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

 
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Site last modified April 19, 2012 
 

Photos of Butternut Valley

 
If you have photos of the Butternut Valley that would like to share, send it to les_hasbargen@yahoo.com,
and I will load it into this page. Enjoy!
 
 
Route 51 near New Lisbon. Image by Warren Johnsen.
 
Route 51 Barn. Image by Warren Johnsen.
 
Parker Road. Image by Warren Johnsen.
 
 
Morris, NY near Highways 51 and 23. Photo by Warren Johnsen. 
 
 
Photo on a winter's day in 2010 above the village of Morris looking south across the village and the valley. Image created by Bob Thomas.
 
 
Morris Men Dancing in Gilbertsville, celebrating the arrival of Spring, 2010. (photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
Morris Brook below St. Mary's Falls, April 2010. (Photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
 
 
 Near the junction of Butternut Creek and Unadilla River, May 2010. (photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
The Butternut rises over its banks, March 23, 2010. (photo by Les Hasbargen) 
 
The high waters in late March 2010 extend over the flood plain next to the Butternut, and capture the sky. (photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
View across the Butternut Valley south of Morris, January 2010. (photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
 
Cross country skiing in a regal spruce grove in General Morris State Forest, January 2010. (photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
The Butternut under clear skies. January 9, 2010. (Photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
Coye Brook, late December 2009 (photo courtesy of John Brickley)
 
Coye Brook, late December 2009 (photo courtesy of John Brickley)
 
View over Basswood Pond in the headwaters of the Butternut Creek, October 2009 (photo by Les Hasbargen).
 
 
On the forest floor, General Jacob Morris State Forest (photo by Les Hasbargen)
 
River Road in the southern end of the valley, July 2009 (photo by L. Hasbargen)
 
 
 
At the junction of Dunderberg, Cahoon, and Butternut creeks near Gilbertsville in April 2009 after a rain storm.
Both tribs are fairly clear. The Butternut is carying some load. (photo by L. Hasbargen)
 
 
 
View west across the Butternut Valley in early Fall 2008. (photo by L. Hasbargen)
 
 
 
Many of the tributaries to Butternut Creek, such as this unnamed one, have these delightful "stair step falls".
Notice the ripple marks on the bedrock layers! The crests of these ripples change direction, indicating wave refraction near a beach.
(photo by L. Hasbargen)
 
 
 
On a misty July morning in the Butternut...(photo by L. Hasbargen)
 
 
 
A garden basks in the sun, July 2009. (photo by L. Hasbargen)
 
 
 
Winter time in the Butternut, February 2008 (photo by R. Ragnar Eklund)
 
 
 
Brachiopod shell fossil impressions, from the Devonian geologic period (360-400 million years old!). Brachiopods are marine critters,
so the Butternut was once a sea floor! (photo by Les Hasbargen).
 
 
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