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.

To honor conservation easement landowners and farmers: hosted on 105 acres of conserved land at Cahoon Fen & Forest, come gather for an evening celebrating visionaries of land conservation, farming, and the future of food.

Please join yoga teachers Nicole and Erin for a Gentle Vinyasa Yoga Flow Class and a Therapeutic Sound Bath to benefit historic Brookwood Garden. Participants can expect a 45 minute asana class in the garden followed by a crystal singing bowl sound bath. Healing with sound can support and provide relief from a variety of ailments such as stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, addiction and pain.

Please join us in the gardens at Brookwood Point for sunset drinks and light hors d'oeuvres.

Come spend the day with Otsego Land Trust (a local non-profit) getting your hands dirty, enjoying good company, and helping beautify a public garden on Otsego Lake!

More details coming soon!

Come spend the day with Otsego Land Trust (a local non-profit) getting your hands dirty, enjoying good company, and helping beautify a public garden on Otsego Lake!

More details coming soon!

The Story of Stuff + Otsego Land Trust present The Story of Plastic at Earth Festival 2023

Executive Director Gregory Farmer offers a brief presentation on how you can protect your land.

Touch + feel nature things

Nature crafts

Sheep-to-wool activity

Beekeeping hands-on activity

Build a giant bird's nest and climb in

Start earning a Wildland Protector Badge

And more!

In honor of the new Parslow Road Conservation Area’s new extended trails, we have partnered with Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society to offer a Woodcock Walk!