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Barge Tours
with SUNY Oneonta's
Biological Field Station
at Cooperstown
(1:30pm and 3:30pm)
Join the staff of the
Biological Field Station (BFS) to explore the Lake's flora and
fauna as well as its physical and chemical character.
Weather permitting, the BFS
Barge will launch from the Village Docks at Lake Front Park at
1:30pm and 3:30 pm. Capacity is limited to 20
participants per trip!
The Art Spot - Fish Printing
at Otsego Lake
Festival
This is a fun activity, one that kids really enjoy! Polka
dots, stripes, single colors, multi-color, one color, red
fish, blue fish, one fish, two fish. Anything goes on this day
and it will be fun to see how our fish will be interpreted.
Tracy Helgeson is a working
artist living in Fly Creek with her husband and four
children. Tracy studied art in Philadelphia and Minneapolis
and after taking time off to have and raise babies, she is
back to work painting the beautiful landscape surrounding
the Cooperstown area. Her work can be seen locally at the
Cooperstown Art Association and at the
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, and she is also represented by
galleries in Atlanta, Cape Cod, Pittsburgh, Hudson, NY and
Williamstown, MA.
Cooperstown Art
Association
Invited artists exhibiting include watercolorist and pastel artist Dianne Bordley, printmaker Deborah Geurtze, oil painter Susan
Kenyon, multimedia artist Dianne Kull, textile artist Jean
Lyon, painter David Sanford, oil painter Robert Schneider,
pastel artist Cheryl Wright, oil painter Mary Nolan,
photographer Jeri Dobler, acrylic and oil artist David Kiehm,
landscape artist Tracy Helgesen (bio above), watercolorist
Sybil Johnson, photographer Mark Zeek and pastel artist Geri
Brose. Artwork displayed will
include works from the Cooperstown Art Association’s
exhibit “Le Petit Lac” Miniature Views of Otsego Lake.
All of the
artwork displayed will be for sale with a wide range of
styles and prices. So come down, enjoy some great artwork
and help to keep Otsego Lake beautiful and healthy!
Cooperstown Farmers'
Market
CFM continues its “eat local"
campaign. Efforts will focus in part on the 100-mile Diet,
which encourages people to support local farmers, eat
healthier, create a secure food supply, boost the local
economy and save energy. The only indoor farmers' market in
the region, the CFM features 28 returning full- and
part-time vendors in 2007 and has welcomed four newcomers
thus far this season. For the first time ever, the market
spaces were fully booked before the season even began! The
market is located just off Main Street in Pioneer Alley and
operates each Saturday, rain or shine, May through December.
For more information about joining the market, or about
special events and the market in general, visit
www.otsego2000.org/farmersmarket/ or call
547-6195. The Cooperstown Farmers' Market is sponsored by
Otsego 2000.
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Hawk Circle
Wilderness Education
Hawk Circle is an
environmental education center that is on the cutting edge,
or next step, of environmental education. Mentoring
techniques help students to expand their understanding of
themselves, the earth and their communities through positive
challenges of skill, expression and adventure. Youth are
served in after school and summer camp programs and mentors
are trained mentors in our intensive residential semesters
and graduate program. Hawk Circle's work encompasses the
environment of our natural world, through actual contact
with stone, bark, wood, animal tracks, clouds and birds.
We support the Otsego Lake Festival because we believe that
our natural heritage must be appreciated and known, and we
must have passionate community members who will protect and
serve future generations. We want to help make this happen,
through inspiring our greater community to learn, share and
understand it through direct contact with the natural world.
The native peoples of this area used their skills to survive
for centuries without destroying the lake; perhaps we can
learn from these ways......
James Traglia's Caribbean Steel Drum Sound
Crane School 1982 graduate James Traglia will be performing
at Otsego Lake Festival from 3-5:00
P.M. Mr. Traglia is a music teacher in the Herkimer Central
School district since 1983. Besides teaching and playing the
steel drum with his digital drum machine he is also a
professional trumpet player. The steel drum is a great
cultural instrument which is beginning to be utilized in
schools across America. Currently, Traglia started the
first steel band in Herkimer County schools. More
information can be found at
www.caribbeansteeldrumsound.com.
