Advertisement
According to Farmer, the original master plan for the 22-acre parcel along Otsego Lake was developed in 2011 and approved in 2015, at which time OLT received a Special Permit to operate Brookwood Point as a recreational facility with no further conditions from the Town of Otsego.…
No one likes change. But this change is well within the permit’s recreational use parameters. I submit that we are extremely fortunate that a charitable organization stepped up to acquire and maintain Brookwood Point.…
Ordinarily, I would have loved to have OLT as a neighbor. Believing that OLT holds itself out as an organization dedicated to preserving land in its natural state, I was pleased to have OLT as a neighbor. However, OLT’s conduct, as it affects my enjoyment of my home, has caused me both stress and distress.…
According to Gregory Farmer, OLT executive director, “The NYSDAM grant will help protect high-quality agricultural land in Otsego County, using mapping, analysis, and coordinated outreach to farmers, landowners, and next-generation farmers to keep the land in production..."…
This week, we “circle back” to catch up with a Ghanaian student’s dream of attending the Cooperstown Graduate Program this fall, Crumhorn Mountain and the Swart-Wilcox House barn.…
“We waited to remove the hemlocks until the ground was frozen hard and the snow was not too deep,” said Justin Williams, agricultural specialist and public lands manager at OLT. “That prevents damage to the gardens from the heavy equipment.”…
At present, the work is being divided among three committees. The GIS Data Gathering Committee is charged with, well, data gathering, concentrating initially on soil, water and forest resources, then moving into areas such as land use.…
The new year is now underway, and Iron String Press continues to reach out to area officials—Otsego County’s movers and shakers—to find out what they are most looking forward to accomplishing in the months ahead. We’ll print their responses this month, as they are received, continuing with the following entities and those at their helm.…
The camp, a 668-acre site that includes forests, wetlands, and Crumhorn Lake, is being offered for sale by the Leatherstocking Council of the Boy Scouts of America with no constraints on how the property can be sold, subdivided, or used.…
Otsego Land Trust is leading the effort to prevent outsized development on the Camp Henderson site, noting that Crumhorn Mountain is one of the largest undeveloped tracts of land in Otsego County.…