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Promote Your Organization’s Earth Day Event

This year’s Earth Festival will take place on Saturday, April 26 from 10am to 3pm at Milford Central School. As the planning committee, led by the Otsego County Conservation Association, continues to confirm vendors, exhibitors and special presentations for the day, we are working on compiling information about area events that center around Earth Day and the environment that are taking place this spring.

There will be a full page advertisement purchased to promote the festival as well as listings of other activities and events. This ad would be expected to run during the first week of April and would include activities/events that take place between Friday, April 4 and Sunday, May 4, 2025.

Organizations (and businesses too!) are welcome to submit information about their events. All submissions are subject to review by the Earth Festival committee. There is no fee for this promotion, but donations to offset Earth Festival expenses are certainly welcome!

The deadline to submit your events and be included in the full page advertisement is 5pm on Wednesday, March 21.  Contact Susan at s.ohandley@doas.us with any questions.  

Download the Print and Mail Sponsorship Information Here!
(NOTE: Page 2 has a QR Code for Online Donations)

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR EVENT/ACTIVITY IS MARCH 21, 2025.

SUBMIT YOUR EARTH DAY EVENT INFORMATION
i.e. Saturday, April 12
i.e. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
In case there are questions
For internal use only
Just the facts in a sentence or two - include how to register and a link or email address for more information.
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Why Birds Matter...

Birds are important because of the role they play in the natural world as pollinators and seed disbursers, assisting with the balance of nature by eating insects. They also clean up things that would go unattended otherwise. Birds are important TO ME because of the kinship that I feel with another living species, and the joy that they bring to me year around. Encountering spring migrants feels brand new every time! I feel responsibility for their well-being and take care not to disturb their nesting with unnecessary sounds, disturbance or habitat destruction. I respect the incredible work they do to bring about future generations.
Becky Gretton
Becky GrettonDOAS Co-President
Birds have always been an early warning system for our environment–the “canary in the coal mine.” It was the decline in bird species high on the food chain that tipped us off to the dangers of DDT and other chemicals. More recently, high altitude and high latitude birds are demonstrating the first definitive effects of global change. If science had been more advanced in the 1800s, the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon could have served as a warning about habitat destruction. This not just about protecting the birds–although that is a worthy goal–but all of these threats will ultimately reach the human race.
Andy Mason
Andy MasonDOAS Co-President
In addition to being indicators for environmental health, birds matter because they allow people all over the world to enjoy and appreciate nature. Caring about birds often leads to caring about their habitats and creates a stewardship ethic to protect our natural resources. Birds connect communities.
Susan O'Handley
Susan O'HandleyDOAS Co-President

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