Our Mission Statement

The Butternut Valley Alliance encourages the preservation and protection of the environmental qualities, farming and cultural heritage, economic viability, open space and village charms of the entire watershed.
 
 

Who We Are

We are a group of citizens who live within the Butternut Creek watershed in Otsego County, New York in the headwaters of the Susquehanna River. We take an interest in preserving all aspects of the quality of life in the valley. 
 
Explore this site, and if you have questions, please contact us, or join us at our next meeting. If you would like to be on our email list to hear of upcoming events, please contact Les Hasbargen: 
 
If you are interested in donating to the BVA or volunteering, please contact Bob Eklund: eklund66@hotmail.com
 

BVA Contact Information

For information, contact:

Bob Eklund

 
For problems with this site, contact
Site last modified April 19, 2012 
 

Links to information and partners

 
 
Otsego County Conservation Association: http://www.occainfo.org/

Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship, Inc., CADE: http://www.cadefarms.org/  

Otsego County Soil and Water Conservation District: www.otsegosoilandwater.com

SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station http://www.oneonta.edu/academics/biofld/  

Otsego Land Trust: http://www.otsegolandtrust.org/

Action Otsego (if you have a Facebook account, you can participate with this online blog) http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=89726813783
 
Chamber of Commerce for Otsego County, New York: http://toccinc.com/  
  
 
Sidney Center Improvement Group, Inc. http://scigny.blogspot.com/
 
Sites dealing with gas development
    NYS DEC Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) on Oil, Gas...: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/58440.html
    NYS DEC's info on Oil and Gas mining in NY 
    Paleontological Research Institution (Museum of the Earth) research on the Marcellus Shale: http://www.museumoftheearth.org/outreach.php?page=92387
    Bradford County, PA Conservation District site of ongoing gas development: http://www.bradfordcountypa.org/Natural-Gas.asp 
    Web Blog about gas issues: http://un-naturalgas.org/weblog/
    West Virginia Surface Owners Rights: http://www.wvsoro.org/
    Penn State’s Natural Gas Impacts site: http://naturalgas.extension.psu.edu/Presentations.htm
 
Watershed and Spatial Data Sites
    
    Upper Susquehanna Coalition (Soil & Water Conservation Districts focusing on stream restoration): http://www.u-s-c.org/  

    Susquehanna River Basin Commission  http://www.srbc.net/

    Susquehanna River Basin Commission's water quality monitoring site nearest to Butternut Valley  http://www.srbc.net/interstate_streams/sites/susq2.htm  

    Chesapeake Bay Foundation: http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=1000

    Susquehanna River Basin Hydrologic Observing System: http://www.srbhos.psu.edu/srb_testbeds/OstegoLake.asp

    Center for Integrated Watershed Studies http://ciws.binghamton.edu/  

    NYS DEC Water Quality Monitoring, Assessment and Planning: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8459.html

    US EPA Upper Susquehanna Basin Commission: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/initiative/2003/summaries/uppersusquehanna.pdf

    US EPA New York State Assessed Water Bodies: http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/w305b_report_control.get_report?p_state=NY#total_assessed_waters

    Chesapeake Bay Program http://www.chesapeakebay.net/index.aspx?menuitem=13853

    USGS site for the Chesapeake Bay watershed http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/chesbay.html  

    USGS Water Quality Data for Unadilla River at Rockdale, NY (downstream from junction of Butternut Creek with the Unadilla River)

    USGS in New York http://ny.water.usgs.gov/

    National Hydrography Dataset, map viewer http://nhdgeo.usgs.gov/viewer.htm 

    USGS National Elevation Derivatives (great site for watersheds!) http://edna.usgs.gov/watersheds/

    US EPA Info by Watershed and Region (clickable map): http://www.epa.gov/watershed/region/

    Otsego County GIS server: http://map.otsegocounty.com/Freeance/Client/PublicAccess1/index.html?appconfig=ParcelQuery

 
Government Sites of Interest
    
    NYS Dept. of Transportation, Scenic Byways: https://www.nysdot.gov/display/programs/scenic-byways

    NYS Dept. of State: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/

    NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation: http://www.dec.ny.gov/  

    NYS DEC Mapping Tool: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/45415.html  

    US EPA’s EnviroMapper: http://map24.epa.gov/EMR/?ZoomToState=NY  

 

Links collected by Les Hasbargen

Les_Hasbargen@yahoo.com

All links are active as of June, 2011