Join OLT staff and volunteers for Brookwood Point’s annual clean-up day! There is a job for all skill levels as we prepare to close this site for the season. Bring a friend for a beautiful day outside with our community. All tools will be provided.

Join Otsego Land Trust on Sunday November 2, at 2:00 for a Benefit Concert for Land & Water Conservation at The Loft at Foothills in Oneonta. The concert will feature jazz standards and favorites by Gerry and Emily Falco, Sara Albright, and Stan Fox, with Rob Hunt, Rich Mollin, and Orion Palmer. Enjoy an afternoon of music, food, and fellowship to benefit Otsego Land Trust and local land conservation!

*By invitation only. On Saturday, September 13th, 2025 please join us for drinks and hors d’oeuvres at SUNY Oneonta’s Thayer Farm, one of Otsego Land Trust’s conservation easement properties. To celebrate the donors and landowners who make it possible to protect land forever.

Photo by Abby Rodd.

Artists and aspiring artists are invited to our fourth annual Plein Air Painting event. Plein Air Painting at Hyde Hall offers artists a special opportunity to capture the romantic landscapes and architecture of Hyde Hall while enjoying the company of other like-minded artists.

The woodcock usually spends its time hidden on the forest floor probing for earthworms in moist soil, but on spring evenings males perform a dance in scrub fields to attract potential mates. This wonderful display occurs in three parts: the strut, the launch skyward, and the spiral back to earth accompanied by buzzy calls and twittering wing sounds.

We were awarded a grant to get 50 birdhouses fabricated for Parslow Road Preserve, an awesome bird habitat! We have owl boxes, wood duck boxes, blue bird boxes and others that need to be put up and we need your help!

We were awarded a grant to get 50 birdhouses fabricated for Parslow Road Preserve, an awesome bird habitat! We have owl boxes, wood duck boxes, blue bird boxes and others that need to be put up and we need your help!

Join us for a walk on privately owned land that has been protected forever through conservation with Otsego Land Trust, and learn about Black Land Ownership with Christopher Banks Carr and Melissa Hunter Gurney!

Every year we need to carefully put away the beautiful sculptures, wrap fountains, and take care of the gardens so that it is preserved through the ice and snow! We need your help to get it ready for the season!

A live webinar with Otsego Land Trust for attorneys, real estate professionals, tax accountants, and town officials.

In celebration of our conservation easement landowners, donors, and partners!

In honor of your generous contributions toward conserving the land and water of our region, we invite you to join us in the gardens at Brookwood Point for morning cocktails and a light brunch hors d'oeuvres.

This is an invitation-only event.

Join us for our annual spring planting and gardening day at our beautiful Brookwood Point Conservation Area historic gardens. We need all of the hands we can get to put our annuals in the ground and get it in tip-top shape for summer visitors, weddings, public boating, recreation, and events.

Volunteers needed!

There’s lots to be done to prepare Brookwood Point’s historic gardens and Parslow Road Preserve’s trails for the summer season! The community uses these spaces to enjoy nature and host events - let’s make these spaces beautiful and ready for the fun ahead.

On April 28th from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, join Otsego Land Trust and Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society for a unique perspective into the world of nesting Blue Herons at a privately conserved property in Burlington Flats. DOAS co-president Andy Mason will lead a walk to observe the Blue Heron Rookery. 

Andy Mason is co-president of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Soc.  He is past chair of the Audubon Council of NY State, and past president of the NY State Ornithological Assoc.  He has been an active birder for over 30 years, participated in the NY State Breeding Bird Atlas, and has led bird workshops for the Appalachian Mountain Club. He also serves as president of the Schoharie Land Trust.

On Sunday, April 14 from 6:45 to 8:20 PM, join Otsego Land Trust and Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society for our annual Woodcock Walk at the Parslow Road Conservation Area.  DOAS locals Sandy Bright and Charlie Scheim will lead a walk to observe the spring courtship ritual of the woodcock. 

Learn about how trees are unique and complex messengers on a guided walk with Otsego Land Trust and SUNY Oneonta Biologist Dr. Sean Robinson. We will walk on a private 271-acre property that is protected forever through a conservation easement Otsego Land Trust is a community-based nonprofit that protects fields, forests, waterways, and scenic views in perpetuity.

Dr. Sean Robinson teaches courses in Botany including Bryology, Vascular Plant Systematics, Dendrology, and Field Botany. He is also involved in teaching an introductory organismal biology course. Dr. Robinson’s research is focused on the phylogeography of plants, particularly moss and other kinds of bryophytes. Additionally, Dr. Robinson conducts research focused on vegetation dynamics on alpine summits.

Like hiking? Like fall? Like beer?

Adults 21 and older are invited to the Otsego Outdoors Beer Hike on Saturday, September 23 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm at Brewery Ommegang. You’ll get to hike on a trail that Ommegang is opening up just for the day. After the hike, which is steep in places and should take about an hour, you earn a beer token (good for a beer or a non-alcoholic beverage of your choice).

There will be music and the Otsego Outdoors partner organizations (Otsego Land Trust, Otsego County Conservation Association, Butternut Valley Alliance and Otsego 2000) will have information on their upcoming programs and events.

And, it’s the first day of fall, so the newest Fall Octet Challenge will officially be launched! The Beer Hike counts as one of the 8 required activities too.

Free, but donations welcome. Space is limited, so please sign up in advance to ensure you have a spot. You can select the time you start your hike when you register.