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The GSC's purpose is to foster environmental education, to preserve biological diversity and to conserve and manage natural
resources in the Oneida Lake and Lake Ontario Watersheds. The primary focus area of the GSC includes approximately 36,000
acres on the south eastern shore of Oneida Lake in the towns of Lenox and Sullivan. This area is home to what the Iroquois
called the Great Swamp, a remnant of Lake Iroquois. The Great Swamp was drained for agriculture from late 1800's to the mid
1900's creating rich black muck soils. The GSC's driving force has been to return a portion of these wetlands back to their
original state through partnerships with landowners, local, federal, state governments, tribes & non-profits.
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