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*Sat., May 15th, 1-3pm--Growing Ten Easy Herbs for Your Medicine Chest.  Presenter: Betty Pillsbury, Green Spiral Herbs.  166 Coons Rd., Middleburgh.

Sun., May 23, 9 a.m.--Beginners Birdwalk—for kids of all ages.  Explore the fields and woods of the Paulson Preserve to discover the great variety of birds in our area, how they live, and how to identify them.  We will also build a birdhouse for one lucky youngster to take home.  Rum Hill Rd., Jefferson.

Sun., June 6th, 1-4 p.m.--Farm tour potluck—bring a dish to share!  Sap Bush Hollow Farm--Walk our pastures with us- among our lamb, pigs, cows, chickens, geese, turkeys.  Check out our meat-processing unit and meet our young farm interns.  Thumb through Shannon’s books. Learn about our sausage varieties and cottage industry of homemade chocolates & blankets.  Meet the Hayes family, 1314 W Fulton Rd., Warnerville.

Sat., June 12, 9-11 a.m.—Protecting grasslands for birds.  Visit a meadow managed to provide nesting habitat for birds such as bobolinks, meadowlarks and sparrows.  Learn how you can help these declining species through properly timed mowing.  434 Sanitarium Rd., Esperance.

*Sat., June 19th, 2-4pm--Basement Root Cellar for Year Round Use.  Louise Johnson, SkyHill Farm, 184 Bush St., Cobleskill

Sun., July 25th. 1-4 pm--Farm tour potluck—bring a dish to share!  Skyhill Farm--We are on our way to food and energy independence!  With our own solar energy, food production & preservation, intensive composting & water collection.  Meet our hand-raised chickens of 16 heritage breeds, all contributing eggs and poop.  See our new chicken “salon”, our rain barrels, our dwarf fruit orchard & basement root cellar.  Join us, 184 Bush St., Cobleskill.

Sat., Aug. 7th, 12 noon-2:30 p.m.--Discover Beavers—Bring the family to visit an active beaver colony at the Land Trust’s Paulson preserve to learn about the lifestyle of NY’s official mammal.  A short video beforehand will show how these fascinating critters help keep our water clean and reduce floods and droughts.  George Danforth Community Center, Rte. 10, Jefferson.

TBA—Help Protect Schoharie County’s streams—A hands-on effort with the Schoharie Co. Soil & Water District to plant shrubs along erosion-prone stream banks.  Plant roots help hold soil in place, reducing sediment pollution, and providing wildlife habitat.

*There is a $15 fee for these workshops.  Call 518 234-1942.
 

All events sponsored by and Schoharie Land Trust, www.schoharielandtrust.org, 607-652-2162,
 and Regional Farm & Food Project, www.farmandfood.org,  518 234-1942
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This innovative credit gives New York State landowners whose land is restricted by a conservation easement an annual refund of 25% of the property taxes paid on that land, up to $5,000 per year. It is available to all owners of easement-restricted land, regardless of when the easement was created, provided that the easement was wholly or partially donated to a land trust or a governmental agency.For more information on NY’s Conservation Easement Tax Credit, click here.

PROTECT YOUR LAND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS EMAIL US Help preserve: Working family farms  Water quality in our streams and rivers  Wildlife, forests and natural areas

WELCOME TO THE SCHOHARIE LAND TRUST PO Box 482 Cobleskill, NY  12043 (607) 652-2162 OUR MISSION STATEMENT "It is the mission of the Schoharie Land Trust to protect the beauty, land, heritage and rural character of Schoharie County and adjacent areas by acquiring real property, holding conservation easements, and providing technical assistance and planning information to landowners, public agencies, and others interested in safeguarding our natural assets."