The Farm Bill includes vital programs to support our farmers and their land. This is particularly important considering agriculture generated around $3.3 billion in GDP and $1 billion in wages in the state in 2021.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 Annual Waterfowl Count BIRDING—8 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Annual NYS Waterfowl Count.” Census of waterfowl in New York State. Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society covers Otsego Lake, Susquehanna River above Unadilla, the Unadilla River, Cannonsville Reservoir and the West Branch of the Delaware River. To participate, register with Andy Mason at (607) 267-8491 or visit https://www.facebook.com/DelawareOtsegoAudubonSociety/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Lectures on Climate and Population CLIMATE CHANGE—5:30-7 p.m. “Can New York Combat Climate Change Without Destroying Communities?” Discuss the state’s plan for a carbon free energy grid, and the ecological and financial costs. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1980 or visit https://www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/ CONSERVATION—7-8:30 p.m. “Be Informed Lecture Series: Is It Me or Are There Less People Here? Explaining Population Decline.” Dr. Alex Thomas discusses the relationship between metropolitan growth, second homeownership and our…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 15 Fishing Tournament on Canadarago Lake BASS TOURNAMENT – 7 a.m. Richfield Springs Community Center Bass Tournament. Includes prizes for top three boats by total bag weight and heaviest lunker. Limit of three bass per boat. Also door prizes, 50/50 raffle, and anglers get free lunch after weigh-in at 1:30. Entry, $25/person. Held rain or shine. Canadarago Boat Launch, Richfield. (315) 858-3200 or visit https://www.facebook.com/richfieldspringscommunitycenter/ LAKE CLEAN-UP—9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Help remove debris from the shores…
Letter from Chip Northrup ‘HABsteria’ Imminent Without Planning Now To avoid another summer of HABsteria, I’d suggest the following: Coordinated Plan—Since Otsego is the largest New York lake in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (which starts in front of our house on the Susquehanna), funding for watershed mitigation can be obtained from the Chesapeake Bay watershed authority—to supplement, not replace—a state-approved plan. Although the DEC 9-E Plan is imperfect, it’s better than a repeat of last summer’s Dueling-Banjos of HABsteria. Since…
Letter from Linda Brodowski Vasectomies in Deer Perhaps an Option? Regarding the deer overpopulation in the City of Oneonta: What about vasectomies? Yes, vasectomies. In New York City’s borough of Staten Island, the implementation of vasectomies reduced the deer population by 30 percent. I, for one, do not want to come across an injured deer on my property because some hunter couldn’t get the job done accurately or swiftly. Rambo-style measures are not impressive or intelligent. Maybe all the great…
Life in the time of COVID AFB Vaccine: It’s the Bee’s Knees The announcement of probably the most important medical breakthrough of this year was made on January 7. It had nothing to do with COVID. In fact, it had nothing to do with human diseases. Dalan Animal Health, a company in Georgia, announced that they had successfully produced a vaccine to protect bees from a disease called American Foulbrood which had been conditionally approved by the U.S. Food and…
THE PARTIAL OBSERVER Farmland Protection is Everyone’s Concern New York is an agricultural powerhouse, you may be surprised to learn. The state ranks in the top 10 nationally in no fewer than 14 crop and value-added agricultural products: number one in yogurt, number two in apples and cabbage, top 10 in tomatoes and potatoes, to name a few. Forty-three percent of New York’s wine grapes go to California for their wine industry. This productivity is all the more amazing when…
NYSERDA Audit Program Helps Reduce Farmers’ Energy Bills OTSEGO COUNTYImplemented by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority since 2016, the Agricultural Energy Audit Program provides farms and on-farm producers with no-cost energy audits, including recommendations to improve energy efficiency. The program also helps participants access funding support to implement energy efficiency measures.…
Do Blooms Also Like it Cold? Lake Superior Researcher, International Team of Scientists Help Communities Better Understand Harmful Algal Blooms By DARLA M. YOUNGS SUPERIOR, WI—Kiyoko Yokota, certified lake manager and associate professor of biology at SUNY Oneonta, co-authored a report released last week that challenges current understandings of harmful algae blooms and may help communities better prepare for them. The results of studies led by scientist Dr. Kait Reinl, research coordinator at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve…