Second Annual Schoharie River Day!

Come join us for a full day of family fun, July 21st, 2012 in Burtonsville, NY. We're celebrating the Schoharie Creek and the local community - its artisans, musicians, produce, nature, and the activities that the Schoharie and the surrounding area offers. Discover what's in your own back yard!

Enjoy live outdoor music by Reggie Harris, Fairview Avenue and Mark Baptiste, a kayaking workshop, a fishing survey, demonstrations by area crafters and artisans, food and much more! Click here for more information.

Crafters, Artisans, Local Food Producers needed!

If you are a local crafter, artist or food producer and would like a booth at Schoharie River Day, click here for information and registration form. Or, if you are a local not-for-profit or government organization and want to setup an information booth, click here.

For anyone that missed last year's Schoharie River Day, click here to see some slides.

Cleanup Day 5/5/12 from 12 to 4pm

Our next cleanup day is scheduled for 5/5/12 at the Schoharie River Center's Nature Preserve from 12 noon to 4pm. We'll resume cleanup work on the trail, including spreading wood chips, cutting up wood piles and collecting debris. There is still a lot of work to be done after the flooding from last August. If you have a pickup truck or a tractor we could use for the afternoon, it would be a tremendous help. For more information, contact John at schoharierivercenter@juno.com. We can really use your help!

Events Calendar

The Events Calendar for Winter/Spring 2012 is available!

Arts & Cultural Programming

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.