week-Long Summer Programs

This summer we are offering several week-long programs:

Freshwater Ecology Summer Adventure Program

This is a five day program that runs from 8am to 4pm for youth ages 11 - 15. The program begins each day at the Environmental Study Team Center in Schenectady, NY.

• learn about local fresh water ecology, conduct field research
• collect macro invertebrates and learn about their habitat
• learn how to use digital and video cameras
• learn how to read a map and compass and use a GPS
• make friends, have fun and get wet

Sign up for one of three different weeks: July 26 - 30, August 3 - 7 or August 9 -13. Cost is $250 per week. Enrollment is limited to 10 youth per week, so don't wait! Click here for a downloadable flyer.

Archeology Field School - This year there are two locations, two different weeks. Students will work under the guidance of professional archeologists from Hartgen Archeological Associates. Learn more about this great program...

• New York Power Authority in Gilboa - A five day program from 8/16 - 8/21 that starts at 8:30am and ends at 4:30pm, for youth ages 11 - 18. Sponsored by the Schoharie County Youth Bureau. Cost to register is $50.

• Burtonsville Schoharie River Center - This five day program from 8/23 - 8/27 runs from 8:30am to 4:30pm for youth ages 11 - 18. Sponsored by United Way and Schenectady Foundation. EST members are $50, non-members are $100.

To sign up for any of these programs, or for more information, email John McKeeby at schoharierivercenter@juno.com, or call 518-320-4510.  Or, register online.

Summer Events Calendar

The Summer Events Calendar is now available! Click here!

The Schoharie River Center needs your help!

The Environmental Study Team in Burtonsville, NY currently meets in an historic and primitive circa 1857 former Methodist Church without plumbing or septic. Schoharie River Center's Board of Directors has set the goal to create a modern Community Environmental Science Center, to be located on the Schoharie Creek in Burtonsville.

It is our hope and vision that 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.

We have identified an excellent and historic site along the Schoharie creek which 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!

The current land owner is willing to sell this land to the Schoharie River Center and we are trying to raise the needed financing to purchase the property. In order to make this dream into a reality we need to raise about $250,000. We are seeking funding from various sources, but we need your help as well. If you are able to help us with a donation now, your tax deductible gift will go directly toward the purchase of the property and the establishment of the Schoharie Creek Community Science Center.

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. Please consider contacting us if you can help in any way. We are open to all inquiries and suggestions.

You can also 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.

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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.

Due to New York State's budge issues, there was no Clean Water Congress held in 2009.