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Woodpecker Walk at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

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Woodpecker Walk at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

 

Join an environmental educator on Wednesday, August 8th at 5:30 P.M. at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site for a woodpecker walk to learn about the different woodpeckers that call this area home and some of their special characteristics. This program will meet at the Visitor Center and enjoy an hour-long walk around the site.  This program is open to all ages, but has been designed for families with children ages 5 and up. The hike is a less than two mile round-trip and is weather dependent (will be cancelled in the event of heavy rain or thunderstorms). The address for Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is 129 Schoharie St, Fort Hunter, NY 12069.

Registration is required for this program; please call Keri Surita at 518-584-2000, ext. 111, or email Keri.Surita@parks.ny.gov.

This is a free event open to the public.  Wildlife Wednesdays continue August 22nd at 6:30pm with Anita Sanchez providing a program on bugs. Other upcoming nature programs include an Early Morning Bird Walk with George Steel beginning 6:30am on August 12th at Yankee Hill Lock on Queen Anne Road, and Anita Sanchez presenting on “The Teeth of the Lion: The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion” occurring on Tuesday, August 28th at 6:30pm in the Enders House.  ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady will also be conducting a paddle event from Schoharie Crossing on August 11th to highlight the environmental aspects of the Schoharie Creek and Mohawk River.

For information about this series and other events listed, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516, email SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov, or visit our Facebook page.  Information can also be found on our NYS Parks website.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 60 million people annually.  For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

 

Jennifer Munro to Perform at Schoharie Crossing

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Jennifer Munro to Perform

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Award winning storyteller Jennifer Munro will be performing at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site on Sunday, August 5th at 6:00 pm as part of the annual Not Just for Kids Storytelling series.  Her performance entitled “Cast of Characters: Ordinary Stories about Extraordinary Moments” will take place outdoors near the Schoharie Crossing Visitor Center.  The show will move indoors in case of rain. Guests are invited to linger, chat, and enjoy refreshments after the show. The event is free.

Jennifer Munro is a featured teller at this year’s National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. Her extensive repertoire of stories explore the triumphs and foibles of the human condition.  She has a wicked sense of humor, and her original stories are witty, poignant and warm hearted.

The Not Just for Kids Storytelling series continues throughout August and into September.  The following artists will be part of the series:  Andy Offutt Irwin, Aug. 12, Claire Nolan Aug. 19, Anne Shimojima, Aug. 26 and Nancy Marie Payne, Sept. 9.

Saratoga Arts made this program possible with a Community Arts Grant funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The program is also supported by Stewart’s Shops, Mary Jane’s Market, L’Ultimo, the Garden Bug, Karen’s Produce and the Friends of Schoharie Crossing.

For more information about these events and more, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516, email: SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov, or visit our Facebook page Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

 

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 60 million people annually. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

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Wildlife Wednesday Edible Plant Program with Anita Sanchez At Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

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Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will host environmental educator and author Anita Sanchez on July 25th at 6:30pm for the third program in our 2018 Wildlife Wednesday series.  Sanchez will discuss wild edible plants and there will also be some sampling of those found on the grounds of the historic site.  We will also try some wild teas as well.  The program will meet outside the Visitor Center at 129 Schoharie Street, Fort Hunter.

Sanchez worked as an environmental educator for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at education centers across the state. She now is a free-lance educator, providing programs for schools, libraries, museums, botanical gardens, and arboreta.  Also, she is a successful author and champion of unloved plants, and has written, “The Teeth of the Lion: The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion” and most recently, “Leaflets Three, Let it Be! The Story of Poison Ivy”.

This is a free event open to the public.  Donations to the Friends of Schoharie Crossing are always appreciated. Wildlife Wednesdays continue August 8th at 5:30pm and the 22nd at 6:30pm. Upcoming nature programs include an Early Morning Bird Walk with George Steel beginning 6:30am on August 12th at Yankee Hill Lock on Queen Anne Road, and Anita Sanchez presenting on “The Teeth of the Lion: The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion” occurring on Tuesday, August 28th at 6:30pm in the Enders House.  ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse of Schenectady will also be conducting a paddle event from Schoharie Crossing on August 11th to highlight the environmental aspects of the Schoharie Creek and Mohawk River.

For information about this series and other events listed, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516, email SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov, or visit our Facebook page.  Information can also be found on our NYS Parks website.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 60 million people annually.  For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

Wildlife Wednesday Bird Walk with George Steele

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Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will host environmental educator George Steele on June 27the at 6:30pm for the first in the 2018 Wildlife Wednesday program series.  Steele will lead a walk that explores different areas of the historic site around the Visitor Center while watching and listening for various bird species.  The walk will take place along the banks of Schoharie Creek and on historic site trails, which were formerly the towpath for the Erie Canal.  The program will meet outside the Visitor Center at 129 Schoharie Street, Fort Hunter.  There is no charge, but donations are always appreciated.  (opens in a new tab)

Birders know that the region is terrific for the varied species that can be found, and at Schoharie Crossing there is a tremendous birding habitat complete with waterways, wetlands, reforested spaces and more. The site is known for appearances by species such as the Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Orioles, Pileated Woodpeckers, Egrets, Belted Kingfisher, Bald Eagles, Canada Geese, and many more. 

