Fall 2011 County Highway 31 Per Kate Gray, (A History of Springfield) the road down the east side of Otsego Lake was built by public subscription in 1795. Burr Southworth remembers when it consisted of two dirt tracks with a strip of grass in between. There was a narrow steel bridge by Pathfinder. There was […]
Summer 2010 New Life Jacket Law in Effect A new law in New York State now requires all boaters on recreational watercraft less than 21 feet in length (including motorboats, canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and sailboats) to wear a securely fastened, U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device (PFD) of the proper size from November 1st to
August 15th, 2009 Otsego Lake Association’s Lake Citizen Award in 2009 The Biological Field Station Dive Team was awarded the Otsego Lake Association’s Lake Citizen Award in 2009 which is given each year to an individual or organization that works to protect and preserve Otsego Lake. Congratulations. Spring 2009 Don’t “P” in the Lake When
January 2008 Dear Friend of Otsego Lake, If your yearly cycle resembles mine, things slow down, ever so slightly, at this time of the year (except when we are shoveling snow). This letter is intended to focus our attention on Otsego Lake and its protection at a time when many of us are not focused
Fall 2007 Lake Front Park Becomes Lake Friendlier OLA is hard at work with two major partners, the Lake & Valley Garden Club, and the Otsego Northern Catskills Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), on rebuilding the land-water interface in Cooperstown’s Lake Front Park. Intended to be a pleasant framing for the Lake view
January 2005 Clarke Pond Dam Repaired After three years of paperwork, construction repairing the Clarke Pond dam and dredging its sediments was completed in January after four months of actual work. This is an important water quality improvement project and is a major step toward implementing the Plan for the Management of the Otsego Lake
December 2005 Cooperstown & Lake Receive Christmas Present At year’s end, the Village of Cooperstown received a sizeable gift from the State of New York in the form of a $76,000 grant for its Otsego Lake septic system management program. More about gift
June 21st, 2003 Annual Meeting of the Otsego Lake Association The association received an advanced ruling from the IRS giving us 501 c 3 status. The associations exempt from paying federal taxes. Contributions and membership dues are tax deductible. Dr. Bill Harmen, Professor & Director of the Biological Field Station gives a talk about “Aquatic
Septic System Inspections Inspections of septic systems around Otsego Lake will begin in 2005. All systems within 500 feet of the lake and 100 feet of the lake’s tributary streams will be inspected and is in conformance with new regulations enacted in early 2004 under New York State Public Health Law. The new regulations are
