HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 12 Explore Local Art in Natures Gallery ART TRAIL – 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Explore the trails where professional and student artists of the Butternut Valley are showing their works. Reservations, masks required. Schoolhouse State Forest, New Lisbon. 917-364-0478 or visit www.butternutvalleyalliance.org…
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GOALS: SAVE LOCAL FARMLAND, CHESAPEAKE ‘Mysterious Tubes’ Explained People entering Morris on Route 23 from Oneonta kept asking Bob Thomas, town historian and a Butternut Valley Alliance board member, “What are those tubes across from the cemetery?” With his nudging, couple of weeks ago an enticingly titled Zoom presentation, “Mysterious Tubes Along Butternut Creek,” provided the answer to 27 participants, some landowners who may sign up to host mysterious tubes of their own, according to BVA Executive Director Graham Stroh.…
Fisher Cat Does So Well Here 6-Day Season Planned In Fall By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com GARRATTSVILLE – The fisher cat became so rare everywhere except the Adirondacks, no trapping of the weasel relative was allowed between the mid 1930s and late 1940s. In the 1970s, 50 were transplanted to the Catskills. In the 40 years since, they have migrated to Otsego County and multiplied to the point that a six-day trapping season is contemplated this fall to keep the…