George Steele -Environmental Educator - Bird Walk at Schoharie CrossingGeorge Steele is a lifelong educator. His unique blend of expertise and enthusiasm has turned thousands of children into science-lovers. For over 20 years he has been an independent education consultant working with schools, libraries, nature centers, and museums thought the Northeast, including the NYS Art Teachers Association, the NYS Outdoor Education Association, the Gifted and Talented Enrichment Program at Lafayette College and Lehigh University.

He is the former director of the NYSDEC Environmental Education Camp Program, recipient of the Conservation Educator Award of the NYS Conservation Council, the NYS Outdoor Education Association’s Gold Award for Lifetime Achievement and Outdoor Educator of the Year Award.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Forest Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, and has done graduate work at the Antioch/New England Graduate School in Keene, NH.

The Wildlife Wednesday series will occur every two weeks from the end of June until September. Alternating time slots of 6:30pm and 5:00pm and will feature engaging environmental education with George Steele, Anita Sanchez and Student Conservation Association interns from the Saratoga Spa State Park.

For information about this series and more, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516, email SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov, or visit our Facebook page.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 60 million people annually.  For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

 

 

Erie Canalway Photo Contest

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2018_PhotoContest-Promo_GasportAmateur and professional photographers are invited submit images for the 13th annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest (opens in a new tab) . Images should convey the wealth of things to do and see along the waterway and express the unique character of the canal and canal communities. Winning photos will be featured in the 2019 Erie Canalway calendar. Images will be judged in four contest categories: On the Water, Along the Trail, Canal Communities, and Classic Canal. Judges will select first, second, and third place winning images in each category, as well as 12 honorable mentions. Images must be taken within the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor (opens in a new tab) , which spans 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York. It encompasses the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain canals and their historic alignments, as well as more than 230 canal communities.  Entries must be postmarked by August 31, 2018. Download official contest rules and an entry form at https://eriecanalway.org/get-involved/photo-contest (opens in a new tab)

 

Indiana Jones and Fort Plank: The Cleaner Side of Archaeology

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Indiana Jones and Fort Plank: The Cleaner Side of Archaeology

Join Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site on Tuesday, September 26th as researcher Ken D. Johnson delivers his presentation, “Indiana Jones and Fort Plank: The Cleaner Side of Archaeology.”

The program takes the audience along with Ken on a search for the fortress in which his ancestors served during the American Revolution. From this fort, one of them was taken prisoner on August 2, 1780, and their father and sister were killed. His program also presents to the audience the first step in locating a site for a possible historical dig.

Johnson has served as the Fort Plank Historian since 1984 and is the author of “The Bloodied Mohawk: The Revolutionary War in the Words of Fort Plank’s Defenders and Other Mohawk Valley Partisans”. He also operates a free web-site that contains biographical and historical data on the Colonial Period in the Mohawk Valley of New York.

This free program will be held in the Enders House adjacent to the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site Visitor Center on Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter, New York. There will be a brief Friends of Schoharie Crossing meeting prior to the presentation and there will be refreshments available.

For more information about these events and more, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516; email: SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 60 million people annually. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

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Haudenosaunee Film Festival

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Haudenosaunee Film Festival

Fonda, NY, September 2, 6-10pm

 The Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community is bringing together award-winning and up-and-coming Haudenosaunee Filmmakers to showcase some of their work on Saturday, September 2 starting at 6pm. Good weather permitting, the film screening will be outdoors and attendees should bring blankets or lawn chairs. Rain will move the festival indoors, which seating provided.  Admission costs are: $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and children, FREE for children 5 and under. Traditional and modern foods will be available for low cost.

 

Films at the festival will be shown in three groupings, which are as follows:

 Film group 1: Experimental and Student Shorts

30 minutes of film shorts from Katsitsionni Fox’s Native Film Students

20-30 minutes of film shorts from the Rotinonshonni Storyteller’s Collective

 

Film group 2: From Haudenosaunee Territory to Standing Rock

The Spirit of Standing Rock, Kahsto’sera’a Paulette Moore (English, 30 minutes)

Senecas to Standing Rock: An Environmental RedVolution, Part I, Jason Corwin (50 minutes)

 

Film group 3: Protecting and Maintaining Cultural Traditions at Home

Ohero:kon – Under the Husk, Katsitsionni Fox (English/Mohawk, 2016: 26 minutes)

Give and Take, Terry Jones, Govind Deecee, and Erin Perkins (English, 2015: 14 minutes)

Soup for My Brother, Terry Jones (English/ Seneca, 2016: 10 minutes)

 

Saratoga Arts made this program possible with a Community Arts Grant funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The program is also supported by Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, the Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program, and the Johnstown Walmart Distribution Center.

For more information, please contact Kanatsiohareke at: 518-673-4197 or: Kanatsiohareke@gmail.com

Elizabeth Ellis at Schoharie Crossing

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Elizabeth Ellis at Schoharie Crossing

Nationally known storyteller Elizabeth Ellis will be performing at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site on Sunday, August 6th at 6:00pm. Her performance entitled “Deniable Plausibility/Plausible Deniability: Tales True and Not So True” will take place outdoors in front of the Schoharie Crossing Visitor Center on Schoharie Street.  The show will move indoors in case of rain. Guests are invited to linger, chat, and enjoy refreshments after the show. The event is free.