Natura Productions
Natura Productions (NP)
shares rare picture-graphics about nature, especially the
essential human connection to water. Many of the NP
images feature wooden boats, especially canoes. Natura
Productions is committed to education and preservation, and
to that end, a portion of NP profits benefit organizations
that preserve our natural environment and traditional wooden
watercraft.
Otsego 2000
We
believe that the long-term economic well-being of the region
and the quality of life for its residents derives from these
resources and their stewardship. Thus, we seek to protect
these attributes for the benefit of present and future
generations. We advance our mission through informed advocacy,
public education, innovative projects, economic alternatives,
and strategic campaigns. While the star of
this event is certainly Otsego Lake, people should not lose
sight of the fact that the Otsego Lake watershed
encompasses approximately 75 square miles and includes two
counties, five towns, and the Village of Cooperstown.
We believe that each municipality in the
watershed shares a sense of ownership in this festival, as
well as in the lake itself.
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Otsego County
Conservation Association
The Otsego County Conservation
Association (OCCA) is a not-for-profit, membership
organization dedicated to the protection, appreciation and
enhancement of the natural resources within Otsego County.
OCCA engages in five primary activities – education, advocacy,
resource management, research and planning – to promote
policies and programs that are designed to protect the
County’s water, air, soils, wildlife and natural landscapes
for current and future generations.
Activities around Otsego Lake include assistance to farms
within the watershed to implement water quality improvements,
coordination of riparian buffer plantings, major financial
support for the Otsego Lake Septic System Management Plan and
the Zebra Mussel Inspection program, partnership with Soil &
Water Conservation District Hydro-Seeding program (erosion
control program implemented during municipal road ditch
improvements around Otsego Lake).
Membership in the Otsego County Conservation Association helps
to support these programs.
Otsego Lake
Watershed Supervisory Committee
The WSC is authorized by the
NYS Department of Health to manage the inspection of septic
systems within 500 feet of the lake or 100 feet of a
tributary stream, and to require upgrades to existing
systems that fail to meet acceptance criteria.
Stoddard Hollow String Band
The Stoddard Hollow String Band is based in the upper
Catskills and is known for its mix of Appalachian old-time
tunes, traditional and original music, and some tunes you
wouldn’t expect from an old-time band. The band consists of
Marvin Zachow on fiddle, mandolin, guitar and vocals, Ed McGee
on clawhammer banjo and harmonica, and Frank Frazzitta on
guitar and vocals. Zachow was born and raised in Otsego
County and learned to play with some of the old-time fiddlers
in the area, learning their style of music. Over the past 20
years he has played with many local musicians and the bands
Unclaimed Freight and Iron Kettle String Band. After a chance
meeting with Ed McGee in 2002, the band began to take shape.
McGee was not from this area, but was well-versed in
Appalachian music, which made a good fit. Frizzatta joined
the group in 2006, bringing a great respect and influence of
Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan to the band. The Stoddard Hollow
String Band has played extensively in the Hudson Valley and
Catskills, at local farm markets, historical museums and inns,
as well as private social gatherings. For information about
the band, call (607) 435-4720 or email
Stoddard.hollow@yahoo.com.
USDA-NRCS and Otsego County Soil &
Water Conservation District
The NRCS is a Federal Agency
that is under the US Dept. of Agriculture. We work with
local landowners to promote water quality, habitat quality
and better farming practices while using our Farm Bill
programs as a tool. All of our programs are voluntary and
are on a cost share basis with the landowner. The Otsego
County Soil & Water Conservation District is a governmental
entity, which receives funding through federal, state, and
local agencies. The District promotes water quality, habitat
quality and better farming practices but also serves Otsego
County residents with a host of different services.
Wildlife Learning
Company
Raptors of Central NY
Otsego County is
host to myriad wildlife species that depend on clean water and
undisturbed habitat. Included in these species are our
local birds of prey. Learn about their adaptations,
natural history and efforts for their conservation, as well as
how activities throughout the watershed impact life
downstream!
Photo by Dave Kiehm
Wildlife Learning
Company offers full service environmental education
opportunities throughout Central New York in order to promote
conservation of our natural environment. Through
education programs, product sales and wildlife rehabilitation
efforts,
Wildlife Learning Company fosters an appreciation of the
environment, imparts an understanding of how natural systems
function and creates a desire for people to explore the
natural world further and take personal responsibility for its
protection and care.
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