Elizabeth Ellis grew up in the Appalachian Mountains and learned to tell stories from her grandfather who was a circuit riding minister. As a storyteller, Ellis doesn’t mince words. Filled with hilarious and poignant honesty, her stories deliver downhome wisdom, southern style. Designated an American Masterpiece Touring Artist by the National Endowment for the Arts, Ellis has been sharing her stories since 1979. She is a frequent favorite at the National Storytelling festival and is the recipient of both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network. Both witty and wise, her stories are often about seeing the extraordinary in our everyday experience.

Guests are also encouraged to participate in Schoharie Crossing’s Chalk Our Walk event happening that same weekend. To expand the creative reach of Schoharie Crossing’s Views and Vista’s Art show, adults and children are invited to create their own artwork on the sidewalk leading to the Visitor Center. Participants will be eligible for a drawing for a gift certificate.

The Not Just for Kids Storytelling series continues throughout August and into September. The following artists will be part of the series:  Peter Cook, Aug. 13, Michael Reno Harrell, Aug. 20, Joe Bruchac, Aug. 27 and Becky Holder, Sept. 10.

Saratoga Arts made this program possible with a Community Arts Grant funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The program is also supported by Stewart’s Shops, L’Ultimo Restaurant, MaryJane’s Market, the Garden Bug and Karen’s Produce.

For more information about these events and more, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516, email: SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov, or visit our Facebook page Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 60 million people annually. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

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Montgomery County Waterways Photography Competition

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Presented by Montgomery County Water Quality Coordinating Committee

The Montgomery County Water Quality Coordinating Committee is sponsoring a photo contest as part of their ongoing photo inventory of the Montgomery County waterways. Submitted photos may be used in the committee educational displays and on the Committee Facebook (opens in a new tab) page. One entry per person. mr pic

All waterways must be wholly or partially located within Montgomery County. All photos must be taken in Montgomery County. All entries must be labeled with the following information: photographer, location taken, date taken, waterbody name, photographers address, phone and email.

All photos must be taken from April 1, 2016 to August 15, 2016. Photos can be emailed to: toni.christman@ny.nacdnet.net (opens in a new tab) Digital photos must be a minimum 1MB maximum 3MB.

Awards of $100, $75 and $50 will be given to the top photos. The top 10 photos, as chosen by the committee, will be printed and displayed at the 2016 Fonda Fair (opens in a new tab) . If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the committee Chairman Patrick Clear at (518)853-3098.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY RECEIVES PRESERVATION LEAGUE GRANT

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Recently the Montgomery County Department of History & Archives (opens in a new tab) received a $10,000 Preserve New York grant from the Preservation League of New York State (opens in a new tab) to support the cost of a reconnaissance level survey of rural resources in Montgomery County.

Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League, presents Kelly Farquhar, Montgomery County Historian, with a $10,000 check.
Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League, presents Kelly Farquhar, Montgomery County Historian, with a $10,000 check.

This project will serve as the first phase of the creation of a standardized, broad-based survey of Montgomery County. This first phase will survey the county’s westernmost towns including St. Johnsville, Palatine, Mohawk, Minden and Root. The rural resources in question are significant within the larger geographic and cultural setting because they are located among historic land divisions and transportation corridors, namely the Erie Canal.

The project will help the county develop a preservation plan to highlight its rich history. If the survey leads to National Register (opens in a new tab) designations, property owners could qualify for the NYS Rehabilitation Tax Credit. The survey will not include village centers or resources previously listed on the National Register. Jessie Ravage of Cooperstown will be the administrator of this project.

“I believe that the history of Montgomery County is one of our greatest and most important resources and one that adds character to our rural communities,” said County Executive (opens in a new tab) Matthew L. Ossenfort. “As the first step in this detailed process, the county will assess the historic buildings and landmarks in towns in the western part of the county. This will lead us toward the creation of a working plan to preserve our historic treasures. Identifying and maintaining these historical buildings not only safeguards our traditions and our history, but enhances the benefits of heritage tourism, which can be an important economic driver for the county and the region.”

The Preserve New York Grant Program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. “With the announcement of the 2015 awards, the total support provided by Preserve New York since its launch in 1993 is just over $2 million to 320 projects statewide,” said Jay DiLorenzo, President of the Preservation League. “Preserve New York has a strong track record of bolstering local preservation efforts and delivering a strong return on investment.”

“At its August, 2015 meeting, the Preserve New York grant program panel selected 14 applicants in 11 counties around the state to share $114,990 in funding,” said Erin Tobin, the League’s Director of Preservation. “As always, the competition for these funds was intense. The Preservation League is delighted to help advance the preservation efforts of Montgomery County with timely funding from Preserve New York.”

For more information on the Preserve New York Grant Program, please call 518-462-5658 x 10 or visit the League’s website at www.preservenys.org (opens in a new tab) .